Gardens

Inside A Kentucky Mountainside Garden

High in the mountains of Kentucky, a young garden designer adds his signature touch to a landscape decades in the making

April/May 2017

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A dramatic black folly capped with a custom dovecote designed by Thomas E. Wilmes, a Lexington architect.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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The garden in bloom.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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The koi pond.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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Lush greenery.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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The house is built into the hillside, so there are not many flat areas on the property.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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An arbor planted with a mix of trumpet vine and wisteria in the lower garden.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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Leon and Sandy Hollon’s rose parterre.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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The Ramona clematis.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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A dovecote-capped folly—complete with dove decoy.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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Gates open onto the Italianate garden.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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The potting shed, framed by Taylor junipers and views of the Appalachians

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Joseph Hillenmeyer.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

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The Jeri Louisiana iris in bloom.

Photo: Heather Anne Thomas

A magazine cover of a garden

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