A TRIP THROUGH THE GARDEN

Grounding influence

Attendees get to revel outside Symphony Designer House XXV

Christy Lund and Designer House Chairman Larry West check in guests.
Christy Lund and Designer House Chairman Larry West check in guests.

Arkansas Symphony Designer House XXV and all the fun events that go along with it have been postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic, but the team behind this year's house created a safe way for symphony supporters and friends to enjoy the grounds of the house named Belle Maison.

A weekend of special garden tours that began May 22 was the public's first glimpse at the property since the Bare Bones Party in January. The garden tour was a self-guided wine walk.

A quick storm that had rolled through about an hour before the event added a little steam to the air and a glisten to leaves and flowers from the rain. After grabbing a glass of wine, there was plenty to see in the gardens, designed by Joel Villa, including a greenhouse, various sculptures, perennial gardens, multi-leveled porch and patio, a creek that runs under a covered bridge to a backyard lake, a state-of-the-art chicken coop and log cabin guest house.

Proceeds from the tours benefit the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

-- Story and photos by Cary Jenkins

High Profile on 05/31/2020

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