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Garden Talk Salon

Tricky Places: Design Your Mountain Garden to Fit your Lifestyle like a Glove!

Tricky Places cover blogMay 25 at 4 pm, Mary Palmer Dargan share the tricks of her trade at the Albert Carlton Library in Cashiers. http://fontanalib.org/cashiers

Trick Places refers to landscapes that are fragile, steep, complicated – but never boring! Do you have problems with your Parking, Terraces, Outdoor Dining & Pavilions, Captured Views, Steps & Walkways, Art & Sculpture, Seating Areas, Water & Basins, Gardens, FirePits, Service Areas, Pots and Planters, Parties or Lighting? Come pick her mind with your lifestyle conundrum!

The lecture is hosted by The Albert Carlton Friends of the Library.

Afterwards, you are invited to join the Dargans for a 5:30-7:30 ” Evening Light” reception at Dovecote to honor Carl & Ethan Peverall, father and son sculptors, who create atmospheric works of art that grace many of our clients’ gardens, and museums like Penland School of Art. The Peveralls speak also on Friday at 10 am about ” Morning Light”  the installation of Contemporary Stonehenge 

Peverall sculpture opening 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for more info on our garden talk salons, please visit 

https://dargan.com/dovecote-events

contemporary stonehenge Carl peverall sculpture

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

Jeff Zahner’s Collection of Edible Shrubs & trees videos and list

Boy, oh boy!  Did we have a grand kick-off for our Garden Talk Salon 2016: Nature’s Kitchen.

Jeff Zahner shared his first choices with this list, all great for western North Carolina. Enjoy his take on paw paw (Asimina triloba) , blueberries (Vaccinium) , apples, lindera (Allspice), brambles and elderberry (Sambucus) plants.

Like this stuff?????  Please join us on Friday June 3rd for “Foraging and Processing GREENS” at Dovecote, 10 am. Please email me or call 828-743-0307. 

Please click on videos to watch! 

Jeff Zahner Part 1 shrubs edible 5-27-16

Jeff Zahner Part 2 trees 5-27-16

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.

Garden Talk Salon Season Finale with Waterfall Expert Bob Dews

Attend this Friday’s last Garden Talk Salon and get access to the waterfall master that Mary Palmer Dargan turns to.
 

bob dewsBob Dews will teach you what is possible with added waterfalls and cascades. He’s worked with the best of the best. Watch below as Mary explains who he is and what this week’s talk is all about.

 

Join us and RSVP by contacting Mary Palmer Dargan 828-743-0307. Dovecote is located at 35 Flash Point Drive, Cashiers, NC 28717. We will be having a reception to celebrate the end to a wonderful summer season.