Chanticleer Part 5

As we stopped in Part 4, we were heading around the house looking at some of the fabulous containers.







There are always choices at Chanticleer....do I go here? Or here? Or there?


The detail everywhere at Chanticleer is worth taking a second look.



This is what is off to the right in the above picture...wouldn't you like to rock here a while, too?


My nose brought me to this heavenly gardenia:


More pots:


We could head straight and go down those steps, but we're heading to the left:


The back of the house:


There's so much to explore here...




Closer:



Well, I thought we'd make it to the pool area today, but there's just so doggone much to look at! We'll get there, though...and to lots of other wonderful areas of Chanticleer that are still waiting for us to explore.

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If you missed Part 3, Part 2 or Part 1, just click on each of them.

Chanticleer Part 4

Picking up where we left off


You know I'd find daylilies...


It's just so pretty, isn't it?


Did you pick out the smokebush?


Yes, that's the house we can see a bit...we're heading up there


Did you need to rest a minute?


Here we go...


Wait until you see the hydrangeas!



The famous rooster(s):


If you didn't know, Chanticleer means rooster. However, these roosters have competition from the amazing hydrangeas which totally surround the drive.



The hydrangeas go all around the circle.



Would you like to pause and just take in the hydrangeas in full bloom all around us...


Because, we're about to enter yet another area...


Next, we'll see behind the house...so, come on back for Part 5...it just gets better and better!

If you missed any of the previous posts, you can find them here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Chanticleer, Part 3

It's time to return to Chanticleer! You remember Part 1 and Part 2, right? This is such an amazing place. Today, we'll see more. Let's go!

Stepping down, here's a nice place to rest...if we had the time, but we have so much to see...


A very nice hosta border with a path...


...but look what's ahead of us...Do you see it?


A little closer


(I'm such a tease...)







I don't know if you can tell from my pictures, but everything is wonderfully symmetrical




You know how I like benches:


This shows the care that is everywhere in this spectacular garden. Look above the bench (closer, just in case you thought it might be an ordinary bench...ha), there's a an opening that lets you peek at another spectacular view.


Some other views available to us:



We're leaving here now...but there is so much more to see! The pool and its gardens, the hydrangeas, the shady gardens (oh my!), the containers (works of art!), the rock gardens, the ponds, the cutting gardens and The Ruins (emphasis mine...you'll see why!). I think the only other place I have taken as many pictures (or nearly) was the 2006 Chelsea Flower Show Grand Pavilion (where we all retreated during the rain...but, that's a story for another post....)

Join me again, won't you, as we continue this visit to the one and only Chanticleer. (I won't be so long in posting Part 4!)