May 16 , 2023
Create Backyard Adventure with Vignettes: Jo Ann Glanz
surprisal and experience : That ’s what Jo Ann Glanz require in her garden when she and husband Jeff bought their theater 38 years ago . “ I taught English for 42 years at high-pitched school and mediate school , and I like stories . There ’s lots of story in the garden , ” she said . get going with a vision , they spent nights after piece of work and weekends measuring , hauling , digging , and edifice . Every pathway beckons exploration : from atop a treehouse and through rose , herb , and butterfly gardens . Then she added a pond , a mosaic she - molt studio , a tearoom wendy house , and a greenhouse . On our visit in early November , the garden were still lambent , merely spite by a fall into the 30s . “I really like the concept of wandering , ” she tell us . “I opine a garden should be an risky venture and I really care staging vignette . And so every discussion section has a different feel . ”Footsteps always run to a minor pool ’s alluring waterfall where snake doctor trip the light fantastic toe . See it in person and meet Jo Ann on June 4 , part of this twelvemonth ’s Austin Pond Society tour . Get complete details for the two - mean solar day turn , June 3 & 4.Their first project was to build a deck for outside dining , relaxing , and Jo Ann ’s collection of container ornamental and modest citrus tree trees . A salvaged letter box control hand putz , semen packets , mosquito nebuliser — whatever she necessitate that day . They impart a pergola topped with shade cloth for outside comfortableness and to soften the light in Jo Ann ’s shell charming garden room . Then they built a staircase to a star - gazing treehouse above the deck . To take advantage of the space below , they enfold it : ab initio for their daughters ’ bunny girl and afterward , chickens . at long last , Jo Ann get to fill it with something less demanding : ferns!I suspect that it ’s always been a favored calm adult hideaway to stay on top of things . For Jo Ann , of grade , it ’s a bird ’s middle view for planning her next garden conquest . A Texas persimmon graciously overlooks a flagstone entrance hall between decomposed granite paths . Jo Ann and Jeff expend many back - break hours creating paths to delimitate spaces . Ultimately , they haul 10 tons of disintegrate granite . At first , they mould around a monolithic lively oak tree , but when they lost it to oak wilt , they planted this Carya illinoensis . In this umbrageous island bed , Jo Ann planted amaryllis and wedelia . They nickname it Tweeterville for the cunning and colorful birdhouses her pal build . Another path leads though an mandril wreathed in coral vine to cheery gardens for rose , herb , and pollinator . In the butterfly stroke garden ( also for bee ) , Jo Ann orchestrates blooming most months of the year . In November , ‘ Mystic Spires ’ salvia was one of many perennials still in prime . Over the winter , annual popped up to keep the pollinator buffet go . Seasonal vegetable maturate in raise bottom along one itinerary . When their girl grow up , she turned their playhouse into a magical teahouse where she hosts tea party for all ages . Then , they built another she - molt as a mosaic studio apartment , ornamented with some of her husbandman gran ’s tools . That all start up when she make a mosaic sump for her mom , created from some of the china . Jo Ann delight in this new originative undertaking where she bankrupt up old dishes and turns them into something raw . I’m in awe of this ordinary terrace she styled up with a mosaic pattern!Then she scram a greenhouse for the tropicals and citrus trees in wintertime ( she start go them the minute of arc we left ! ) . A ice - top dining table hosts frequent assemblage , overseen by a bunny carving . A neighbor ’s minor loves to hunt for all the bunny rabbit garden art . One day he found 30 and then distinguish Jo Ann , “ I ca n’t reckon any higher!”And I bet you bonk a gardener ( I sure do ) that buy something just for the bottle!Jo Ann put a blushful twist on it when she found a Gallic rosé wine with a blush wine - embossed base ( and even a glass cork ! ) . After collecting for four years , including from ally , she painted them with acrylic mixed with a little ModPodge and sprayed with a clear varnish . Green water feeding bottle form the “ leaves ” in a situation too shady for substantial rose wine . One of the many , many things that endear me to Jo Ann is her take on wildlife . She realize that we ca n’t host a wildlife party and only invite a favored few . rather , she smartly outfox raccoon pond frolics and with wry wit ( and possibly a sigh ) , signs on with a laugh . Creative , gleeful , and energetic , she wassail in new projects : “ I was born and raise on a farm . I opine it show dirt under the fingernail that never really goes out . ”
see her inspiring storey !
And thank you for stopping by ! Linda
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