We went to the show as part of the group from a local garden center. They had two coaches for 100 people. We left Hawthorne Gardens at 8:30 AM. It was a cold, rainy, gray Sunday.
The doors opened at 10:00 AM and this is the first garden in the door. Notice the fog in the corners of the fountain. The electronic fog emitters were very popular in many of the gardens.
This was the Autumn quadrant of a multi-season garden. I liked the grid by the shed and plan to make one against our fence.
This is the Summer quadrant. It was very lush and reminded me of Ann's garden in Hoboken. A lot of beds and just a maze of paths.
I liked this Sea Thrift and plan to plant an area by our water garden.
I liked the colors in the border and the low growth. This would fill in along the fence in the back.
This is a waste of space in my book. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago constructed this. The GeoGarden is to honor Buckminster Fuller. It is sod cut and elevated to hint of a geodesic structure. It looked sad on the second day, it should be all brown by the tenth day.
Bucky was many things, inventor, futurist, ecologist, designer, etc. He chaired the Department of Design at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale in the 1960's and 70's. I doubt this would have received a passing grade.
This was a high volume water fall that has no pond. It terminates in the gravel.
This planter was attractive. I wonder how they would look in real life. The plants are out of season and therefore forced for the show. It is strange to walk around looking at Spring, Summer and Autumn plants.
We were done at 3:15 PM and due at the bus. They handed out cheese, crackers and water as we boarded the bus. Once in the bus they served wines and beer. We arrived home at 4:45 PM.
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