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Guttenberger home features tropical setting
Gardens on the tour will be open for visits from 2 to 5 p.m. each day at a cost of $10 for adults and $5 for children under age 12. Advanced tickets are on sale at Wharton Chamber of Commerce, Wharton County Historical Museum, Charles Chambers State Farm Office and all local banks. Tickets and maps will also be available at each garden on the tour during the event. The Guttenbergers have been in their home for the past 13 years. They have done all of their own landscaping to create a tropical setting in their pool/garden area. Coi said the tropical theme really got kicked off when the decision was made to install a pool. They started with a backyard which was bare ground and edged in flower beds. "We just put the pool in two years ago in September," Coi said. "That's when it was decided to give this area a tropical setting."
The decking in the garden was built in March along with the pool edging. There is also a goldfish pond with a small waterfall tucked into one corner of the garden. The Guttenbergers chose plants for the garden based on cold weather tolerance and growth size. An example of that are the Queen Palms in the garden which are cold tolerant and stay small. For color accents Coi chose to add colored foliage plants and flowering plants to the setting. One bed is completely covered with sea shells as a substitute for mulch. "All of those shells came from trips to Matagorda," Coi said. "We would bring home buckets of shells and clean them up for use in the bed."
Just a hint on visiting this garden: Parking will be in the rear of the home on Milburn Street, which is a deadend. garden.
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