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William Gibbes House Garden Tour

Bob returns to the William Gibbes House in Charleston, South Carolina, to tour the one-acre garden of this grand Georgian mansion.
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William Gibbes House Garden Tour

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" Tell me is the garden original to the seventeen -- to date of the house parts of it we believe --"

" And is it walled garden throughout yes that was a tradition brought over from Europe how large as the garden. It's all much for Charleston is one of the two largest in the city it's something underneath -- wonderful. You know at this end."

" Now I don't recognize this tree and you pomegranate and pomegranate and -- my favorite group and it's an awfully pretty flower I do not -- ranges."

" They're in full bloom here already and man we've got them so much in this hot comment because -- of cool feeling to the garden -- So then this portion of the garden is very formal would it be original to the house. Yes this -- gardens shows French influence. On our gardens in Charleston is very likely it does day. From the eighteenth century. It's one of the only part that dies. Most of the garden was laid out 1920. Alec trouble breaks this Charles since best -- Landscape architect -- and what we're -- is the concept is regarded as a series of rooms or. Well what the next through what -- water probably well that's the Cordoba and Arnold let's go back --"

" Now the crepe myrtle is a three that I really do associate with the deep south."

" Yes -- it to me out to -- the real beauty of -- journalists it's -- you Big Blue. Yes I have left Chile blunt about it some -- quite. Well collar -- the color of water mount it now this I recognize that without a magnolia tree yes another. Shelley flown again let me get two lines. I love that having southern -- Carlos it's just lot of."

" So this garden room is quite large and again quite formal with the box wooden parts here that are on the edge in the trees indisputable found."

" The -- limestone. Mrs. Washington rumbling whose husband and father in law built. The Brooklyn Bridge. Is the one who has the garden laid out and was responsible for the founding wonderful for the rulings on the house back in the points. Yes that's not -- Washington rubbing his stance but -- young. They built the Brooklyn Bridge yet is what the to a structure over here and this is this summer house."

" Both summer house like this is really a garden follies. It has no roof but not a shelter."

" Yes -- we think it is part. The original gardens. From the 1770s. But this freeze. Probably -- and 1850 are so it's it's limestone. And name have been imported from England I possibly friends -- it -- certainly -- continental. Very credit now tell me what changes have you brought to regard. When we first Boston garden bought the house in the garden. It was it was that ruin and very overgrown the neighborhood children called -- the secret garden when they played in it. But weighing it had wonderful bones we have the plans and we got down and and have restored it as much as they could always keeping in mind that we'd like to keep its it mystery and it's. Half from -- and then I'd added any new rules or features do it swimming pool below me."

" Then this -- seems as if it's always been here."

" does that thought it was important to have a square full moon and to put it. Right in the center -- this a -- from the house to the back of the garden right it's right and access and it's a square shape which is unusual. What's the size it's stunning fact attorney nine -- and I like the fact that they didn't."

" Finish it off white is when you finish your pool great like that you get this wonderful rich color does it to the water little one natural look to it what about your picket fences -- new."

" pricks who designed the garden did this. Wonderful fence and many others in town. And -- that I'd just keep I have a profession and I grow vegetables and my husband goes vegetables and herbs and cut flowers for the garden --"

" And then that's wandered down the LA here okay. Well this LA. Is really on axis with the pool and with the back -- garden that's part of -- this is the part of the 1920s that was the intention exactly right this is just beautiful though if you -- of the house. And what's this little building over here in the -- went --"

" Perhaps this is that kitchen house and the carriage house the kitchen house it probably predates the house. It is made of Belgian block which was probably balanced on the sailing ships. Andre came in a seventeen hundred's."

" It's a great story and of course -- shaded here right up next enough of these wonderful live oak trees."

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