Located on the grounds of his two, turn-of-the-century bungalows in Historic Fisher Park near downtown Greensboro, Chip uses one house as his residence and the other as his office. As a happy circumstance, when he bought the houses, Chip was unaware that one of them was a childhood home of one of his mentors, legendary botanist William Lanier Hunt, after whom the botanical garden at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is named.

Chip designed the gardens behind the houses as a collection of plants and garden elements he remembered from the gardens of his youth. The garden is overflowing with old fashioned favorites like roses, hydrangeas, camellias, gardenias and viburnums. Perennials and favored annuals complete the scheme. In addition to being a oasis of calm in a busy city, the garden also serves as a test garden for new plants. Chip is very proud to be a partner in Piedmont Carolina Nursery. Many new plant introductions prove their merit in his ever-changing urban landscape.