Last Wednesday my garden club toured two SPECTACULAR gardens in Florence, Alabama. The first garden is Maria Wall’s moss garden (I’ll blog about that later); the second garden belongs to Phillip Oliver, and he helped me set everything up. Meeting Phillip reaffirms my belief that gardeners are among the most kindhearted, generous people on the planet; and the garden…WOW!!
It’s a small ¾ acre city lot, but it feels much larger due to the very effective use of garden rooms. I should have taken more pictures, but I was distracted by my excitement. The first room is the entry courtyard it is wonderfully shaded and has a ground cover of mondo grass bisected by gravel paths. Instead of going straight into the house, we took the path to the left. 
You pass between these two items, and they help to create a definite sense of entry into another distinct area. This new area feels like a long hallway. ********************************************************************************
A little way up on the left is this cozy nook.
To the right is this wall. It is one of my favorite parts of the garden. I love the color, texture and everything about it. It is a great background for absolutely everything he puts against it.
Again there is a definite sense of entry into a new room.
This is the main area. The use of concrete statues and heads in various sizes throughout the garden is one of the ways he ties together all the separate spaces.
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To my right is a long arbor covered in several different types of mostly heirloom roses. I’m cheating with this next picture; I took it from Phillip’s blog. When we toured, none of these roses were in bloom, so I didn’t take any pictures. Phillip said this was his starting point for the garden so I really wanted to show it, besides, it is beautiful!
This is just to the right as you enter. The oak leaf hydrangeas are in full bloom.
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A pretty combination of one of the roses and rose campion
Another view in the main area
This is another distinct area
An artfully arranged tablescape on the main porch
I’m going to use this picture and the previous one in an article I’m writing on focal points to illustrate the difference between having a strong focal point, and not.
We may have missed the big rose display, but the hydrangeas were amazing. There was quite a collection in the room between the back door and the detached garage.
A view as you complete the circle around the house. There is a small vegetable garden to the left, and the entry garden is straight ahead.
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If you want to see more of Phillip’s garden he has a website called A Southern Gardener. It shows some of the history of the garden, and he also has a blog called Dirt Therapy. Touring these gardens and meeting the gardeners was truly the highlight of my spring!!