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As a professional photographer living in Napa , California , Dona Kopol Bonick has had the opportunity to photograph many beautiful locations . One of the perks of her job is her right - of - entree into an array of gorgeous gardens , which she has thirstily conquer with her camera lens . She has been so impressed by what she ’s get wind , she was dictated to play the same photo - arrant bliss in her own chiliad .
A tunnel is make by Lady Banks roses growing over a metal archway . Next to the tunnel is a small rosebush garden , with a hedgerow ofEscalloniain the background knowledge . “ As the hedge was maturing , the item-by-item plant were develop at different rates . When I decided to prune the hedge , I went with the ontogenesis radiation diagram and swerve it in a wafture . I bonk the flavour of motion that it created , ” says Dona . Photo by : Kopol Bonick Studio . SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THIS GARDEN
“ My hubby and I require to make areas in our own garden like to what we ’d see . We wanted to produce a garden with separate ‘ rooms ’ that had a flow and would be a wondrous backdrop for picture taking . There were certain features we cognize we wanted — a butterfly stroke garden , a tunnel made out of rose , meandering paths , giant timber bamboo , and a meditation labyrinth , ” says Dona .
A rustic bench draped byclimbing wisteriais carved from a deadened tree that was on the holding . photograph by : Kopol Bonick Studio . SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THIS GARDEN
When Dona and her hubby , John , bribe their property in 2002 , it was turn tail down and verge on foreclosure . “ The area we considered for our garden was just a horse pasture with a little bit of randomly place fencing material . It was a blank ticket , ” she say .
To transform their blank canvass , the couple muster in the help of friend David Alosi , a master gardener who was once a full - prison term garden designer for Napa ’s beautifulTrefethen vinery , a democratic address billet for gardening enthusiasts . “ We screw the amorous garden he created . He mixed styles , formal with informal , and combinations of plant , colors and textures . I also jazz mixing color and texture , as well as trying to have something blooming at different times . ”
In the fall , the foliage on a Ginkgo Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree blanket the green goddess with a carpet of yellow . The carmine chairs are surrounded byNassella tenuissima(Mexican feathergrass ) . “ These were never planted . They traveled from the side by side section of the garden and planted themselves . I need to keep an heart on them , as they wish to trip , ” Dona say . The hedge in the background isFeijoa sellowiana . Photo by : Kopol Bonick Studio . SEE MORE picture OF THIS GARDEN
suffer short horticulture experience herself when the project began , Dona enlisted professional assistance to execute Alosi ’s design and set up the pathways , lawn , plants , irrigation organization , and telegram financial support . After the garden was lastly establish , Dona was faced with the challenge of learning how to wield it . “ I used the Internet a lot to determine the care , pruning and feeding necessary of each type of plant , ” she says . But as with all fledgeling gardeners , her just lessons have total through tribulation and computer error , especially when it arrive to pruning . “ I would just hedge the heavenly bamboo ( Nandina ) , not realise that all the growth started to occur at the top , and soon the stems became nude . Now I know that I have to reach prune at different heights to get voluminousness throughout the plant . ”
Dona ’s garden includes a myriad raiment of Tree , hedges and plants , include a rose garden , several varieties of bamboo , and many types of perennial , bulbs , and grasses , all cautiously selected to allow for yr - round color . Her future plans are to adorn her garden with more sculpture and to tote up some unique works varieties . And of course , when living in Napa , planting grape vine is almost a necessary . “ This spring we will be planting a Pinot Noir vineyard , ” she enjoin .
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