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Slideshow: Details Make the Difference

comments (6) December 8th, 2010 in blogs

mgervais Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor
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Produced by: Ruth Dobsevage and Michelle Gervais


The garden of Freeland and Sabrina Tanner in Napa, California, is a stunning masterpiece of cultivation. Every corner reveals another thoughtful feature, from the handmade tuteurs to the fascinating collection of vintage gardening tools. But it's the subtle design details that you don't consciously notice that make this garden exceptional.

In the January/February 2011 issue of Fine Gardening (#137), we visit this garden, and we focus on the details that set it apart. We knew you’d want to see more than we could feature in four pages, so here's a slideshow of 20 additional photos of this expansive garden.


posted in: california, design, slideshow

Comments (6)

LAgardener writes: In 99F,78-percent-humidity Louisiana, this makes me remember spring----which happened several weeks ago, I think. I liked this garden in the magazine. I like it here. It has integrity: its variety occurs within a firmly held sense of place and design so that nothing becomes "cute. Thanks for making it available online. Posted: 11:30 pm on June 16th
bamboomary writes: Yes indeed, an exceptionally nice garden. I think I have seen it written up before in FG. Posted: 12:02 pm on March 11th
Ruth writes: No sound, just images and captions. Posted: 9:36 am on December 29th
rgrey writes: Fabulous! Posted: 6:25 pm on December 28th
rgrey writes: is there sound to this video? Posted: 6:24 pm on December 28th
BombasticTurtle writes: Hi Ms Gervais, absolutely beautiful pictures of a nice, warm and detailed garden. Wish I could do that in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; which happens to fall in Zone 2.

Two thumbs up! Posted: 11:40 pm on December 26th
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