In August members of Carroll Garden Club, gathered at the home of Tom and Kim Stenley in late afternoon to have an updated tour of what can accurately be called an home arboretum. We last visited 5 years ago in July, so were interested to see what had changed. Tom is a fancier of trees and he has profusely planted his acreage with many species of trees and shrubs. Also, he’d rather have those than a lot of lawn to mow.
In August, many of the flowering plants are past their peak, so we did not expect to see much in the way of perennials. However, there were annuals providing color in an area which had been under construction years earlier and was now beds enclosed by low hedging and hardscaping.
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- Back of the wall
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- Longer view of enclosure
The group followed Tom around the property inundating him with questions and queries like “What kind of tree is this?” Of course, most gardeners *love* to do plant talks and tours so he likely did not mind at all.
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- Tom talking about the acreage
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- Doing a walking tour
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- Examples of trees
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- Bottlebrush Buckeye
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- Mil and Brenda following
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- Hostess Kim under a tall nut tree
We also had several additions to the tour group: husbands, a sister and guests.
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- Jan and Barb’s husbands
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- Flirting with Brenda and sister
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- Pat’s husband
