2020 Garden Designers

Cheekwood Entry Garden

Inspired by European glasshouses designed to collect and display exotic plants from all over the world, Cheekwood presents the Entry Garden. Team Cheekwood includes designer-in-residence Tres Fromme, principal at 3.Fromme DESIGN, Gale Higgs of Nashville Landscape Systems and SiteWorks, all of whom help Vice President Peter Grimaldi and Director of Horticulture Mary Weber steward the historic estate in Belle Meade. Special thanks are extended to LONGSHADOW® Planters & Classic Garden Ornaments and Vintage Millworks.

Gale Higgs of Nashville Landscape Systems, Inc. has provided the full spectrum of landscape installation and maintenance services in Middle Tennessee since 1979. Gale’s unmatched knowledge and experience serve a distinguished portfolio including several high-profile private estates, as well as Cheekwood.

SiteWorks LLC, founded in 2002 as a small site construction firm, has developed over two decades into a diverse team of highly experienced construction professionals and craftsmen. With this collective technical and construction management expertise, SiteWorks continues to provide single source contracting services to the Nashville community.

LONGSHADOW® Planters

Classic Garden Ornaments, Ltd.®, manufactures LONGSHADOW® Planters & Garden Ornaments, with skilled teams of local artisans who take pride in designing, modeling, casting, finishing and shipping the finest garden ornaments and planters in the world. We are committed to elegance and long lasting, American value.

East Garden

Nature’s Best presents an alluring landscape bringing together natural stone, water, wood and plant material to create a dynamic space that is functional and stunning. By merging elements of both classical and modern design, our goal is to create a space that could exist in a small city courtyard or with a larger framework. Using imaginative plant material, exceptional stone work and outstanding wood work, we create spirited spaces which are as functional as they are striking.

Jerry Trageser, Owner of Nature’s Best

In the horticultural world, Jerry Trageser is a Renaissance man. Since earning his B.S. in horticulture from Tennessee Tech, Jerry has worked interior-scaping, operated a peach orchard and strawberry field, and managed nurseries in Thompson Station, TN. His natural artistic flair led him to landscaping, and in 1996 Jerry opened Nature’s Best Nursery and Landscape. While developing the growing operation, Jerry pursued his interest in science and completed his M.S. in microbiology from M.T.S.U.

Over the next decade, Jerry mastered the arts of stonework, irrigation, and outdoor lighting. In 2010, he opened a retail garden center and wholesale nursery in Nolensville, TN. Jerry’s commitment to bringing each client’s individual vision to life combined with his expert knowledge and superior techniques produce landscapes which are unique and beguiling.

THANK YOU TO OUR GARDEN SPONSORS

West Garden

Drawing inspiration from the work of Wirtz International and the southern landscape, this garden features a fusion of Tennessee native plants and old world charm. Blending natural planting styles with a flirtation of formality, this space invites visitors to stroll through the serene plantings of the garden and experience the ambiance of a handmade English greenhouse.

Josiah Lockard, drawing from over 22 years of professional practice, specializes in ecologically based landscape design and sustainable site development. Utilizing Designed Ecologies, Josiah implements environmental principles and technology to create, and holistically manage landscape. In 2003, he became a ISA Certified Arborist and is a graduate of Lipscomb University’s Institute for Sustainable Practice.

Josiah is an award winning Landscape Designer, member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, LEED Green Associate, and serves as both Consulting Arborist, and member of the Garden Development Committee at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. In 2011, he founded the multi-disciplined firm Josiah Lockard & Associates (JLA), where he engages in projects throughout Middle Tennessee and internationally. Combining the disciplines of Landscape Architecture, Agriculture, Sustainability and Urban Forestry, he integrates natural systems into the built environment to create spaces that have a positive effect on both people and nature.

