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Green with Garden Envy

Photo by Nancy Wall, 2015.
Photo by Nancy Wall, 2015. Dovecote Porch & Gardens in Cashiers.

For more about our 2017 Garden Talk Salon Events, please visit out dovecote-events page. We’d love to have you with us!

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Nothing says summer quite like this: a photo of lush greens in the form of trees, shrubs, grass, and a host varying plants in full flourish.

Now that we’re in the thick of the season, it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Share with us your garden photos and if you’ve attended one of our talks, we’d love to hear and see what you’ve learned.

Be sure to check out our events page for the latest in our Garden Talk Salon series and much more. The wealth of knowledge that exists at Dovecote will help make your garden the talk of the town.

Mountain Floral Design with Jodie Zahner

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Stuck on how to arrange or cut your flowers? Jodie Zahner has the answers.

This expert will have you creating beautiful floral arrangements with ease. Join us at Dovecote Porch & Gardens at 10 a.m., Friday, July 10.

Bring your own:
-garden bits and pieces to use as background or accent

We will provide:
-extra materials like oasis, tape and extra filler material

Dovecote provides a container for your creative juices to reside in! Wear your casual clothes, bring an umbrella, a friend and have great fun. Limit 12. $35 includes vessel for arrangement and goodies.

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About Jodie:

Jodie Zahner is Chattooga Gardens floral designer, photographer and web master. She has a masters degree in horticulture from Clemson, and is a member emeritae of the Laurel Garden Club of Highlands. One of her community projects is an educational rain garden at the Highlands Performance Art Center that features native plants. She designed a magnificent landscape garden that took “Best in Show” at the 2004 Southeast Flower Show. One of her favorite projects was designing the flower borders for Headwaters Golf Course. She also loves to sing, dance and make music. Jodie welcomes floral design commissions for weddings, home centerpieces and gifts.

Her Christmas wreaths are the stuff of legends. Jodie said, “I’ve never done a workshop before! I just let it go and flow and it comes together.”

Boy, does it come together! She has been awarded the highest honors time and time again at the Bascomb’s Mountains in Bloom. I’m personally going to be doing a vase and I am all thumbs. (Hugh is the floral arranger in our family.)

Chattooga Gardens, based in Cashiers, North Carolina was founded by Jodie and Jeff Zahner in 1996. Their goal was to provide plants that would thrive in our mountain climate, including many native plants, as well as the knowledge gardeners need to be successful in these special conditions.

Make sure to check out our events page to stay current with all of our activities.

Making Garden Waves with Water

“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.” Thomas Jefferson

Big or small, garden water features add a ‘wow’ factor like no other.

Here’s one from our Dovecote Porch & Gardens in Cashiers, NC.

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Simplicity at its best.

Connect with Mary Palmer Dargan at 404-231-3889 to have your outdoor oasis dreams come true.

Talk About a Grand Garden Entrance

Cashiers, NC at Dovecote Porch & Gardens.
Cashiers, NC at Dovecote Porch & Gardens.

First impressions last. With a grand rock archway entrance like this, your home will be the talk of the town.

Make the outdoor design of your home the one you’ve always wanted. Book your free 30 minute consultation today at 404-231-3889.

Mary Palmer Dargan: The Magic of Miniature Gardens, June 19

June 19,  Miniature “Fairy Gardens” Workshop

Mary Palmer Dargan, RLA: The Magic of Miniature Gardens

What is a Miniature Garden? 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 parents or the child in you! Create your own miniature garden.

For more information and to register, see https://dargan.com/dovecote-events/