Hi Everyone! Did you see the last Sweet Southern Days post showing the first home on the Bainbridge, Georgia Tour of Gardens. If you missed Part 1 you can go back to the previous post to see the first lovely garden.
I just happened to see the below advertisement for the Tour on Facebook one day. Fortunately my husband and I had some time to travel on this Saturday morning to the charming little South Georgia town to see these beautiful gardens. It was definitely an added plus that one of my very favorite people was on the schedule to be the Guest Speaker for this event.
As you can see that guest speaker is James Farmer III. He was born and bred in the South. He is a professional garden, floral and interior designer and now an amazing best-selling Southern author. Some people are so totally charming and interesting and he certainly is one of them.
A lovely welcoming table at the entrance to the Center.
The local Samaritan Counseling Center was a very nice location to see and hear the guest speaker.
The above photo shows guest speaker James Farmer III. He has written a total of eight very interesting books about landscape, floral and interior design. Many of his grandmother's favorite recipes are included in some of his books. You can click on Amazon.com to find all of the books written by James Farmer III.
I have had the good fortune to hear James Farmer twice now and both talks were totally delightful.
After the delightful speech we continued on the rest of the tour. The photo below shows the front yard of the second garden on the list in the city of Bainbridge, Georgia Tour of Gardens.
Love the old oak trees so often seen in the deep South.
As we walked around to the back yard we spotted this pretty little planter full of flowers.
In the below photo we see portions of the back of the home plus the inviting swimming pool.
And behind the pool we spot this unusual little flower!
And looking out from the pool area we see this amazing back yard.
As we left this beautiful garden we drove on back through the town of Bainbridge. We had heard there were 40 historic homes and churches in the area. If you stop in at the local Visitors Center you can get information about a driving tour of this area. We did not choose to take the tour, but I took the opportunity to snap a few photos of these beautiful old homes as we drove back through town.
The charming cottage-style home seen below is called the Scott-Long home built in 1890.
St. John's Episcopal Church built in 1885. This old bell still calls the faithful to worship.
Did not see anything listed about this home seen below.
The Hinds-Cooper home was built in 1873. This home features unique windows originally intended for an Episcopal Church. A hurricane destroyed the church before the windows were installed.
The Erlich-Immendorf home seen below was built in 1898 by a local lumber baron.
According to Mr. Google this charming old home's dining room is large enough to seat 50 guests.
Seen below is the Donalson-Rollins home built in 1898.
This home known as the Brown-Hargrave home was built in 1890.
Below we see the Coleman-Vickers-Newton home which was built in 1898.
We drove on through town and found the highway that would take us on back home to Tallahassee.
As we arrived back in Tallahassee, one of the last roads home took us
down one of the nine scenic canony roads in our area.
Thank you for stopping by and going on the Tour of Gardens in Bainbridge, Georgia.
On this Memorial Day we honor all armed forces members who gave their all to defend our country. There will never be a way to thank them and their families enough.
Wishing you a very nice beginning of your week wherever you may be.
