John Fairey Garden
The John Fairey Garden in Hempstead Texas is a place for gardening art and conservation.
John fairey garden. Photo courtesy Randy Twaddle John Fairey Garden. The Botanical Garden University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia John L. Among the gardens many varieties are groves of magnolias oaks sycamores and maples natives of the mountains in northern Mexico where Fairey and fellow plant hunters have gone on plant.
A dry garden a stand of giant palms rare Mexican magnolia trees a berm of oaksincluding some not yet described by horticulturiststhe garden is a landscape of intriguingly arranged shapes combinations of plants sited with loving precision by Fairey himself. The John Fairey Garden Hempstead Texas. Established by John Fairey in 1971 The John Fairey Garden formerly Peckerwood Garden is an extraordinary preservation garden on 39 acres near Hempstead Texas.
John Gaston Fairey has been called a renaissance man in appreciation for his many talents as an expert horticulturist plant explorer educator and artist. The John Fairey Garden now produces a monthly newsletter tracks the numbers of visitors and is building better relationships with area chambers of commerce and tourism agencies. Suggest edits to improve what we show.
Matthews South Carolina to Isabel Strait Fairey and Philip Washington Fairey. John Gaston Fairey founder of the John Fairey Garden dies at age 89 On March 17 2020 John Fairey died at the age of 89 years. Enjoy a day out of the city and experience the delights of the John Fairey Garden previously known as Peckerwood Garden in Hempstead and the BeeWeaver Honey Farm in Navasota an hour away from Houston.
Japanese blue oak or glaucous-leaf oak at the John Fairey Garden. The creation of Peckerwood Garden. Nursery open to the Public.
Wisterias bloom in spring at the John Fairey Garden. A beautiful garden full of rare plants. The Times Anne Raver writes that Fairey settled at Peckerwood because it reminded him of his childhood home in the rolling hills of South Carolina.