Comments on: Great Movie Gardens

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:40:53 +0000

Thank you Jenny for your wonderful suggestions! I will have to see some of these now, and add another movie-garden goodie to the list. Every year when I catch Spring fever and I can’t wait for gardening season I watch the Secret Garden. Besides the gorgeous foreboding moors and other English castle landscaping, the magnificent rose garden, which is surrounded by tattered stone walls cascading with mounds of English ivy, I am reminded that in the magic of a summer garden, anything is possible.

By: Jenny Peterson

Jenny Peterson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:19:19 +0000

Thanks, Rhonda! I’ll check out your post, too!

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:16:40 +0000

I’ve been amazed at the response to my blog post about the It’s Complicated garden. It really struck a chord. But I too, was one of those all aflutter in spite of knowing the work involoved to fake a garden like that. Love the list of other garden movies as well.

By: rebecca sweet

rebecca sweet — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:28:07 +0000

I’m SO glad you mentioned Edward Scissorhands…one of my all time fav movies (and, uh…yes, actors). It’s because of him that I love topiaries…

And I love that movies are including more and more gorgeous gardens…great for whetting the ‘gardening’appetite of the general public!

By: Jenny Peterson

Jenny Peterson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:10:19 +0000

Yeah, I worried about the same thing with garden newbs, but I guess if we can figure out that movie romances aren’t really real, then we should be okay! And about Johnny…what can we say? GAH.

By: Theresa Loe/Living Homegrown Fresh

Theresa Loe/Living Homegrown Fresh — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:49:11 +0000

LOVE THIS! And thanks for the mention of my blog post.

I agree that as long as we remember that it is not real, we can enjoy the illusion..and Johnny Depp of course. I think we, as gardeners, “get” that.

I do worry that non-gardeners or newbie gardeners will not understand the illusion. I would hate for them to run out and “try this at home” only to be disappointed. But you know…we are grown ups and we should understand that when we go to the movies, it is an escape. It would not be as much fun to see a garden with spent plants and bug bites. Right?

And don’t you just love that more movies are including gardens at all? How cool is THAT?

Almost as cool as….well, Johnny Depp! LOL