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Fall Tapestry before the Freak October Snow
The pink roses and burgundy foliage of the viburnum ‘Mariessi’ harmonize well together, don’t they! Read more
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Abundance of the Late Flowering
Love this late flowering daisy. It may be the ‘Clara Curtis’ mum started from a piece from my previous garden. I manage it by pulling out huge chunks each spring and never put in a client’s garden because it’ll overrun if not watched and culled. But I love the fact that it’s one of the… Read more
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Dawn Pastures
Dew soaked pastures glow in the golden light of dawn. I savor these picturesque views as I drive back roads to my current landscape installation site. I see brown long horn cattle tucked down into the field and white horses standing up. Makes me realize that horses must sleep standing up. Every movie and tv… Read more
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Fall Foliage Tapestry in my Entry Garden
I’ve just updated the plantings with some fall blooming mums and asters on the steps and landing. But I’ve loved this foliage tapestry that greets me daily all thru the seasons. Now the richness of color, contrast, and detail of form in the foliage combination reflects a fall garden in that the large purple aster… Read more
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Traditional Home Makeover
This home used be hidden by plants–well groomed, but awful! It was like a pretty girl with a bad haircut. The “before design” and “after design renovation” shows an overgrown landscape planting that hides the best features of this traditional New England home. The “after” landscape improvement photo, shows a carefully designed mix of foliage… Read more
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Contemporary Courtyard Magic
This contemporary (post modern?) style home had a serious grading and drainage issues and people and car circulation problems. The problems were solved by a fieldstone retaining wall, the parking court with path and edging, a meandering curve path to front door, and the arch that framed the entry and repeated the arch design of… Read more