Hartley Botanic has a long and proud history of designing and manufacturing handmade glasshouses with pride since 1938 and has earned an unrivaled reputation for crafting the finest Glasshouses and Greenhouses money can buy. Providing a beautiful range of structures from classic to modern, and custom made designs, Hartley Botanic strives to cater to the needs of every individual. Each structure is individually designed to the specification of the customer and is built to last a lifetime.

Pop Up Garden

This fun new concept returns for our 30th Anniversary as the vista to our main Entry axis, beckoning you to enjoy the Show. It is situated directly in front of an enormous load-in “Elephant Door”, so we must create the entire Garden in only 90 minutes! Borrowing literally family heirlooms and themes in the classic style, accompanied by an understated verdant textural composition. Heritage ornament and furnishing generously shared by Cheekwood, Fairvue Plantation, and the venerable Cliff Lawn estate.

Todd Breyer, registered landscape architect, is a nationally awarded site, estate and garden designer. Todd is honored to serve again this year as the Antiques and Garden Show Gardens Chair. Todd is involved with several community initiatives and organizations, such as the Herb Society of Nashville, Cheekwood, Nashville City Cemetery Association, Metro Virtual School Academy Board, Metro Beautification Commission, Friends of Library and Metro Parks, West Nashville Community Festival and Richland Park Farmers Market. Todd is a proud father of two.

Flower Mart West End/Belle Meade is a full service, one of a kind shopping experience. They specialize in a wide variety of annual and perennial flowers, tropicals, houseplants, trees, shrubs, and landscape materials as well as exquisite floral arrangements, and a wide array of indoor and outdoor containers, candles and home decor. Delivery and online shopping available.

Charlotte Terrell began work as a landscape architect for New York City Parks, involving the restoration of 19th-century landscapes of Central Park and other historic landscapes after receiving her degree in landscape architecture from the University of Georgia in 1980.

Charlotte Terrell’s century-old decorative painting techniques have naturally translated into fine art and now bespoke mural wallcoverings. She was born and raised in Columbus, Mississippi and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Estate Entrance Piers

The Vintage Millworks manufacturing process mirrors the Cotswold School of Arts and Crafts tradition of combining handwork and machinery to achieve beautifully built furniture. The design for the Show Entrance is inspired by the stone gate piers announcing the arrival at Ballyfin. James Dunn begins with hand drawings which are progressed through two and three dimensions with computer assistance to make precise cuttings. The skilled craftsmen and craftswomen at Vintage Millworks assemble each piece by hand. The Piers are finished with several layers of primer and paint hand brushed in a mixture of sand to create a weathered limestone. The finish technique, rustication, has historical precedent as George Washington used this same process at Mount Vernon to make exterior walls made of wood look like stone. The Piers are decorated with American eagles and wrought iron ring pulls which were made locally by artisan blacksmiths.

James E. Dunn, Founder of Vintage Millworks, Inc.

In 1987, James founded Vintage Millworks, Inc.; focusing this organization and team of craftsmen on design and fabrication of custom architectural millwork. Primary objectives were, and continue to be utilizing appropriate materials, techniques, application, proportion, and design. Inspired by early childhood experiences on his grandparents’ farm in rural Michigan, his youthful vision of sustainable living would incorporate reclaimed old growth lumber from salvaged barns and house parts into new classical architectural millwork, cabinetry, and furniture. As a craftsman, formally trained in crafting fine furniture, cabinetmaking and boatbuilding, James settled in middle Tennessee in 1975 to pursue his passion of becoming a self-supporting artisan. The love of classical architecture, beautiful landscapes, garden design and their effects on the human condition continue to inspire and guide his principles and his life’s work.

Electric Flora is a floral design company started by Nashville’s own Phillipe Chadwick and his partner Nick Maynard. Combining expertise in floral design, marketing, and logistics, the duo produce vibrant and elegant entertaining for any event. Phillipe is a catalog of knowledge about plants and flowers with his love for gardening ranging from heirloom vegetables to Japanese horticulture.