Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday 1- 4 p.m. The Charlotte Garden Club is pleased to present an outstanding weekend featuring gardens, art, and festivities. $15 in advance for Mint & Charlotte Garden Club members and $20 in advance for non-members.
New Plein air artists will be painting in each of our six beautiful gardens. Their work is for sale, with a percentage benefitting the Charlotte Garden Club. Art will also be for sale at the Sunday party from 4 - 6 p.m. at Mint Museum Randolph following the tour. The celebratory party is included in your ticket price and features art, music, food and drink!
The Charlotte Garden Club presents:
Robin and Michael Goodson – 1023 Sumac Drive 28211
The classically styled home underwent a major renovation in 2010. Burch Mixon worked with the designer/homeowner to achieve the family’s primary objectives: to maximize indoor/outdoor living and entertaining space. The expansive screened porch with a folding wall to the family room offers a seamless transition to the garden. Unique touches in the garden include an organic kitchen garden, custom designed gates, an old English millstone fountain, an antique English hogback bench and brass filigree panels from a brewery.
Chipping Campden – Bibury Lane, High Street, Vernon Drive 28211
Chipping Campden is based on a “real live” small market town in the Cotswold district of England. It is notable for its elegant, terraced High Street dating from the 14th to 17th century. The village has come to life right here in Charlotte. Creeping fig covered walls soften the entrance of these tranquil gardens. Pea gravel paths lead to the residences through fragrant courtyards lined with herbs, perennials and flowering shrubs. Pathways lead past a fountain and an outdoor fireplace where residents can relax in the midst of year-round blooms from tulips, dogwoods, camellias, gardenias, roses and hydrangeas.
Carolyn and Matt Vanderberg – 1829 Queens Road 28207
The 1916 Simmons home on Queens Road is one of the most recognizable homes in Myers Park. The owners bought this home in 2006 and after renovation of the pool area and garage/studio worked with Myron Greer to create and install the gardens. In the front of the property the Italian fountain is surrounded with select plantings to create privacy without obscuring a view of the property. A true southern style garden compliments the well-known columns of the home. The tea olives are some of the largest in Charlotte. The back garden has a large formal rose garden and herb and perennial garden screened with arborvitae and hollies.
A pre-cast pavilion offers a sitting area with a view of the rear gardens.
Anne Gildea – 1156 Linganore Place 28203
The Gildeas bought this home in 2009 and spent a few months renovating both the inside and outside of the property. The pool and pool deck were resurfaced, adding a stone edge to create a more graceful, natural effect. An awning was added to create an outdoor room for entertaining. Mr. Gildea did the design work for the iron gate and the stone fireplace. The family tends the prominent rose garden in honor and memory of their daughter, Molly.
Diana and Hugh Wrigley – 3021 Belvedere Avenue 28205
"Belvedere" was built in 1951 to be the residence of homebuilding entrepreneur John Crosland, Sr. The home represents perhaps the finest postwar dwelling in the Country Club neighborhood. Its rich revivalist themes were designed by local draftsman Warren Mobley to echo the nearby Charlotte Country Club building. Crosland developments reshaped suburban Charlotte, incorporating 6,500 homes and introducing the ranch style home to the city. “Belvedere” was restored in 2010 by the Wrigleys. They have added over 200 medium-sized trees, a walled English garden and a fenced raised bed garden to this wonderful property.
Kerry and Ralph Strayhorn – 2201 Rhododendron Court 28205
The Strayhorn home was built in 1991. Designed by architect Tony Miller, the home is based on typical Cape Dutch architecture reflecting Kerry's native South Africa. This Cape Dutch house features characteristic prominent gables and white stucco. Kerry has moved and shaped the garden to its present state, discovering how some plants grew better in different areas than others. She used the boulders to build and design the rock beds that were originally on the property when they bought it and added the flat rock to define the edges. The private patio and an outdoor fireplace surrounded by a wonderful arbor was added later as another 'room' for entertaining. On the side of the house you'll find a private garden, which features a unique wall fountain and another patio.