Sept 2020 – Holly Cooper in Yew Dell ’s holly allée . ( Robin Cooper photo . )
Holly Cooper comes by her name course . Theodore Klein , a gardener and industrial plant collector , was Holly ’s grandfather . Mr. Klein had a fondness for Buddy Holly . He and his wife , Martha Lee , progress their nursing home , raised a menage and createdYew Dell , their 60 - acre work and private botanical garden in Crestwood , Kentucky .
It should n’t be a surprisal that Holly became a gifted nurseryman . She also has a photographic gift nurtured by her female parent , the well - known lensman Marian Klein Koehler . Holly , my sis - in - practice of law , has an over-the-top eye for subtlety and grace .
Sept 2020 – Holly Cooper in Yew Dell’s holly allée. (Robin Cooper photo.)
Few know Yew Dell Botanical Gardens as well as Holly does . She , of course , in humble mode , would want to include Uncle Karl Klein , Aunt Joyce Gregory and sister Julie Koehler , who also possess a cryptical sense of place .
Yew Dell Botanical Garden opened to the world in 2006 with a mission , posit in a nutshell , by Executive Director Paul Cappiello , to : “ Raise the bar of gardening . ”
Since then , with making love and care from a little , talented and passionate staff , a attached board , and 100 of devoted volunteers , plus generous public support , a life ’s work was preserved , and the garden and arboretum have been dramatically lucubrate .
Sept 2017 – Yew Dell’s memorial gift, a bench honoring my mother, Marian Klein Koehler
I asked Holly a few month ago to shoot her impressions of Yew Dell . “ twilight flavors and bodily function ” were her inhalation .
Sept 2017 – Yew Dell ’s memorial gift , a terrace honor my mother , Marian Klein Koehler
Sept 1983 – My grandfather focused on seeded player and nut case sieve . A Fall ritual .
Sept 1983 – My grandfather focused on seed and nut sorting. A Fall ritual.
1960 – My granny , Martha Lee Klein , by immense mordant locust tree . menage , now the kitchen garden . ( Theodore Klein photo . )
Sept 1983 – Old Oak , Bos taurus and rook . Viewed from quarry outcrop , a favorite balefire pit . Cows DO savour S’Mores ! ( Marian Klein Koehler photograph . )
Sept 2020 – Pasture reincarnate as a pollinator home ground .
1960 – My grandmother, Martha Lee Klein, by huge black locust. Home, now the kitchen garden. (Theodore Klein photo.)
Oct 2012 – Pond trail . Overgrown pasture . Only mop postulate is the pathway .
Oct 2012 – Persimmons consider down branches against dingy sky . frisson winds begin .
Oct 2020 – Persimmons well exhaust dead - ripe !
Sept 1983 – Old Oak, cattle and castle. Viewed from quarry outcropping, a favorite bonfire pit. Cows DO enjoy S’Mores! (Marian Klein Koehler photo.)
Oct 2020 – Persimmon germ ‘ scat’-tered as nature intend .
Sept 2009 – Papa ’s melon tree . Exotic near tropical flavor ..
Sept 2020 – maize pony . For moo-cow feed . Cardinals eat their portion . Horizontal maize attached to wire coat - hangers , set aside off maple boughs .
Sept 2020 – Pasture renewed as a pollinator habitat.
Sept 2020 – Cornfield , field - dry cob . “ Angel ’s Share ” goes to mice , peacenik and cervid .
Sept 2020 – Corn cribbage latch is the same since , everlastingly . Withstood lots of home battering , “ countenance - me - OUT ! ”
Sept 2009 – Pet cemetery . My grandfather cheat the stone and inscribed the cementum .
Oct 2012 – Pond trail. Overgrown pasture. Only mowing needed is the footpath.
Dec 1980 – “ Mildred ” the African tea , depicted object on any lap . ( Theodore Klein picture . )
Sept 1960 – 3 generations to compact apple into liquid gold . ( Marian Klein Koehler photo . )
Sept 1960 – Little me , sampling sippin ’ . ( Marian Klein Koehler photo . )
Oct 2012 – Persimmons weighing down branches against blue sky. Chill winds begin.
Nov 1973 – Robert Frost coming . observe the gullible tomato among the Fall cucurbit . ( Theodore Klein photo . )
Sept 2020 – Aging grape vines & treillage . Improved varieties are available , but our old , German ancestral supporter wo n’t disappoint .
Sept 2020 – Uncle Karl maintains his father ’s ( Papa ’s ) aluminium label . Classics , all three of them . I hold Papa and Uncles Jules and Karl in the gamy esteem .
Oct 2020 – Persimmons best eaten dead-ripe!
Oct 1961- Asiatic Chestnuts . Old farm entrance . Collecting with cousins . ( Marian Klein Koehler picture . )
Oct 1961- 2 - twelvemonth previous me , not happy . ( Marian Klein Koehler photo . )
October 1961 – Reward for persistence , sweet-scented nutmeats . ( Marian Klein Koehler photo . )
Oct 2020 – Persimmon seed ‘scat’-tered as nature intended.
Sept 2009 – Castle vestibule . Papa carve this sundial , rephrase Henry Van Dyke ’s quote . TIME IS …
Jan 1978 – House under snow . Remember large winter snowfalls ? ( Marian Klein Koehler picture . )
Robin Cooper photo
Sept 2009 – Papa’s pawpaws. Exotic near tropical flavor..
Sept 2020 – Corn crib. For cow feed. Cardinals eat their share. Horizontal corn attached to wire coat-hangers, suspended off maple boughs.
Sept 2020 – Cornfield, field-dried cob. “Angel’s Share” goes to mice, doves and deer.
Sept 2020 – Corn crib latch is the same since, forever. Withstood lots of interior banging, “Let-me-OUT!”
Sept 2009 – Pet cemetery. My grandfather chiseled the stone and inscribed the cement.
Dec 1980 – “Mildred” the cat, content on any lap. (Theodore Klein photo.)
Sept 1960 – 3 generations to press apples into liquid gold. (Marian Klein Koehler photo.)
Sept 1960 – Little me, sample sippin’. (Marian Klein Koehler photo.)
Nov 1973 – Frost coming. Find the green tomatoes among the Fall cucurbits. (Theodore Klein photo.)
Sept 2020 – Aging grape vines & trellis. Improved varieties are available, but our old, German ancestral friends won’t disappoint.
Sept 2020 – Uncle Karl maintains his father’s (Papa’s) aluminum labels. Classics, all three of them. I hold Papa and Uncles Jules and Karl in the highest esteem.
Oct 1961- Asian Chestnuts. Old farm entrance. Collecting with cousins. (Marian Klein Koehler photo.)
Oct 1961- 2-yr old me, not happy. (Marian Klein Koehler photo.)
Oct 1961 – Reward for persistence, sweet nutmeats. (Marian Klein Koehler photo.)
Sept 2009 – Castle vestibule. Papa carved this sundial, paraphrasing Henry Van Dyke’s quote. TIME IS…
Jan 1978 – House under snow. Remember big winter snowfalls? (Marian Klein Koehler photo.)
Robin Cooper photo
