We work with this garden so that when people walk into it they sense that they have entered the edges of a wilder area, perhaps a meadow. The formal terraces near the house drift into softer terraces that become simple footpaths entering into the woods. The farther terraces are naturalized rather than formal and well-defined. These varying locations are gardened differently and provide constantly changing colors and textures with each season.
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A worthy and sustained attempt to be colorful in the late autumn. No plastic surgery for these fellows. Just the beauty of the fade.
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In one of his garden projects, Joe is designing a grassy circle of small trees, surrounded by hydrangea, rhododendron, and native grasses, at the top of the hill as a location especially for children, so they may take “hikes” and sit on blankets in the side yard and look at the big view across the river and through the trees.
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Pinch a couple of mint leaves out in the yard, drop them in steaming water and have a cup of mint tea. Delicious! It is late November and they are still fresh and green.
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Falling, tumbling, rolling down the hill, limping upon our return. We finally gave in and repaired the steps. Now the entire backyard is available to us for planting. We have a completely new medium for our work. Water trickles through the granite rocks leaving small streams to be a constant source of water for certain portions of the yard. Shade mixes with bright sun. It is a bit like going into the Grand Canyon, because the noises of the street and yard disappear as we step lower into the backyard. You can see what our steps used to look like in the 2009 part of this blog.
A woman visited us last year and told us that she lived in our house 35 years ago. She said her parents built the original steps so that she could quickly visit her best friend and neighbor who lived in the house below. Now that the steps are finally repaired, I envision a new group of children using them them for adventures exploring the backyard. Hopefully this includes our grandchildren.
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Photo of the front garden taken this morning.
Above is a painting of the front garden that our son Gabriel did when he was in high school and below it is a photo of the same place, today. This part of the garden is a haven for birds.
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Wish me luck tomorrow.
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