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| Photo Credit: Jennifer Manning |
| A garden sentry oversees the comings and goings of the garden. |
Did you ever wonder how to bring your garden alive with garden art? Well take a peek into Joan and Arthur Bluethenthal’s courtyard garden in Greensboro, NC. With some treasured sculptures, they’ve been able to transform their yard into a gallery of hidden treasures.
At first look, the Bluethenthal’s garden is simply a delight to the senses. Chip Callaway, a landscape architect who specializes in garden restoration and design, envisioned a Charleston-type setting when he planned it. And the couple wasn’t disappointed with what Callaway gave them. | Add Photo to Journal |  | | Photo Credit: Jennifer Manning | | This is one pig that won’t be rooting around in the garden. |
They can take in the beauty of the courtyard below from any window at the back of their home. When they gaze down, they can see their blooms of wisteria and clematis trailing over the tops of the walls and the creeping fig vines and variegated ivy lazily creeping up the walls to add color to the brick. But a closer look into their private garden reveals a collection of riches tucked among the foliage.
The courtyard is flanked with boxwoods, camellias and holly ferns, but it’s among the hellebores, columbine, hostas and other shade-loving perennials where you’ll find the sculptural elements of Tom Suomalainen, a clay artisan who’s been exhibiting his work since 1964. The Bluethenthals have been avid collectors of his smooth-textured pieces for many years.
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