SIG Native Plant- New American Garden Tours
Friday, October 04, 2019, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Category: Annual Events & Programs
Join us in visiting the private gardens of eminent landscape designer Donald Pell and two of his clients. We will meet up at the Pell Studio site at 9 AM to carpool to two gardens, then return to the Studio Garden for its tour and a brown bag lunch . If there is interest, we can then arrange to tour the Wharton Esherick Studio museum 15 minutes away, and make a stop at Yellow Springs Farm native plant nursery and artisanal cheese dairy. Donald Pell is a rising star in landscape architecture. Having grown up propagating plants in his parents’ nursery and hiking through remnant prairies, spontaneous hedgerows, and an abandoned nursery in his youth, Don became fascinated with all things horticulture. After working under landscape designer Susan Jones of Peter Zimmerman Architects, a journey into the world of design emerge. The work of Roberto Burle Marx and Wolfgang Oehme led to his endless exploration of the artful garden. Don’s work consists of research into soils, plant communities, and planting design. He is supported by his staff of horticulturalists and landscape architects. He has lectured for numerous associations including being a featured speaker for the Perennial Plant Association throughout the Eastern US, and a distinguished lecturer at Longwood Gardens. His work has been featured by APLD designer of the year Carrie Preston of the Netherlands and Don’s own design studio’s gardens have been featured by the website Houzz, and more recently, won awards from PPA and APLD. The Pell studio garden surrounds the architecture of a 100 year old stone farmhouse with dramatic block plantings of perennials in a stylized evocation of the local natural landscape. Plantings are selected for individual textures and color of flower and foliage in four seasons. The Malvern garden To that effect the edge of the remaining woodland was planted with flowering understory trees to add layers of color to the spring landscape. The birds that frequent them bring color and movement to the garden all year long. Plantings were sculpted into the hillside with grand blocks of cool and warm season grasses and vigorous perennials creating a sinuous edge to the upper perimeter of the garden. The lower slopes adjacent to the residence were planted with fine textured Carex divulsa, compact Monarda braduriana and drifts of emergent perennials and the sub shrub Perovskia ‘Little Spires’. Architectural Thalictrum roechbruneanum ‘Lavender Mist’ emerge through the radiant Molinia ‘Cordoba’. The lower and upper plantings leave a sinuous pathway of lawn between the plantings to entice exploration of the evolving textures and colors. The changes in light and the movement of herbaceous plants and their continual seasonal evolution make this a beautiful garden to explore and beloved by the staff of our design group. Royersford Garden To register for this event, click here. Registration is required. No charge for the tour but carpooling is encourage. Questions, contact: [email protected]. |