Linda and Mark Smith's Garden

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 On Saturday, September 21, 2002, The Burritt Museum Guild will hold their first Monte Sano Mountain Homes Tour.  Six homes and one garden are featured  on the tour.  For tickets, call 256-536-2882.

The gardens at Les Forgerons compliments the stately Louis XIII French chateau that is the home of Linda and Mark Smith.  Designed by the well-known husband and wife landscape architects, Mary Palmer and Hugh Dargen of Atlanta, the gardens are situated on three levels--all with spectacular views.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Heeschen
1900 Monte Sano Blvd. - Linda & Mark Smith's Garden

The upper level comprises the formal gardens which include the White, Secret, and Armillary gardens.  A sweeping double staircase leads down to the pool level where rose topiaries accent the corners of the pool.  In the nave of the staircase is a fountain with a bronze putti riding a swan, surrounded by mythical dolphins and a winged Pegasus.  Beyond the pool is the English Garden with its richly varied colored and texture and a fine stretch of lawn where all the grandchildren love to play when visiting.

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Aerial View of the Smith Estate

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