Arthur Blank's garden featured on tour

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Arthur Blank's garden featured on tour

Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank's Buckhead home will be one of 12 gardens featured in the Atlanta Botanical Garden's "Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour" which runs May 8 and 9, 2010.

The front entrance of Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank's Buckhead home features a landscaped fountain. It will be one of 12 gardens featured in the Atlanta Botanical Garden's "Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour" which runs May 8-9.

The main house is visible behind the elaborate water garden of Arthur Blank's Buckhead home.

A landscaped fountain separates courtyards in the back yard.

An Atlanta Falcon flag tops the cup on the putting green in the garden of Arthur Blank's Buckhead home. Blank is the owner of the Atlanta Falcons.

Multiple tiers lead down to the spacious yard from the fountain.

Becky Shasta Daisy plants can be found in the garden of Arthur Blank's Buckhead home.

Koi fish swim in the water garden at Arthur Blank's Buckhead home.

Provence Lavender is spotted growing in the garden of Arthur Blank's Buckhead home.

Ivy flows down from a container garden that's part of the landscaping found around Arthur Blank's Buckhead home.

Lily pads float serenely in the elaborate water garden.

A container garden sits next to a bench at the Buckhead home of Arthur Blank.

A Snow White Indian Hawthorn plant bursts with blooms.

Golden Creeping Jenny is used to fill in the sidewalk gaps in the garden.

A Shorty Dwarf Spurge plant is seen blooming in Arthur Blank's garden.

A Catawba Rhododendron is preparing to bloom.

Water rushes past the feet of a statue in the elaborate water garden.

A view of the water garden with accompanying bridge.

A grouping of rose bushes surrounded by a hedge with mondo grass at their base.

A creeping vine works it's way across a double arch in the garden.

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The front entrance of Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank's Buckhead home features a landscaped fountain. It will be one of 12 gardens featured in the Atlanta Botanical Garden's "Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour" which runs May 8-9.

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