Historic Athens Georgia Garden Tour

Today is the next stop of the 20th Annual Piedmont Gardeners Tour in Athens, Georgia. Yesterday's tour took us to a fantastic garden. Today's is a delightfully personal tour.

There is a lot to see in the garden of this restored Craftsman style house.

Including this totally adorable tool shed. I love it! Adore the light fixtures flaking the doors.

Ok, this crossvine is beyond fabulous and guess what? I have the same one, Tangerine Beauty, growing on my fence.

Pretty much a big ol' wow at the entrance.

Same fabulous light fixtures.

This custom iron gate is just a small hint at the artwork you'll see in this garden.

What I really loved was this second story vegitable plot.

When you climb up the little stairs you see a square foot vegitable garden. How awesome is that?

This is a very small back garden and I love how they've made use of every inch of space.

I've been stairing at my blank wood fence for so long wondering what to put on them to jazz it up a bit. Never thought of anything half as cool as these shelves.

Totally awesome artwork surrounded by crossvine. Love!

Meet Renfroe, the resident dog and guest greeter. He was sweet as cake!

Here's a nice overview of the back garden.

Love the colors of this birdhouse.

This is the upper terrace. Despite having a tiny backyard they managed to terrace it which looked fantastic.

They even managed to squeeze in a garage.

I fell madly head over heels for this ajuga. Must.Have.Now. It's called Burgundy Glow Ajuga and I have the perfect place for about fifty of them in the front yard.

Same agava is blooming in my front garden.

Love these blue urns flanking the entrance to the upper terrace.

A very inviting path.

Somehow they managed to squeeze in not one but two ponds on this small property. The other is in the front.

I love this blue glass globe with the white azaleas flanking it!

Ok, if they can manage to squeeze a hot tub and a sauna on this property then I'm pretty sure I have enough room too. Something to consider!

Delightful Craftsman detailing.

How about that fantastic rain chain?

Ok, I'm definitely not going to put a pond in my front garden but somehow it works on this property.

Nice roundy curved front path.

What I loved about this garden was how so very personal it was. All the artwork was fitted in so well with the plantings. I really enjoyed this garden a lot. Stay tuned for more garden tours from Athens, Georgia.

Comments

[Tammy]

beautiful1 and so creative. i loved the photo's. thanks for sharing.

[Pbmgarden.wordpress.com]

It's such fun to visit gardens like this one. So many great ideas.

[Randy]

Gorgeous gardens! I've never seen Tangerine Beauty with so many blooms. Mine does okay, but it's never bloomed like that.

[stone]

Ima fan of cross vine, but... mine would rather climb trees than my garden fence...

There's too many bricks in their vegetable bed...