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This front porch, below, intriguing on its own, owns a great view in the opposite direction.
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An allee, below, of conifers. Pruned into an arching view.
From the street view, below, the same conifers retain their full exterior silhouette, with no hint of the surprise allee within.
And, the gap in the hedge, above, is permission and invitation to enter.
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Big impact plantings, balancing scale to the house, and a welcome. More importantly, low maintenance, drought tolerant and deer resistant.
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Ca. 1900, these pics, from Enclosure Take Refuge, who found them from, *Photos by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, made me smile at recreating, their garden design. My previous garden had the exact hedge, except it was cleyera punctuated with tea olive. They were 'plant of the week' at $1.97 from my local family owned nursery. My hunt was for evergreen, full sun, size.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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Adore those front steps, adore. Though totally not to code in our era. And the darkly stained wood.
2 comments:
Such wonderful pictures, and those steps are handsome. But can you imagine descending them in those long skirts, with no handrail? Codes would have a fit today. I would love to walk under those arching conifers!
Yes, I suppose those steps would require a rail these days. It's a lovely home.
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