Yesterday I drove down to Round Top to deliver plants for the Festival Hill Herbal Forum. On the way home I stopped at Antique Rose Emporium, one of my favorite places to visit. We modeled our nursery on their layout: natural gardens surrounding the sales area.
The look there was still early spring; plants were small and perennials were not up yet. But they had lots of roses and things were greening up.
One thing that struck me is how different our nurseries look. I think it is the fact that Blue Moon Gardens is owned by women and Antique Rose Emporium is owned by a man. There they have lots of massive structure.
Pergolas, arbors, trellises, all on a large scale.
I love this structure pictured below. It is ropes from ships. They are at least 3 inches in diameter, maybe more, hung like swags between cedar posts the size of telephone poles.
We would love to have these types of structures but we don't handle the construction process well. We don't want to have to supervise and we do not like the noise, dust and mess of construction. So we keep it simple and add more gardens, which we maintain better.
If you have never visited Antique Rose Emporium in Independence, TX you should take the time. It is just north of Brenham, where you can tour the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory while you are there.
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