Field Trip to Casa Montano Garden Ornaments & Garden Visit to Lyndy Broder

Find a carpool buddy for a fabulous day merging art and the art in the garden. We begin the morning at Casa Montano Garden Ornaments in Fairburn at 9:30 a.m. We'll visit the workshop and enjoy a chance to buy or order artwork too. 

Carlos' pieces are designed to resemble weathered stone and include a variety of garden art, such as planters, urns, benches, statues, medallions, spheres, plaques, stepping stones, and faces personifying the seasons and elements. He finds inspiration in the textures and shapes of stones, and he prides himself on the quality and craftsmanship of his pieces. Each piece is finished by hand, ensuring no two look exactly alike, and he also reproduces unique pieces created by the late Atlanta artist Christine Sibley.

Learn more: Casa Montano Garden Ornaments, 81 Dodd St # A, Fairburn,
GA 30213.  

Afterward, we'll drive a bit (about 45 minutes) to Lyndy Broder's fabulous Stockbridge garden, which features a good deal of Carlos Montano's artwork. You are welcome to bring a lunch or stop and get a lunch to bring along the way to enjoy at Lyndy's. 

Lyndy has a large eclectic garden. The oldest two acres are designed in an European romantic style. The visit begins at a sheltered terrace with koi pond, moves through a long pergola unto the west lawn, meandering along curved paths to finish at the rondel. The garden rooms feature English garden edgers, staddle stones, chimney pots and unique architectural remnants. Spend some quiet moment in the sanctuary for St. Fiacre, patron saint of gardeners. The plant palette includes a plethora of clematis, hydrangeas and a collection of unusual trees. 

Instead of a front lawn, the native broomsedge, asters and goldenrod lead you to the small lake.The newest additions are a five acre native grassland with serpentine path leading to a stand of River Cane by the creek. Still a work in progress is my half acre pinwheel of perseverance. This garden room is registered as a Monarch Waystation and is a showcase for my collection of our native clematis viorna. A pinwheel of zoysia grass creates spokes surrounded by an eclipse. All spokes are planted with primarily native nectar perennials.  The milkweeds are mostly planted on the outside of the eclipse to enhance the laying of eggs.  Each spoke is designated for a different subspecies of viorna with many new species. There are interesting plants year round but May is the best month for Clematis.