tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post2634077165173358436..comments2024-03-06T09:44:19.109-05:00Comments on Things That Inspire: Allée of treesThings That Inspirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04405995431610377305noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-39835402067692851762012-05-04T16:37:05.544-04:002012-05-04T16:37:05.544-04:00Does anyone know the location of the 5th picture f...Does anyone know the location of the 5th picture from the top is??? I want to get married in a setting like this during this coming fall and I would really love to know where it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-51958916877518609232012-02-23T05:13:46.725-05:002012-02-23T05:13:46.725-05:00Great shots of this landscape element.
Its great ...Great shots of this landscape element. <br />Its great to have some clients that can do this on a large scale. Recently I completed a [what we call in NZ] Lifestyle Farm with over 100 Platanus acerifolia (London Plane) lining a 500m curving driveway. Currently designing a shorter version for another client (about 100m), but will utilise other species, as the soil is better, so I have a greater Phil Ohttp://www.rld.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-57281083052566369002010-08-19T19:20:13.117-04:002010-08-19T19:20:13.117-04:00Although you say that an Allee is a french concept...Although you say that an Allee is a french concept, it's origins can be found in the Low Countries (nowadays Flanders and the Netherlands)<br />where is was/is calls "dreef" or "drift".<br />It was also a good manner visualy give character for roads trough forested area's<br /><br />It was an with trees alligned road from the center of a village towards the fields Jethro Mortierhttp://jethromortier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-13447979687381985702010-04-25T16:02:02.778-04:002010-04-25T16:02:02.778-04:00Yeah for Houston Rice Village! How fun to live in...Yeah for Houston Rice Village! How fun to live in one of those homes during college. I went to Vienna this week with my German class and my favorite part was the Ringstrasse which was an alleé of trees! Have you ever been? Beauty.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10637579999008887341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-67923782200401803622010-04-23T18:20:11.917-04:002010-04-23T18:20:11.917-04:00Love the pictures... stunning! What a nice treat!
...Love the pictures... stunning! What a nice treat!<br /><br /><br />Lindsay<br />www.adesignstory.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813203673301221064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-66019471071418945192010-04-23T15:43:35.978-04:002010-04-23T15:43:35.978-04:00A design blogger (that I read, even) that went to ...A design blogger (that I read, even) that went to Rice? Very cool! I've walked these streets, and lived in garage apartments very near here, too. Thanks for the memory!<br /><br />Sara '97<br />http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.comSarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572116519532368015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-20258868192101442992010-04-23T00:28:50.434-04:002010-04-23T00:28:50.434-04:00Such a visual treat! Without a doubt, add an alle...Such a visual treat! Without a doubt, add an allee to your landscape plan if at all possible. It adds such great structure and order to the garden. The plantings will naturally add the curves to beautifully counter balance it all. Lovely!GrannySmithGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02151967959608607782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-53397826967206819692010-04-22T21:19:11.342-04:002010-04-22T21:19:11.342-04:00oh - I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this....oh - I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this. I LOVE trees. There is nothing so beautiful. Nothing. <br />I visited Oak Alley last fall - there aren't words!! I took a bunch of pictures of the trees (http://sfair.blogspot.com/2009/10/oak-alley-and-st-james-plantations.html) - I'm not the world's best photographer, but it was amazing to see these beauties up close. There are Sanity Fairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837572570886461071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-22135971794723361682010-04-22T20:48:17.611-04:002010-04-22T20:48:17.611-04:00Charlotte, North Carolina is the same way. Comple...Charlotte, North Carolina is the same way. Completely gorgeous tree-lined streets in the middle of the city. I think I was sold on my house as soon as I turned onto my street.Mollypantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08673221792869459273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-68844170627691040182010-04-22T17:44:49.021-04:002010-04-22T17:44:49.021-04:00Spectacular allées - The Lafourcarde garden is go...Spectacular allées - The Lafourcarde garden is gorgeous as are all your other selections. Tree lined driveways, what could be prettier? xvvicki archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847183975086900816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-47787013574720405002010-04-22T17:42:34.444-04:002010-04-22T17:42:34.444-04:00Van Morrison has a song called "Cypress Avenu...Van Morrison has a song called "Cypress Avenue." The song stops me every time I hear it and I just imagine myself walking down a lane of Cypress Trees. I think back to all the trips we took to South Carolina when I was a child, and we would rive down thees long stretches of highway where huge trees and Spanish Moss lines the road. There was a feature in veranda about a year ago whereBlayne Macauleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168898046058091176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-85412925943334133742010-04-22T17:04:20.055-04:002010-04-22T17:04:20.055-04:00I couldn't agree with you more, they are beaut...I couldn't agree with you more, they are beautiful. I really like formal gardens and allée's, there is just something about the organized structure of plants that is really appealing since it's so random naturally. <br /><br />The John Howard and the oak allée are two of the best pictures I've seen in a long time. Thank you for sharing!Linda @ theLENNOXXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455310908518613770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-11042721566746664982010-04-22T15:31:48.593-04:002010-04-22T15:31:48.593-04:00I live in Southern California and it is hard to fi...I live in Southern California and it is hard to find sites like these. Thank you from a East Coast transplant, for the inspiration! You forget how nature really makes you smile.gail (A Fresh Start Organizing)http://www.afreshstartorganizing.