Monroe County Master Gardener Association

Thanks Gail for input and photos:
The last tour for our summer season was set to see the gardens @ St. Sabbas. It begin to rain
before we completed our tea luncheon. We were fortunate to be allowed a tour of the chapel–
something I had not planned on.

So while we may not have had the chance to do a full discovery of the garden & its design-
with the varied plants, hard-scapes and religious elements………. those of us on this tour,
felt fortunate for the “step out of the norm ” experience we had.
so many times you hear how gardening is an experience—on this day our palates and our minds
became a part of that experience. as we savored our meal & listened to a history of a people
connected to their religious beliefs.

-the photos you have are of the entry way into the chapel.
-beautiful paintings
-an extravagant chandelier (most people stand for these services so they are under this)
– behind the tall pictures on the altar (some of the pictures are doorways to rooms)

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The garden portion— Gail writes:
It was nice when we got there, but the threat of rain was in the air, and it did in fact rain.
So lingering in the gardens we could not do………..as I mentioned before, there is 1 man who is
the caretaker of the gardens and I will assume it includes inside and outside the walls.

The gardens have plants and religious icons mixed in with the hardscapes.

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Gail sent photos and writes:
These pics are from St. Sabbas. We stopped there after our tour of Cheryl’s urban garden.
A couple of facets to this tour were the tea, the gardens and the chapel. The rain started while we were at
tea, so there are limited pics of the garden.
TEA:
I think everyone enjoyed their meal and the atmosphere. There was a multitude of teas to choose from 45- names that sounded
more like a flavors of ice cream vs. tea.

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Stella took these at Toledo Botanical.
They are of a rugosa rose and several sculptures in garden settings at TBG.

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Sandy sent in these for today for your Photo Friday.

Don’t know if Alaska has a Master Gardener program but they can grow
beautiful annuals and large vegetables with all their summer daylight.

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Here are some more photo from Cheryl’s garden at Black Cat Pottery. Thanks Gail:

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Gail sends just a few notes—along with some great photos.
The first round was of Cheryl English’s front yard—-She will send pics of her plants at a later time, but wanted to focus on just
what her “urban” yard is—wall to wall plants………..

We are in the back yard
the home of her “giants”. Here Gail showed some of The art work that
Cheryl displays in her garden. Many thought it would be a great
project for us to make the hypertoufa bench planters.

The story for the faces, she uses real people. She makes the
cast then adds specific touches…………

Oh, here are living garden pottery

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Kind of missed Foto Friday so how about a Montage Monday thanks to Gail

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Gail writes: up north lavender farm in July
air was heavy with the smell of lavender. The bees were having a buzzing
good time. You could hear the buzzing as you approached the various patches. (I can see Gail chasing those bees to capture a photo in my mind)

their legs as seen in one photo were so heavy with gold pollen they could barely fly

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Here’s a few photo’s from last week’s tour at Rakers

At the end of our tour. Linda offered us a shady respite……….
thank you Linda the hospitality and food was great.

Linda’s mini campground garden pic

Here’s a photo of the Scarlet tanager that’s been hanging out there ..too bad it’s not the best shot. Linda

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