Anya's Garden

The Joys of Nature  and the 
Beauty of Knowledge are Blended Here

I have progressed from designing and enjoying fragrant gardens to natural perfumery.

As a natural perfumer, I host a group on Yahoo with over 2200 members Yahoo Natural Perfumery group

A commercial website has grown out of that group, where natural perfume is the theme,

both educationally and market-wise. Natural Perfumery is where artisan, botanical perfumers are found.

My perfumery website is Anya's Garden of Natural Perfumes

  ANYA McCOY GARDENS
B.A. Economic Botany 
Masters degree Landscape Architecture
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER                            TROPICAL HORTICULTURIST

NATURAL PERFUMER

Elected Collier County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 1990
Former Organic Gardening magazine columnist and seed tester

Started community gardens in 1977, advisor to new community gardens
 SPECIALIZING IN FRAGRANT, HERBAL, EDIBLE, LOW-MAINTENANCE GARDENS
THAT CONSERVE WATER, MINIMIZE CHEMICAL USAGE AND ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND
MIAMI SHORES FLORIDA USA
Zone 10 -- South Florida
my other webpages:
Home  Land Planning     Music in word and photos Cats

What is a Certified Florida Yard,  aka a "Florida Friendly Yard" and why is it something to be proud of?

I removed every blade of grass in my backyard when I moved in 10 years ago. I allow the leaves from my heritage oaks to remain on the ground and supplement them with purchased mulch (leaving yard 'waste' onsite is a factor that will get your points in the FYN rating system :-)

Galangal is a root from Thailand, used in soups and to flavor other food.  It is similar to ginger, but hotter in flavor. The large, tropical leaves provide a nice landscape accent.  This plant is one year old, and just flowered for the first time. This scanned with a pinkish tone, the flower is actually white with red markings. You can find the fresh roots in some Asian grocery stores, and plant it in your garden or in a pot.  D   CARDAMOM Eletteria cardamom The fragrant  seed pod from this plant is a staple in Indian cuisine. It is a rough-textured plant that has good landscape use in South Florida.    FRAGIPANI aka PLUMERIA This is a photo of 3' cuttings I took from the Mother tree. The blooms last all spring and summer. They smell like ripe peaches.  After you water in the cutting to establish the plant, you never need to water it again!	A tropicana rose and mexican petunias frolic together  in a xeriscape bed.  LEMON HONEYSUCKLE  Lonicera spp. This purple-leaf Japanese honeysuckle is drought-tolerant and a wonderful additon to a garden. The flowers cluster is so large, it looks like a 5" dia. yellow rose from a distance, and is beautiful against the dense foliage. The fragrance is fabulous, an identical combination of lemon and honeysuckle.   SWEET KUMQUAT -- Fortunella crassifolia var. Meiwa The small round fruits are candy-sweet and have a hint of mango to accent the orange flavor. Eat them rind and all. The fragrant flowers and fruits appear year round. (note: all my citrus were destroyed by the  Florida Citrus Police in a hare-brained attempt to stop the Citrus Canker.) Read more about it here:  Save Our Trees http://mgonline.com/canker.html http://www.whoseflorida.com/harsany.htm http://www.pestlaw.com/news/newadd/20030622.html COLLARDS  Brassica oleracea Every Southern garden -- and Northern ones, too, should include these attractive, nutritious plants. Hardy even after a freeze, they need lots of room.
The big leafed green plant (without the red flowers) is Patchouli getting it's little bit of sun around noon. It is a shade-loving plant and is grown in Indonesia and other S. Pacific countries under coconuts, as it is here. Smells wonderful, light and soft and woodsy.	This is the rarely-seen lemongrass that is used in candy, sweet drinks and sweet foods. It is Cymbopogon flexuosus, East Indian lemongrass. The thick-stalked West Indian variety, C. citratus, is used in Thai and Vietnamese and Asian cooking, as it is not as sweet as this variety.

Dracena fragrans, the Fragrant Corn Plant with fragrant flower

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Nothing is better than homegrown pineapple- super sweet!

FRUITS I GROW IN MY GARDEN

HERBS and SPICES I GROW IN MY GARDEN
I also design as many as possible into the gardens of clients.....

         Penta hosting a butterfly  ---"Turtle" sniffing Rose scented geraniums
 

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