A Photo a Week Challenge: GATEWAYS

Posted on November 9, 2021 by johnvic8

This week’s photo challenge from Nancy Merrill is Gateways. I love to see creative entryways to gardens or within gardens. Here a few favorites taken over the years.

Barnsley House, the garden of the late Rosemary Very in Gloucestershire, England, is one of the most beautiful I have visited. This photo of her “Laburnum Walk” is iconic, an inviting gateway into her garden.

Another invitation to investigate a garden is this arbor covered with weigela in bloom. I placed the pot to pull your eyes through this gateway in my former garden in Chapel Hill. I still miss it.

Weigela florida variagata

Please visit Nancy at https://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2021/11/09/a-photo-a-week-gateways/ to see her offering this week.

About johnvic8

John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014. He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
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8 Responses to A Photo a Week Challenge: GATEWAYS

  1. Nancy says:
    November 9, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    The photo of YOUR garden is beautiful and inviting. I still miss your photos of that garden too! Your last challenge of injury was wonderful! I have a creepy sort of interest in spiders and what a capture–yours and the spider’s. Thanks you for your lovely photos over the years. Nancy

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  2. Wind Kisses says:
    November 9, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    So inviting. Tranquility at its finest. Donna

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  3. Cathy says:
    November 10, 2021 at 2:47 am

    I love your clematis archway and the pot drawing the eye to the area beyond the arch. 😃

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  4. bittster says:
    November 12, 2021 at 10:38 pm

    Beautiful. The weigela is amazing, and the arch frames the entrance perfectly!

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  5. pbmgarden says:
    November 13, 2021 at 2:28 pm

    Your garden must have been a great source of pleasure (and work). The pot was ideally placed and the Weigela looked so inviting as well.

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