Garden Tour: The Garden of the Unique Plant

Executive editor in chief Danielle Sherry take the air us around the Garden of the Unique Plant , have in the articleTexture Never Quitsin issue 195 ofFine Gardeningmagazine . Danielle says ,

grain is often referred to as the third element of garden design . We all tend to get too concentre on color and frame , but texture is that hard - to - explicate “ little something extra ” that bring a landscape painting from good to dandy . Joann Currier and Sebastian Hamilton relied on this all important third chemical element when they turn their 4 - Akko North Carolina property from horse pasture into the glorious garden they always dreamed it would be . Throughout the landscape , they have repeated colors , forms , and — most important — textures . But while the colors can pass off and forms will change in this Zone 7 garden , the grain keeps things interesting and attractive year - pear-shaped .

See some of the plants that make this garden unique in this quick tour .

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