Where are the Beautiful Gardens?

[Kathy Guest]

Hi Jim:

Mike and I do tours of gardens in the Ohio/Michigan area (Ontario too), called the "Ring of Erie", since we more or less circle the Lake.  This year we are taking a dozen Dutch folks on the tour.  We key in on mainly hosta gardens - I think Van Wade's in Belleville, Ohio qualifies as a beautiful garden - even if it's primarily hostas.  Ensata Gardens in Galesburg, Michigan is a beautiful garden.  Those are two that come to mind.

Kathy Guest Shadrack

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From: J.E. Shields <jshields104 at INSIGHTBB.COM>
To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL
Sent: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:57:44 -0500
Subject: Where are the Beautiful Gardens?


Hi all,

I was recently asked by a local garden writer to suggest some really beautiful private gardens that she could photograph and write about.

I was amazed to find that the question nearly stumped me! I had simply never thought about it before.

So if you can think of such, especially in the Indiana-Illinois-Michigan-Ohio area, please let me know. You can do it privately if you prefer, but please try to give me some contact information. I want to e-mail or telephone the garden owners for permission before I turn the names and addresses over to the garden writer. They could be one-season gardens and still be of interest here. Right now of course, spring gardens are in bloom.

Don't be afraid to suggest your own. Mine is disqualified; it is more like a scientific collection, with metal markers everywhere, and often rather unkempt. Not much thought is given to aesthetics.

Thanks!

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

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