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As a professional lensman live 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 - access into an array of gorgeous gardens , which she has thirstily captured with her tv camera genus Lens . She has been so impressed by what she ’s seen , she was compulsive to cheer the same picture - perfect bliss in her own one thousand .
A tunnel is created by Lady Banks roses growing over a metallic element archway . Next to the tunnel is a small rose garden , with a hedge ofEscalloniain the background knowledge . “ As the hedgerow was maturate , the individual plants were growing at unlike rates . When I decided to lop the hedging , I went with the development pattern and turn off it in a wave . I sleep with the tone of motion that it created , ” enounce Dona . Photo by : Kopol Bonick Studio . SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THIS GARDEN
“ My married man and I want to produce areas in our own garden like to what we ’d seen . We wanted to make a garden with separate ‘ room ’ that had a flow and would be a wonderful backcloth for photography . There were certain lineament we experience we wanted — a butterfly stroke garden , a tunnel made out of rose wine , weave paths , giant timber bamboo , and a meditation labyrinth , ” says Dona .
A rustic bench drape byclimbing wisteriais carved from a dead tree diagram that was on the property . Photo by : Kopol Bonick Studio . SEE MORE photograph OF THIS GARDEN
When Dona and her husband , John , bought their belongings in 2002 , it was run down and verging on foreclosure . “ The area we look at for our garden was just a horse eatage with a little bit of randomly locate fencing material . It was a vacuous slate , ” she said .
To metamorphose their blank canvass , the span enlist the help of admirer David Alosi , a master gardener who was once a full - meter garden designer for Napa ’s beautifulTrefethen Vineyards , a popular destination spot for horticulture enthusiasts . “ We loved the romantic gardens he created . He integrate dash , schematic with intimate , and combinations of plant , colouration and textures . I also love mixing color and texture , as well as trying to have something bloom at different times . ”
In the fall , the leaves on a Ginkgo tree blanket the grass with a rug of xanthous . The red chairs are border byNassella tenuissima(Mexican feathergrass ) . “ These were never planted . They traveled from the contiguous incision of the garden and planted themselves . I need to keep an oculus on them , as they like to journey , ” Dona says . The hedgerow in the background isFeijoa sellowiana . Photo by : Kopol Bonick Studio . SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THIS GARDEN
make little horticulture experience herself when the projection begin , Dona enlisted professional avail to execute Alosi ’s design and deploy the pathway , lawn , plant life , irrigation system , and telegram supports . After the garden was finally established , Dona was faced with the challenge of learning how to maintain it . “ I used the cyberspace a mickle to watch the care , prune and alimentation requirement of each type of plant , ” she suppose . But as with all fledgling nurseryman , her best lessons have come through trial and error , especially when it comes to pruning . “ I would just sidestep the heavenly bamboo ( Nandina ) , not realizing that all the growth take off to occur at the top , and shortly the stems became bare . Now I have it away that I have to hand prune at dissimilar tiptop to get mellowness throughout the plant . ”
Dona ’s garden let in a numberless array of tree , hedges and plants , including a rose garden , several change of bamboo , and many type of perennials , bulbs , and grasses , all carefully select to leave yr - round colour . Her next plan are to beautify her garden with more sculptures and to add some unequalled plant life variety . And of track , when living in Napa , planting grapeshot vine is almost a necessity . “ This spring we will be plant a Pinot Noir vinery , ” she says .
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