Despite the clouds and a brief downpour, I was able to have a soulful visit with Tony Avent, plant collector and nature benefactor extraordinaire. Tony is also the owner of Plant Delights Nursery. I am taking home inspiration and a bountiful harvest from the six acres of themed gardens, test beds, greenhouses, moss-filled shaded pathways filled with 17,000 one of a kind plants. Plants you won't find anywhere else on the planet for sale.
The garden center and Juniper Level Botanic Garden with its' picturesque pathways is outside of downtown Raleigh, NC. it is only open to the public two weekends a year so check out the times first to make sure you can tour. Groups are welcome. While you're making arrangements, go online and order the free catalog. Each catalog with plant details and Tony's experience and insight becomes a piece of well-thought out artwork and garden enthusiast collectible - much like Avent's plants. Written by Tony and his staff, the catalog is intelligent, humor-provoking, and as deep South, and politically uncorrect, as you can get these days. When you're digging in dirt, you might as well dig deep.
I'm going to float all the way back home filled with hope and conservatively, I'll be getting a little dirty myself.
Plant Delights Nursery - May 2009
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ReplyDeleteI can't imagine all the work that went into planting all these plants. I get tired just thinking about it. I enjoy seeing flowers, but I am not a gardener. I bought some impatiens from our school mothers project, but cannot get on my knees to plant, so my husband planted them.
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Absolutely, beautiful, thanks Teresa
ReplyDeleteVery interesting---thank you
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful and so extraordinary! Thank you so much for sharing these with me.
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