IN THE GARDEN

As we developed our country garden a priority was to have the garden beautiful in all seasons. Alan Lacy’s THE GARDEN IN AUTUMN was an inspiration for us. He convinced us that autumn was an important garden season, especially in the country.

Alan Lacy wrote “In autumn, above every other season, it is possible  to have a great harmony between the garden and the larger landscape of fields and meadows and roadsides.”

We invite you to enjoy our garden in autumn!

The garden in back of our new home already had many of the zen elements found in Japanese gardens.  A sense of an enclosure and privacy was created by tall fences along the north and south property lines, and a “bower” of maple branches arched over a sitting area on the lower deck.  Mature plants

As Tim and I sat in our entry basking in the spring morning sushine, we could see that our heucheras and hellebores along the sidewalk border were still looking fresh and colorful.  A short walk along the sidewalk revealed  blooming primroses, daffodils, and tulips under the maple, with a “peekaboo” view of the grassy square

Our new Everett home did not have much street appeal. The weeping sequoias not only framed our new house, they seemed to be devouring it!  When we entered the house we felt like we were walking into a cave, and every time we went outside we could see more needles waiting to be swept from

I love to garden.  My home inNorth Everett is the nearly perfect place to garden and I live there.  Gardening is good exercise – sometimes a lot of exercise. The rewards are great and  I am surrounded by beauty.  When I moved to my home here, a curb strip of grass, about 10 ft. by