Ringing Bell’s Woodland at Chanticleer Garden

The astir concealed portion of Chanticleer is the entranceway to Bell’s Woodland, acceptable disconnected beyond the colorful cutting plot (coming up successful my adjacent post). The works database for it is tucked wrong a metallic sculpture of a hornet’s nest hanging from a histrion — worthy of a double-take earlier reaching for it, each time. So creative!

This is Part 9 of my sojourn to Chanticleer during the Philadelphia Area Fling last September.

You participate this plot done an Alice-in-Wonderland acquisition of being shrunk down to rabbit size, by passing done a elephantine fallen histrion trunk. It’s manmade but wonderfully lifelike. Planting pockets on the sides and apical make the effect of quality colonizing the fallen tree.

The airy successful the woodland plot was truthful contrasty that I didn’t get galore bully pictures. But I person to stock this seat hidden down a vine-smothered trellis, wherever a pistillate was peacefully sitting and looking astatine the creek.

I emotion however Chanticleer sets up these small sitting opportunities, similar this Adirondack perched astatine the extremity of a constrictive span on the creek. A woodland throne.

A speech spot appears wherever the way widens into a circular chromatic patio with a ample vessel of h2o successful the center.

The h2o reflects the trees similar a acheronian mirror.

From there, the way leads implicit meandering Bell’s Creek and into a much unfastened plot of dappled sun.

A circular pond with a frog fountain makes a focal constituent on the way.

Lavender flowers were showy successful a sunken garden.

A closeup

View of the stone-bordered creek from nether a conifer bough

In different wooded country astatine the acold extremity of Bell’s Creek, you participate a striking way of slate roofing tiles (I think) laid connected edge.

I’ve ever admired this intimate spiral patio on the slate path.

A starburst of slate and chromatic is inset into the way arsenic it segues to stepping stones on the creek.

Utterly charming and harmonious with the ferny woodland.

A wider view

And 1 more. I emotion it!

Up next: Flowers, vegetables, and a enactment successful the Cutting and Vegetable Garden astatine Chanticleer. For a look backmost at Chanticleer’s mysterious Ruin Garden, click here:

To work astir my past visits to Bell’s Woodland and Bell’s Creek astatine Chanticleer, travel these links:

• Creative paths and cutting plot glory astatine Chanticleer, October 2021
• Chanticleer’s Flower and Vegetable Garden and magical Bell’s Woodland, June 2016

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