{"id":63238,"date":"2015-03-09T15:52:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T19:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=63238"},"modified":"2015-03-12T12:24:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T16:24:46","slug":"a-shirley-watts-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=63238","title":{"rendered":"a Shirley Watts&#8217; garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>Monday features two long-time friends (and family) of AGO.  Oldest son Mitch took these photos of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sawattsdesign.com\/\">Shirley Watts<\/a>-designed garden a few years back and kindly agreed to let me share them here.<\/p>\n<p>The garden had a lot of formal, established features and furniture to incorporate into the new design, but nonetheless, to those who know her work, Watt&#8217;s artistic eye and hand can easily be seen throughout.  Like all Watts&#8217; gardens I&#8217;ve seen, there&#8217;s a uniquely timeless, modern\/classical fusion that always lends an air of tranquility and simplicity &#8212; but with plenty of startling details, beautifully sensual plants, and bravura flourishes to discover.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9328-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9328-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9345-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9345-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9329-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9329-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9213-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9213-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9284-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9284-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9274-1%201.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9274-1 1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9262-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9262-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9225-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9225-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9160-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9160-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9229-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9229-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9168-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9168-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9167-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9167-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9170-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9170-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9163-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9163-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9154-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9154-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9153-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9153-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9324-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9324-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/feb2015\/C26T9158-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9158-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9245-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9245-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iron bedstead Shirley cut in half for the outdoor daybeds<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9238-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9238-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9219-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9219-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9201-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9201-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9176-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9176-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/march2015\/C26T9261-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo C26T9261-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/mbmaher.com\/\">MB Maher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/big><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday features two long-time friends (and family) of AGO. Oldest son Mitch took these photos of a Shirley Watts-designed garden a few years back and kindly agreed to let me share them here. 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