Places
French Garden - Outstanding Southern Appalachian Garden
The garden of Joe and Beverley French in Flat Rock, NC won the Millstream Garden Award in the in the Outstanding Special Garden category in 2013. The focus of the garden is the pond and the garden was built up around it.
An overview of the garden can be seen in the Rock Garden Quarterly, volume 71, number 1, pages 24-25, in the article "Gardens of the Southern Appalachians.
Whittemore Garden - Tall Pines
Ev Whittemore's one acre garden, "Tall Pines", in Penrose, North Carolina won the Millstream Garden Award for Outstanding Rock and Alpine Garden in 2013.
Ev wrote about preparing the garden for the AGM garden tour in "Fools Rush In ..." in the Rock Garden Quarterly, volume 71, number 1, pages 34-38.
Cryptomeria japonica and Lantern
Cryptomeria japonica with (white tips on emergence) and lantern placed to draw the eye to the lower part of the garden.