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Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival Garden Tour 2021

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The 13th annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival Garden Tour took place the first weekend in June 2021. These are my pictures from the event with a few notes as best as I can remember nearly two years later. (I’m writing this in February 2023).

Summer and hydrangeas will be here before we know it, right?

Color and Texture in the Garden

The first weekend in June proves to consistently be the perfect weekend for hydrangeas. The colors are popping, indeed. And not just for hydrangeas. The Japanese maples (like the feathery version pictured below), along with daylilies and all manner of annuals and perennials were at their peak.

Blue hydrangeas and red feather leaf maple
Hydrangeas and Japanese maples in a garden. June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books.
Ferns and blue hydrangeas in a garden
Blue hydrangeas and ferns in a garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

The Brantley Garden

Cream daylily with purple edges
Cream daylily bloom with purple edge at the Brantley garden. Photo by Lucy Mercer/ A Cook and Her Books
Red daylily bloom with pink edges
Red daylily bloom with pink edges in the Brantley Garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Yellow daylilies with orange centers.
Yellow daylilies at the Brantley garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Three pots with succulents on. a blue tabletop
Trio of face pots with succulents in the Brantley garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Flowers in a yellow planter in a garden
Burgundy calla lilies and pink calibrachoa in a yellow planter in the Brantley garden. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Purple calibrachoa and verbena in a planter
Purple calibrachoa and verbena in a planter in the Brantley garden. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Closeup of verbena in planter
Purple verbena and calibrachoa in the Brantley garden. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Creamy hydrangeas in a container
Hydrangea in a planter in the Brantley garden. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Red flowers in a terra cotta planter in a garden
Red and purple calibrachoa in a terra cotta planter in the Brantley garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Window box filled with red and yellow flowers
Horse trough style window box with yellow calibrachoa, purple angelonia and red impatiens at the Brantley house. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Red geraniums in blue ceramic planter on a porch
Red geraniums in a blue ceramic planter at the Brantley house, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

The Moreland Garden

Milkweed in the garden
Milkweed in the garden at the Moreland house, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Pink yarrow in the garden
Pink yarrow in the Moreland garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Pink and blue hydrangeas in the garden
Pink and blue hydrangeas in the Moreland garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

The Farmer Garden

Female statue surrounded by white impatiens
Statue surrounded by white impatiens on the porch at the Farmer house, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Purple hydrangea in the garden
Purple-blue hydrangea in the garden at the Farmer house, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Pink hydrangeas in a planter by a greenhouse
Pink hydrangeas line the gravel path to the she shed at the Farmer house, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

The Hudson Garden

Pink hydrangea in a garden planter
Pink and white hydrangeas in the Hudson garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Bust of a woman on a table in a garden
Female bust with a moss garden at the Hudson house, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Seashells in a jar
Collection of seashells in the greenhouse at the Hudson garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Seashell in a cloche on a table
Seashell in a cloche in the greenhouse at the Hudson garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Seashells on a window ledge
Seashells lined up on a window ledge with a view of the Hudson garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Pink hydrangeas in a planter on a pedestal
Pink hydrangeas in an urn on a pedestal in the Hudson garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Statue in a garden with horsetail reed grass
Statue surrounded by hydrangeas and horsetail reed in the Hudson garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Mirror and vase on a table
Vignette with dried hydrangeas in a wicker vase, garden tools under a cloche, and a gothic mirror. Hudson house, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Flower print on a clipboard by a window
Floral print on a clipboard by a window in the garden shed at the Hudson house, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books
Blue hydrangeas in a terra cotta planter
Hydrangeas in the Hudson garden, June 2021. Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival

Be sure to read my story on the 2022 garden tour. Learn more about the festival that Garden & Gun Magazine named the “Hydrangea Capital of the South” here.

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