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-72315901765697099782010-04-22T15:20:28.393-04:002010-04-22T15:20:28.393-04:00Love your blog & look forward to each post! M...Love your blog & look forward to each post! My husband & I live in Houston & say if we ever decided to invest in our TRUE dream home it would be on South street the siter to North! I have the most adorable b & w portrait of my girls running hand in hand down this "allee" blonde hair flowing in the wind! As a southern girl it is dreamy!3 Blonde Belleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821611651037119879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-21636064017591025272010-04-22T14:39:46.389-04:002010-04-22T14:39:46.389-04:00I was fascinated by this very concept during my fi...I was fascinated by this very concept during my first and every visit since to NYC's Central Park. The Central Park Mall is stunning during all seasons!<br /><br />Even in our little neighbourhood in Ottawa there are large trees lining the streets. In the summer it's like a beautiful green canopy!Donna @ Paisley and Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299989919872667627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-27961880857809328472010-04-22T14:39:07.985-04:002010-04-22T14:39:07.985-04:00I'm so glad you're sharing what is probabl...I'm so glad you're sharing what is probably the very best of Houston -- so much more beautiful than I suspect most people would imagine out of my home town! I spent my early childhood on South Blvd. and fondly remember walking down these medians on North and South with my sister and my mom. I don't think I appreciated it though until we moved to suburbia where trees were tiny and the Averillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758556623588696377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-46947795725507443952010-04-22T14:00:01.336-04:002010-04-22T14:00:01.336-04:00Thank you for the comments, everyone! Seeing this...Thank you for the comments, everyone! Seeing this beautiful landscape design feature confirmed something I probably already knew: that I do like some formal order on the landscape. What I love about using trees formally is that the freeform nature of the branches often balances out the formality of the arrangement - a great juxtaposition!<br /><br />(Thanks for the note about the correct Things That Inspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04405995431610377305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-27166171282842522462010-04-22T13:57:07.145-04:002010-04-22T13:57:07.145-04:00I felt inspired! Thanks.I felt inspired! Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-96079548195413952010-04-22T13:56:29.462-04:002010-04-22T13:56:29.462-04:00Lovely images, which must have taken time and thou...Lovely images, which must have taken time and thought to create. Just a note, -- it's Klimt (no "p").<br />Sue in RISuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-25659332107084909572010-04-22T13:36:03.441-04:002010-04-22T13:36:03.441-04:00I love walking or driving down old streets of Toro...I love walking or driving down old streets of Toronto with their towering Maple trees. They create this beautiful canopy to be enjoyed ever season.<br /><br />My all time favorite allee is Cours Mirabeau in Aix en Provence. The trees are enormous, and at the very end of the street is a huge and wonderful fountain, La Rotonde. I used to dream of one day living in Aix, studying art and Verdigris Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11019080116208803737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-56455917392520084422010-04-22T13:22:29.191-04:002010-04-22T13:22:29.191-04:00Great entry today! Beautiful and educational!Great entry today! Beautiful and educational!Christina McClellandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-91239702806370271752010-04-22T11:45:14.847-04:002010-04-22T11:45:14.847-04:00Many of the major thoroughfares in the older neigh...Many of the major thoroughfares in the older neighborhoods of my hometown (Mobile, Alabama) are lined with live oak trees dripping with Spanish Moss. They don't always frame a view to anything except the road ahead, but the canopied effect is wonderful. In this case, it's a practical consideration - it keeps much of the area in shade, which is hugely appreciated in the muggy summer Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218998416068453673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-12870302826187106662010-04-22T11:28:55.406-04:002010-04-22T11:28:55.406-04:00Like many others who came to gardening with a roma...Like many others who came to gardening with a romantic vision, I lusted for an allee of trees. Of course, reality intervened but I do have six (three on each side) of Yulan Magnolias that lead the path to my garden "temple." Planting magnolias in Kansas can be a bit dicey, but usually these trees prevail. When I ordered them 15 years ago they were so small they came on the UPS truck. home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-39704031343379944462010-04-22T10:49:31.438-04:002010-04-22T10:49:31.438-04:00I do love the impact of well-placed, aged trees.
...I do love the impact of well-placed, aged trees. <br /><br />You should also check out the Dark Hedges in Northern Ireland. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/mrdphotos/4272986226/ <br /><br />My husband and I visited them on a recent trip. The road, oddly, doesn't lead to anywhere but they are impressive nonetheless.Elizabethhttp://www.capitalspiceblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422669494853882483.post-43184389040795911442010-04-22T10:19:07.593-04:002010-04-22T10:19:07.593-04:00These are beautiful images. The Oak Alley Plantati...These are beautiful images. The Oak Alley Plantation is my favorite.Heather at Satisfying Spaceshttp://www.satisfyingspacesblog.comnoreply@blogger.com