moss mountain ~ a place for the soul

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Arkansas, community, creativity, Garden2Blog2013, Heritage Poultry Conservancy, Moss Mountain, P Allen Smith, sustainable living

This post is dedicated to P Allen Smith for sharing his caring heart, exceptional vision, horticultural brilliance, and unparalleled hospitality.
Thank you Allen for a visit of a lifetime.

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the farmhouse at Moss Mountain

P Allen Smith sharing his wisdom

take a stroll and see for yourself

wisteria allee

view from Allen’s studio

koi pond

structural obelisks line a pathway

layers of texture

path to Arkansas River

endless rose hedges

color in profusion

below the mighty Arkansas

octagon building inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

garden ornament creates a sense of whimsy

gateway to the formal rose garden

kitchen dependency

exterior view of rear porches

a 350 year old post oak at Moss Mountain. One of  three “big sisters” at the farm.

front porch detail and love the color of the benches and chairs…pimento from Benjamin Moore

entrance hall

kitchen detail

mud room detail

view from second floor porch

main floor porch detail

bathing luxury on second floor porch

second floor landing

MBR detail

guest bedroom

guest room detail

intimate, charming spaces

Allen loves his poultry

one handsome rooster at Moss Mountain ~ Amos

sunbathing beauty

what flexibility!

Allen educates and inspires

can you feel the love?

Oreo feeling the love at Moss Mountain

someone’s lovin’ life!

detail of Allen’s one-acre veggie garden

Allen strolls his garden

details, details

white dorper sheep from Africa

Trudy ~ a rescue from a lab in Canada

Moose the mooch

a few of the handsome Heritage breeds

Giant Dewlap Toulouse geese ~ an old French breed, enjoy life at Moss Mountain Farm

Allen conveys the importance of preserving endangered heritage poultry breeds

dinner bell

one blogger’s repose at Moss Mountain ~ Barbara Wise

following many fine meals and lively conversation, we bid Moss Mountain adieu

day’s end at Moss Mountain

In addition to the activities listed above, Garden2Blog13 was chocked full of fun including a tour of the Governor’s Mansion gardens designed by Allen, a tour of Allen’s city home gardens https://dianelasauce.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/p-allen-smiths-small-masterpiece/, and Laguna’s construction of a water feature at Moss Mountain’s Cottage Home https://dianelasauce.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/a-water-feature-added-to-the-cottage-landscape-at-moss-mountain/. Additionally, Troy-Bilt, Bonnie Plants, Jobe’s Organics, The Seed Keeper Company, Star Roses and Plants, Berry Family of Nurseries and LeCreuset added valuable lessons and fine dining for all the G2B13 attendees.

Allen’s highly professional support staff guided us throughout our stay, filling us with radiance and awe that will continue to inspire us and our gardens to come.
My final thought is you have not lived until you visit Moss Mountain.

Copyright © 2013 by Diane LaSauce All Rights Reserved

FYI ~ going to arkansas

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Arkansas, blog award, Garden Home Challenge, Garden2Blog2013, Moss Mountain Farm, P Allen Smith

winter in Albemarle

It is official. I would like to share some lovely news with my followers. P Allen Smith, TV host, author, brilliant garden designer, and lifestyle expert selected my blog home, garden, life as one of his Garden2Blog 2013 guests. I am invited by his wonderful staff for an all expense paid trip to Arkansas where I will have the marvelous opportunity to see both his city and farm residences the early part of May. There, during a two-day intensive, I will meet former selects of this honor and newbies like myself. This will be garden blogger heaven!

Invited this year to join P Allen Smith and his talented group of garden bloggers!

We will lunch at the Governor’s Mansion then tour Allen’s fabulous two homes—his city dwelling reclaimed and moved to its current site, Moss Mountain Farm, a sustainable Greek Revival home built by Allen on a six-hundred acre parcel above the Arkansas River, as well as the newly completed Moss Mountain cottage project featured in one-hundred fifty segments on YouTube this past summer.

Over the years Allen has inspired me in numerous ways. I so look forward to the intensive workshops scheduled for day two and I am confidant I will learn so much from the blogger forum. In advance I send thanks to all his people who are making this happen. Allen is a true steward in a multitude of ways, and it will be a pleasure to meet him in person.

Stay tuned as I will take a gazillion photographs to share when I return. In the meantime, check out P Allen Smith on the web at http://pallensmith.com or on Facebook.

Happy weekend to you all! And remember I told you first! 😉

Diane