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Garden Talk Salon Opens with Carl Peverall May 25 reception

We’re delighted to have Carl and Ethan Peverall with us at the Garden Talk Salon. The Grand Opening of Contemporary Stonehenge is upon us May 25 at 5:30 pm at Dovecote

 

Peverall sculpture opening 2017

35 Flash Point Drive Cashiers, NC ( next to Cornucopia off hwy 107s) 828-743-0307

Meet Carl at the party and join us also on Friday, May 26 at 10 am, for an interpretation of the atmospheric works of art. Carl and Ethan, a father and son team, are internationally applauded sculptors and this is their 4th showing in Cashiers. Many of their works grace our clients’ beautiful gardens!

 

 

 

For more on the Garden Talk Salon please visit our dovecote-events page: 

https://dargan.com/dovecote-events/

contemporary stonehenge Carl peverall sculpture

Starting on Tricky Places : Gardens that Fit Your Lifestyle like a Glove.

rice-14-blogWhew. Its taken a summer like 2016 when friends and family had calamities, passed away or got really sick to make me appreciate my garden and health even more… and then the specter of scary local fires burning thousands of acres in our treasured Smoky Mountains which made me appreciate our fragile ecosystem.

This blog is a personal note is to myself to review everything in Dargan Landscape Architects book of work to help my friends, their home environments and interface with nature. Like holding hands with fragile yet resilient gloves that fit perfectly.

Hugh and I have been in practice as landscape architects for over four decades. Our client’s now lovely landscapes were tricky places to make behave: with thin soils, complicated topography, owners large wish list, zoning issues, too much or too little shade, too much or too little water, not enough space, too vast a canvas, weird parking, insufficient walkways…the list goes on!  We are blessed with the honor to coax, bend and collaborate with the owners to get the best designs built, and we thank them for sharing their private worlds.

My goal is to inspire homeowners to get the best out of their precious home environment. Design it to yield healthy wellbeing, inspire you to be your best and to provide nurturing spaces. Once we finish this work together, your garden will function like a well-oiled machine, which in itself is a stress-reducing factor.

Photographer, Sarah Valentine of Highlands NC,  shot beautiful dawn shots and late summer portraits of many of our local gardens.

Stay tuned as the book progresses!

Researching Heirloom Gardens in Western NC : The American Kitchen Garden

hodges-apple-closeup-blogThe prospect of saying yes…not a decision taken lightly.

The invitation extended to chair the Jan Wyatt Symposium 2017 for the Cashiers Historical Society, by Ann McKee Austin ( from whom it is impossible to decline a volunteer invitation) and president, Connie Haire, was a surprise.

Do I shoot myself after saying yes?  NO.  I’d promised my family not to take on more projects. But the tantalizing nudge to dust off a topic thoroughly covered in my first draft masters thesis is 1977 is impossible to resist. Rafts of info laying fallow in the storage unit, mildewed and unloved, has been slowly maturing…waiting for airtime.

One does not lightly throw something together that could impact a visitors perspective of history.

On the suggestion of Macon County Librarian,Karen Hawks, a spin and TRX buddy, I hired the wonderful librarian, Emily Crowell, to type, type, type.  YIKES! The old manuscript was a dot matrix printed, accordian-paged, non-digital manuscript. Emily DOVE IN with glee on her day off from work and is quickly modernizing the document.

WE HAVE A TITLE: The 2017 Jan Wyatt Symposium The Heirloom Gardener hosted by The Cashiers Historical Society.

WE HAVE A LOCATION: The Zachary Tolbert House Grounds c 1850.

WE SET A DATE: June 21 2017.

SPEAKERS SAID YES:

Eric Jackson of Old Salem to talk about historic plant materials

Ila Hatter, wildcrafter supreme, to demonstrate cooking methods of our forefathers

And me, to demonstrate what a garden might have looked like in 1850 when Alexander Zachary built the house in Cashiers, NC.

WE HAVE A STORYLINE and I meet with the tent man next week.

DIGITAL COPIES OF ALEXANDER ZACHARY’s journal appeared (primarily apple notes, but useful nonetheless!)

Whew…stay tuned for schedule and logo next!

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Jaw Dropped. Sculptor Carl Peverall Showcases His Latest Creations at Dovecote

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Michaelangelo

It has arrived, and you won’t believe your eyes. Sculptor Carl Peverall has unveiled his latest statues here at Dovecote and we are absolutely blown away. Of course, we snapped some shots to share with you all. Warning: our hands are in the air. Nothing can truly capture the beauty of Carl’s work unless you see it with your own eyes.  

 

 


Remember, at Dovecote we are one big family and our door is always open. Come on by, tour the grounds, relax on our porch and soak in garden that has been grown with love.

Dovecote is located at 35 Flash Point Drive ( McKinney Way) next to Cornucopia Restaurant off Hwy 107S in Cashiers, NC.

Looking for more? Check out Carl on video:

Happy Monday and looking forward to sharing the rest of the week with you.

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Lighting Your Garden with Guru Chris Wakefield

When the sun sets, it creates an opportunity for your garden to transform into something magical. Natural light may be gone but with the help of experts like Chris Wakefield, The Outdoor Lights president, your outdoor oasis can be a feast for the eyes well into the night.

Join us on Friday September 11th at 10 a.m.

Don’t forget to RSVP by contacting Mary Palmer Dargan 828-743-0307.

Dovecote is located at 35 Flash Point Drive, Cashiers, NC 28717.