The timbers for the raised beds at the Apiary in Lexington, Kentucky, are repurposed from Vaughan Tobacco Warehouses and built at seat height. A hedge of Bracken’s Brown Beauty southern magnolias provides instant privacy and intimacy for parties at Apiary.
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The Apiary’s first room upon entrance from the street has a matching fountain on either side of the walkway, which drown out any noise from the street. Furniture is by Munder Skiles. Dividing spaces into different rooms for different purposes makes a garden feel much larger than it really is.
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Great thought on the placement of walkways linking old structures to new makes Ashbourne Farms in La Grange, Kentucky, feel organically connected; multiple ground covers cut down on yearly mulching and weeding.
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Today, Botherum in Lexington, Kentucky, is a treasure and is reunited with the adjacent J.C. Cock House of 1810 with magnificent gardens throughout the property. The big iron gates separating the two houses once belonged to John Hunt Morgan. There is even a well-hidden, hard-to-find narrow passage between two walls that takes you to another location and yet another garden.
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A concrete path leads from the Castle into the Sunken Garden at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky.
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An existing small herb garden was elevated into one of the most important garden rooms at the Gardener’s Cottage on the McMeekin Place in Lexington, Kentucky.
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The owners of Mt. Brilliant Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, wanted to re-establish a historic garden in the original location. The result? A flower garden that changes from bright whites to deep purples during the flow of three seasons, an open lawn to enjoy a book while sitting on a stone bench and even a hedge maze help create this peaceful paradise.
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The River House at Rockcastle River Trading Company in Livingston, Kentucky, has been home to peacocks since 1955; the blacksmith’s shop [red structure] is the focal point of the vegetable and herb garden.
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