A Special Christmas Gift

Yesterday I saw pictues of Dan Hinkley back at Heronswood on Val Easton's blog, Plant Talk along with information about the project.  My heart lept. 

Many of us have revisited our former gardens after having moved away to be saddened by what we find. (Like an above ground pool sitting atop what had formerly been parterres in cruciform, the center bed with a lovely magnolia underplanted with tulips, the   surrounding beds making up a rose garden - but that's another story.)  How often does a gardener get to rebuild what was lost?  What a gift!

(This wreath was spotted at Willow Tree Gardens - more on that in another post.)

 



Heronswood was, and will be again, a fabulous garden created by Dan Hinkley and his Partner Robert Jones.  It was also a nursery beloved by many including myself.  This nursery and garden taught me so much about cherishing shade gardens and brodened my plant  knowledge immensely.   Hinlkey's Heronswood catalogs made up for their lack of plant images with entertaining, passionate, and sometimes flowery prose describing each plant.  The catalogs sitll occupy a place in my  reference library.  I was lucky to live not far from this amazing garden which allowed me to visit often and stroll the grounds. I'm delighted that some day soon, we all will once again have this opportunity!  (I'm also secretly hoping for some sort of plant sales happening here.)

Thanks Santa!