GARDENS
Golden Opportunity
After years of designing and installing large-scale landscape gardens in Georgia , Lee Hemmings Carlton relocated to North Carolina , near Boone , and named her new adventure Goldenrod Gardens .
Lee started with planting gardens of chef-loved specialty vegetables and floristsought-after flowers . She also made highly coveted wreaths and bouquets for local farmer ’ s markets .
“ Chefs gobbled up my specialty vegetables and florists came early to the market to snag my most coveted flowers , and I spent hours making bouquets on-demand to fit any budget every Saturday for years . I never showed up without plenty of foraged cut flowers , foliage and berries because they made those bouquets unique ,” says Lee .
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd PHOTOGRAPHY BY Goldenrod Gardens
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