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Mary Palmer Dargan recently gave a workshop on Making Miniature Gardens. Here’s a video of part of the presentation (below). In addition, check out our miniature garden products on the Dovecote page.
Some items that Mary Palmer covered during her mini gardens tutorial:
See our video of sculptor Carl Peverall unveiling his garden sculptures in Cashiers, NC. The event was held at Garden Garden & Porch Delights, which is the summer headquarters for NC landscape architects Mary Palmer and Hugh Dargan. Click here for the full video.
Mary Palmer was working on making her own elderflower cordials — as part of a Thursday workshop she presented at Dovecote Garden & Porch Delights, in Cashiers NC. For more information about elderflowers — see her landscape architecture videos here.
Learn all about miniature gardens with botanist and author, Mary Palmer Dargan, at Dovecote’s Porch & Gardens in Cashiers, NC, at 10 a.m., Saturday July 12.
This summer, Dovecote has been hosting multiple events when Mary Palmer Dargan and guest speakers celebrate mountain landscape design, sculpture and art in the garden, home gardening and popular garden culture. Stop by to sit on the front porch, tour the gardens and check out the gardening accessories and books.
On Saturday, July 12, learn what materials to use in a fool-proof mini-garden. Solve the mystery of the container, paving and plant materials, types of houses, pets, site accessories and maintenance techniques. Bring the children!
For more information about Dovecote, a map and to make reservations, see: https://dargan.com/dovecote-events
Dovecote Porch & Gardens is located on McKinney Way (35 Flash Point Drive, Cashiers, NC 28717) off Cashiers School Road next to Cornucopia. Please follow the signs to park.
See our Pinterest Board on Fairy Gardens
Download a PDF Tutorial on Making Miniature Garden
See our online store of adorable mini garden items – to build your own!
A video tutorial on Creating Your Own Fairy Garden
And video bonus: Watch as Mary Palmer Dargan, RLA, shares her techniques with pathway design and materials, fountain insights and upright boxwoods as trees!
Join us for our weekly Thursdays at Dovecote, in Northeastern North Carolina. Each event features:
Get more information and register for our events at Dovecote, a garden design center in Cashiers NC, click here