Spring fling, part 2…….are we having fun or what?
Hard to believe that a week ago today I was being chauffeured around Austin by the lovely Pam Pennick and our fellow spring flingers racing from one garden to the next, each one a paradise unto itself, more fabulous than I could imagine. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING quite floats my boat like a garden tour. I am still a-dither just revisiting each of these gardens today by looking at the pictures again. Love those digital cameras. LOVE THEM!
Today, for your viewing pleasure, dear reader, feast your eyes on the lovely Lucinda’s home and cha-cha garden. She had also prepared some mango/pineapple punch, with fresh limes and champagne………served with exquisite Mexican pastries. I am tellin’ ya, it doesn’t get much better than this……..until the next time……….or the next.
For an elegant, one of a kind, Texas garden, get yourself to this one (on the Garden Conservancy Tour): The David/Peese home and garden in Austin. The home is built of humble materials, all put together in the most elegant manner. I know, I used elegant a couple times to describe this place, but no other word works as well. The house is created with cinder/concret block or CMUs (concrete masonry units), painted wooden floors, corrugated tin, concrete slabs, steel I-Beams and the indigenous, abundant Texas limestone.
Check out some more pictures of the David/Peese garden, here, on Pam’s Digging entry of October 2006. Different season, more plants.
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Now, if you can believe it, I still have one more entry to come on the Fabulous Fling. Stay tuned.
Lovely Lucinda’s home is my kind of place. Thanks for taking photos since I missed that one. The other garden was something else, wasn’t it. Elegant doesn’t begin to describe what they’ve done with the place. I’m off to read part I.~~Dee
Lucinda’s home is so freaking adorable!
It’s great to see all your pics. I still haven’t posted yet about Lucinda’s garden, but it’s on my agenda for today. Thanks for the lovely memories. It was so fun to drive around with you on Spring Fling day, Mary Ann.
Loved your pix MA. While not OUR type of garden, I thought you’d flip out over Ricky Boscarino’s place, close to my home in NW NJ.
Loved your pix MA. While not OUR type of garden, I thought you’d flip out over Ricky Boscarino’s place, close to my home in NW NJ. http://www.lunaparc.com/lunatour/index.htm
I missed out on Lucinda’s garden. Is that a wine cork mulch?
You took some good pictures and I like the PictoBrowser.
Hey Bill! Thanks for stopping by. Yes, it is a wine cork mulch and it was awesome. The whole place was awesome. Pam managed to get us invited to Lucinda’s on Sunday and it was a real treat.
What FUN Lucinda’s garden is! I love the tequila garden. LOVE it.
I also like that shed in the David/Peese garden. I hadn’t seen pics of that before.
Lucinda’s garden was the most fun place! I’m glad you managed to catch one of the mermaids, MA – a most unusual theme.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
I, too, loved that wine cork mulch. What a good idea! More wonderful pictures. Thanks.