CHANTICLEER - gorgeous containers spilling over with flowers

Chanticleer Gardens in Wayne, Pennsylvania has the most exquisite collection of container gardens - there is something tucked into every little nook and cranny, stunning color combinations, this garden is like walking around an art gallery of flowers and plants.  There are so many, this is only half of the best I picked, so watch this space for the next gorgeous bunch.

CHANTICLEER GARDENS in Wayne, Pennsylvania

I LOVE vegetable gardens.  I'm creating my own fenced in area with 4 8x8 raised vegetable boxes - creepers and vines growing around - well they will be growing one day, at the moment, they are newly planted or about to be planted.  I get my inspiration from visiting gardens like Chanticleer which has the most beautiful veg garden ever.  

To quote the Chanticleer website, the "Cut Flower and Vegetable Garden"

A potager, enclosed by paling, contains a mix of vegetables grown for taste and ornament. A rustic fence is walled with tomatoes in summer, Serpent garlic raises its head while thyme passes. Rustic benches are well-placed under the shade of the two katsura trees.

I will post a few of the cutting garden in another post.  Enjoy the veges.

CHANTICLEER - the golds and oranges

Chanticleer Garden is located in the small town of Wayne, Pennsylvania - a 2 1/2 hour drive north of my home through farmlands of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware, approximately 30 minutes NW of Philadelphia.  This has to be my favorite garden ever - it is 37 acres of exquisiteness, the most beautiful color combinations planted up and down undulating hills and lawns, spectacular trees, and the original historic homes on the property originally owned by the Rosengarten family.  I will start off with gardens around the first historic home that belonged to the daughter.  Visit their website if you can't visit their garden, it is a place of magic.  www.chanticleergardens.org 

Bright orange tulips, nemesia, poppies, heuchera, interspersed with red lettuce and herbs.