Digging Deeper: Vision and Revision: The Evolution of a Personal Garden

Mel & Peg's Rustic Cabin Cottage Garden

Sat, Jul 6, 2024
4:00 PM- 6:00 PM

Tickets for this Digging Deeper will be available on Wednesday, May 1.

Mel and Peggy Bellar started this garden in front of their rustic log home on the side of a rock and clay hill in the Catskills in 2003. Not knowing all that much, they started with a vision and a lot of enthusiasm. Since then, Mel has become a successful landscape designer, working in the Catskills, and the garden is now quite mature. Mel definitively states that their garden is not at all an example of “his work” but is an excellent example of how a garden can evolve over time, making adjustments to mistakes, bad choices, good choices, and changing as one grows and learns.

He and Peggy will share their story and in the telling, there will be a lot to be learned about plant choices, hardscaping materials, dealing with grade changes, climate change, and not taking yourself too seriously. This garden is all about the feeling it creates and providing an experience of discovery. Designing a garden from the top down with big picture architecture is ideal, but starting with a vision and working in that direction over time can be practical and rewarding. After all, each time you choose and place a plant, adjust to something dying, put in a new path, or get rid of something “that is not bringing you joy,” you are making a design decision.

Location:
Mel & Peg's Rustic Cabin Cottage Garden
Andes, New York

Date and Time:
Saturday, July 6
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.