From Mud to Garden (and Golf Hole!)

Today we ’re in Raleigh , North Carolina , visiting with John Matthews .

I have put together an intact pack of cards on the garden , endure from muddy locoweed to what it is today . There is even an 85 - yard golf game gob on the belongings that I have built in the last few year .

It ’s hard to imagine this was muddy grass before . Now it ’s a lovelysitting areasurrounded by a beautiful garden .

A feline garden fellow loosen up in a chair , with a opinion behind it of an strange garden lineament : a golf game hole .

This view of the garden from above show that there are lots of places to sit , visit with friends , and enjoy the space .

Wateris a wonderful feature in any garden , and the water here is cordially endorsed by this garden resident .

The garden stream flowing through the garden pass next to a planting of black - eyed Susans ( Rudbeckiafulgida , Zones 4–9 ) .

Thoughtfully put garden firing can really make a garden refulgency as the sun goes down . Here it highlights a chunk ofyellow iris irises(Irispseudoacorus , Zones 5–9 ) .

Repeated plantings ofblack - eyed Susanstie the garden together with pops of yellowed flowers .

face up at the sign of the zodiac from the garden .

In declination , the surrounding trees steal the scene as they put on theirautumnal colors .

A last look at this beautiful garden , with the flow incline along the side of thepath .

For more of John ’s garden , check out his instagram:@mattiesgardens

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