Chanticleer Garden in Autumn

by Fran Sorin December 3, 2008 – Posted in: Miscellaneous

Although Chanticleer closed to visitors for the season a month ago, I was lucky to get in for a visit after its final curtain call. So, on a cloudy, warmish ‘but with a chill in the air’ first day of December, I came to this jewel of a garden to see how it had changed since my last visit 3 months ago. One [...]

Follow Up On Over The Top Couture Container Gardening

by Fran Sorin March 30, 2008 – Posted in: Garden Design

Since there were several queries and comments on my post about the containers at Chanticleer, I mentioned that I would try to contact Dan Benarcik, the horticulturist who is the designer of several of these containers to get his input on the ‘hows’, ‘whats’, etc. I was lucky enough to run into Dan on Saturday [...]