“Our garden happened not by a grand design but by happenstance as changes occurred in our landscape. Forty plus years here have seen lots of changes–most recently the removal of 67 diseased mature spruce trees–so more opportunities arose. Our 2.5…
“Connie’s garden is a shady corner lot on a dry ridge “in town”. Several mature trees and shrubs were already beautiful when she acquired the house 18 years ago. Since then, most foundation plantings have been replaced with perennial borders.…
“I have an 1 &1/3 acre–about 1/2 acre in gardens. I have evergreens of many kinds,some in topiary shapes. There are a lot of perennials and annuals that I move around a lot. I have 7 rain barrels , a 300…