March 4 , 2024

One Bed at A Time!

Nancy Hall knew her priorities on move mean solar day in 1985 . “ The first thing I wanted to do was to get out in the railway yard and start fag in the dirt . I love the feel of dirt in my hand , ” she state us on our early November visit . Although a late October dive into the 40s clip a few works , most still bloomed robustly . Nancy let in to a pot of mistakes since she started with a blank lawn and chain connectedness fencing , but along the direction , she cypher out how to match plants with Texas weather and her Blackland Prairie clay ground . One of her first projects was to ramp up a walkway along the house and to the shed . CTG gang Doug LaValliere and director Ed Fuentes layer up on this cockcrow that logged 46 ° .I wholly plug into with Nancy ’s incentive for a stone path , specially with dogs and rainy days ! “ There was a path and it was mud . It was a mountain , ” she say . lately , she impart a terrace , again with lovely Arizona sandstone . Motivation this clock time was to slacken and bask each change season . Knowing nurseryman , though , I suspect it ’s more of a labor launch launching pad . For 35 geezerhood , Nancy work as a bibliothec at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing . So , it was weekends and a few helpers along the way to carve out and works gently curving bed . She replaced the chain data link fence with cattle panel . “ I tried to kind of put the taller plant life at the back and the lower works , of class , at the front . But I did n’t really have any plan . I just kind of planted stuff , ” she said . Although she ’s improved tilled land with compost , she sticks to aboriginal or adapted plants that can handle her Blackland Prairie corpse soil . Here , we ’ve got blue porterweed , artemisia , native flame acanthus ( beloved by hummingbirds , bees , and butterflies ) and a yaupon holly .

She may try a plant in three spots before find what it wish , or she monotone out accepts licking . “ Lavender . I have tried and tried to turn lavender . I ’ve made especial beds , I ’ve done the whole thing , ca n’t grow lavender , ” she suppose .

hummingbird , bee , and butterfly stroke stop by for nutrient and drink . “ My pond is very popular with the squirrel and the Bronx cheer and all kinds of animals I see in that pond . They love the water , ” she say . And you’re able to suffer Nancy in her garden on theAustin Pond Society Tour June 1 & 2!She learned a few lessons with the pond , too . Courting Gaul stop by , but there are n’t any Pisces since she got fed up with raccoon poaching . Sculptor Cat Quintanilla’slovely limestone fish stands in by placeholder . “I venture the chief affair is that I love to intersperse artwork into my garden . I think that ’s an important component , ” she enounce . “ I opine I ’ve always been into art because my father was really big into art museums . Wherever we went , we would go to the artistic production museum . ”A replica of Sylvia Shaw Judson ’s “ The Little Gardener ” presides over the shed . The original is displayed in The Jacqueline Kennedy White House Sculpture Garden . Rebecca Barbourstyled up the shed with an captivating mural . Chris Smartt fromSolstice Outdoorspopulates the garden with mushroom . I hope you ’ve meet his momma , Irene , who runs the nursery in Dripping Springs!Bertram artist Jean Porra ofMosaic Garden Treasurescrafted several mosaic pieces . No nook goes overlooked in Nancy ’s garden . “It ’s not just plants , it ’s plant life and art , ” she said . Her colorful patio island brightens the indoor persuasion , even on a parky morning . Cat Quintanilla ’s bear sculptures frolic even when tender plants fade in freezing . Of naturally , Nancy ’s not finished yet . So many flora , so many ideas , so many local artists . As they say , a nurseryman ’s study is never done !

pale orange and white patio stones umbrella table plant border and shed beyond

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Thanks for block by!Linda

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garden beds along fence, small natural stone pond in middle of lawn

pale orange and white stone pathway near house tree with plants underneath, camera crew analyzing next shot

pale orange white stone path next to house, bordered by tree and plants

pale orange/white stone path next to house and tree with plants underneath, diverges to patio beyond

pale orange/white stone patio umbrella table, walkway to blue and white shed

pale orange/white stone path, blue and white shed, curving flower bed on one side

cattle panel fence with green and silvery plants

small green shrub with orange flowers, silver plant

granite stone small pond

small limestone carved fish on ledge of pond

blue and white shed, garden bed, small metallic-looking dark gray sculpture

dark gray metallic-looking sculpture young girl holding a plant

pale blue and aqua design with woman in pale golden gown mural

concrete mushroom with blue glass mosaic top

variety of concrete and painted mushrooms next to house window

colorful mosaic on bench top featuring a gnome, owl , small bird, and mushrooms

garden art gnome and little door figurine inserted into tree cavity

glass figurine mobiles sparkling in silhouette

plants and garden art figurines under a tree in island bed outside den window

Momma and baby bear limestone sculptures

garden art post painted There are Places I’ll Remember