Tom's New York garden feels both informal and artistic.
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"Hi, my name is Tom Fisher and these are pictures from my modest garden in Lancaster, NY near Buffalo. I don't have any training in gardening and like to profess that I have a cottage style garden mainly because it's informal and feels artistic. I enjoy the accidental beauty that seems to simply emerge sometimes by plan but most often by experiment and good fortune. I love the quotes, "to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow" and "every flower is a soul blossoming in nature" together they express what gardening is to me. me…seeing and enjoying the beauty of life every day and planting seeds for the beauty of tomorrow.
I hope you enjoy my pictures."
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Comments
You have an artist's eye and some of those photos look like oil paintings! The tomato picture deserves to be in a Burpee catalogue. Well done, absolutely beautiful, Tom!
Serendipity has worked well for you! Gardening really is full of surprises, hope and happy accidents. You've really embraced those beautifully.
Tom,
I like your "cottage" garden and the philosophy behind it.
Dale
Gardens can have such a peaceful and calming effect on our lives. We can be enthralled by its beauty, whether accidental or intentional. Thanks for sharing your photos.
I love when gardens offer up happy surprises...some combination of plants that create magic when seen together....like your fifth picture down. Your photos are beautiful. Ha, and, for some reason, I suddenly feel a craving for a BLT for lunch...even without the B.
As Bob Ross said " There are no mistakes only happy accidents) All of your photos are terrific & the framed one is a beautiful combination colors & texture. I like your quotes & this is a beautiful & tender way to close out the week on GPOD. Thank you & good luck, Joe
Inevitable beauty, planned or unintentional, and ultimately delivering happiness. Certainly it's why we garden. Our gardens continue to surprise.
Thank you for the tour of Your Garden. If You have extra flower seeds please send them my way ?
Seed harvesting and sharing is on my list to start doing, then I'll start feeling like a true gardener. Thanks you've inspired me to start doing that.
? if You have any extra accidental beauty flower seeds
Chris Culp
119 Joppa Road
Beaufort, SC 29906
Tom, I so enjoyed seeing and reading about the beauty you have arranged. Unplanned or unlearned you have the spirit of gardens and plants! Thanks for sharing!
Your philosophy provides a great source of pleasure. Very nice outcome! What is the variety of that red rose? Beautiful! Great framed photo, also! Wonderful fountain as well! It is a nice accent.
Thank you for your comments. The roses are Rosa ricarda, red carpet roses http://www.tesselaar.com/plants/flower-carpet-roses/flower-carpet-red/
Tom Fisher, I love how you approach your gardening with such thoughtfulness... and the quote you shared with GPOD today, "to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow" is a perfect way to end our week. Thank you for taking us into your gardens.
Love both the philosophy (I practice it myself) and the photos. Thanks so much.
Beautiful! I love when plants are given the freedom to express themselves. I enjoyed that little peep in the grape vine. Robins nest in my wild grape vines, too. I never tire. I also enjoyed the "framed art" — wonderful!
Tom, you've expressed exactly how we feel when walking around our garden but I think that you are a gifted gardener and there is nothing accidental about the beauty you've created. You also seem to be a gifted artist if the painting is yours. Thanks for sharing.
All are just photos taken on my phone but i'm pleased to hear one looks like a painting!
You fooled me:)
Beautiful, happy, healthy plants - and your photos look like fine art, especially the last two and the first one, of the grapes. Great job! Enjoy.
I like the photo of the grapes! How do you use them? I liked your quotes also. I didn't get the framed picture. Is it a photo of your garden that you framed? Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your kind words. The framed picture is also a photo of my garden. I thought it looked picturesque so I added the frame. The grapes are growing on an Arbor that acts as a side entrance to my back garden and are for show and simply eating as a snack while I garden.
Goodmorning Tom, you have captured the true essence of gardening through your writings and your wonderful photos. Your "experiments" are spots of beauty to be treasured, you are very artistic. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for your kind words.
You've captured my favorite parts of gardening: the surprises and combinations that delight! Thanks.
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