or at least a small part of it.
My mother was recovering from surgery*, yet needed some gentle exercise, so we spent time walking through the small towns in Virginia near her home. The town where I found this house and garden is Hamilton, VA, a tiny place that has mostly missed the great western sprawl of the DC suburbs. It’s a old town, along a former rail line, once both a village serving the area farmers and a summer escape for urbanites from Washington DC’s heat and humidity. A lovely place, with large old shade trees for summer strolls, and this fantastically colorful and fun home garden.
Sometimes it seems we forget just how entertaining gardening can be. We worry about the pH of the soil, and whether or not we should fertilize or prune or aerate now, and whether those insects are serious enough a threat to haul something with a long name from the shed. In the midst of all that, we can forget that gardening is play.
I love this house and it’s welcoming garden. It has cheerful bright seats, gnomes and gazing globes and twisty vine arbors and weird ornaments on the porch. It has a brilliant yellow rocking chair that matches the hanging baskets and daylilies. Even the mailbox is decorated.
This looks like a garden made by someone who was just handed the 64 color box of crayolas**. And you know they are having FUN.
*Mom’s doing great now. Thanks.
**Yes, that did just show my age.
Great garden….I like the box of 64! A new box is a luxury of possibilities! Looking forward to reading more of your posts.
I will be a SC resident next July, currently in Virginia.
Thanks for being my first commenter. That’s exactly how I used to feel about the 64 crayon box. I hope you like it down here. I moved down from Leesburg, VA 12 years ago. It’s lovely.
As I am moving to upstate, curious as to where you are. I will be moving to Lake Greenwood. My email is thequeenofseaford@gmail.com
Funny that you are another VA transplant.
Live in Anderson (not such a small town, but my neighborhood feels like one), work in Clemson.
I forget how far Anderson is from us. Greenville/Spartansburg is about an hour.
About the same, or a bit less. Anderson is just south of I-85 @30 miles west of Greenville.
Such a pretty house – love the colour. I found you through Blotanical – I hope we’ll see you there a lot!
Milan! I love how the internet gives us access to the entire world. Thank you for stopping by. I plan to be here and there a lot.
As soon as I saw that house, wanted to paint mine the same color. That would startle the neighbors!
What a gorgeous old home & charming garden to boot! Nice place to visit, thanks for the tour. 🙂