2016 to Present
My yard consists of 4,250 Sq Footage. In the back, you’ll find a corner garden, two pool-side gardens, a bird garden, bee garden, and a side patio garden where roses, liatris, lilies, and bee balm grow. In the driveway, an 82 plant Vegetable “bucket” garden spills over with tomatoes, peppers, green beans, and peas. A peppermint patch, an 80-foot long raised bed, and a witch’s garden that doubles as a shade garden surrounds the driveway. The fence is lined with clematis and morning glories. In the front, guests are welcomed by a double rose garden that stretches out to a bed of lilies that spans the front yard. A patch of peonies and bleeding hearts are tucked into the corner where 80 feet of forsythia begins.
In 2017, I planted corn in the front yard to restore the soil. Corn dumps nitrogen into the soil and is strategically planted by farmers in crop rotation to revive depleted soil.
Welcome to my portfolio. The newest photos are first and depict the work I began in 2012.
Asiatic Lily Asiatic Lily Asiatic Lily Azaleas Balloon Flower Bee Garden Spring 2018 Bee Garden Spring 2018 Blackberries 2018 Bleeding Hearts Broccoli Vegetable “Bucket” Garden 2018 Vegetable “Bucket” Garden 2018 Vegetable “Bucket” Garden 2018 Vegetable “Bucket” Garden 2018 Vegetable “Bucket” Garden 2018 Butterfly Garden 2018 Butterfly Garden 2018 Butterfly Garden 2018 Corner Garden
Catnip 2018Celery 2018 Cherry Tree 2018 Clematis 2018 Clematis 2018 Clematis Clematis Clematis Columbine Corn 2017 Corn 2017
Utilizing Crop RotationCorn 2017 Corner Garden 2017 Corner Garden 2017 Corner Garden 2017 Corner Garden 2017 Side Patio Garden
Lilies, Roses, and LiatrisPool Side Garden
Strawberries 2017Corner Garden 2017 Asiatic Lily Dusty Miller Butterfly Garden 2017 Side Patio Garden Front Rose Garden
FoxgloveFront Rose Garden 2017 Pool Side Garden 2017 Corner Garden
Giant LiliesGiant Lilies Raised Bed
Morning GloriesHerb Garden 2017 Bird Garden Bird Garden
Holly BushesSide Patio Garden Witch’s Garden Hydrangea Iris Iris Iris Iris Lemon Tree 2017 Lilacs Lilacs Lilacs Lilacs Lilacs Side Patio Garden
Lilies, Roses, and LiatrisFront Lily Bed
Lilies and HerbsSide Patio Garden
Lilies, Roses, and LiatrisSide Patio Garden
Lilies, Roses, and LiatrisFront Lily Bed Front Rose Garden
Lilies and RosesSide Patio Garden
Lilies, Roses, and LiatrisLobelia Pool Side Garden Year 3 Lupin Pool Side Garden
Lupin and StrawberriesButterfly Garden 2017 Butterfly Garden 2017 Butterfly Garden 2018
Monarch Caterpillar
#savethemonarchsMorning Glories Peonies and Bleeding Hearts Peonies Peonies Peppermint 2018 Pool Side Garden 2017 Pool Side Garden 2017 Pool Side Garden Raised Garden Bed 2017 Raspberries Raspberries Raspberries Romaine Lettuce Sweetpea Front Rose Garden Front Rose Garden Front Rose Garden Front Rose Garden
Rose SeedlingFront Rose Garden Front Rose Garden Side Patio Garden
Lilies and RosesSide Patio Garden
RosesSide Patio Garden
Silver ShamrockButterfly Garden 2018 Soapwort Butterfly Garden 2018 Soapwort Butterfly Garden 2018 Soapwort Side Patio Garden
LiliesStrawberry Pool Side Garden 2017 Morning Glories Pool Side Garden 2017 Strawberries Sweetpea Sweetpea Sweetpea Thai Basil Tickseed Tomatoes Side Patio Garden
TulipsPool Side Garden 2017 Veronica Pool Side Garden 2017 Veronica Pool Side Garden 2017 Veronica Watermelon Astilbe Witch’s Garden Witch’s Garden Astilbe Witch’s Garden
Astilbe and HydrangeaWitch’s Garden Wormwood Yellow Lupin Orchid 2016 Upcoming Project 2020 – Get rid of the Zoysia Grass
2012 to Present
This second gallery mostly depicts the gardens within the first four years. My husband and I bought the house in 2012 and, right away, we went to work.
I’ve laid out cardboard to kill off patches of weeds and grass to make garden design and planting much easier for the following season.
Lily Garden Year 1 Bee Balm Bee Garden Bee Garden Bee Garden Bee Garden Blackberries Blackberries Year 2 Bleeding Hearts Butterfly Garden Butterfly Garden Pre-planting and Design Butterfly Garden Pre-planting and Design Butterfly Garden Pre-planting and Design Corner Garden
2015Corner Garden
2015Corner Garden Corner Garden 2015 Corner Garden 201 Dusty Miller Front Rose Garden 2013 Back Yard Garden Overview 2016 Indoor Herb Garden Winter 2019 Raised Bed
HollyhocksIndoor Garden Winter 2019 Corner Garden
LiatrisSide Patio Garden Corner Garden
2016Sweet Potato Vine Side Patio Garden
Lupin 2014Moon Flower Morning Glory Morning Glories Morning Glories Morning Glories Mums and Morning Glories Mums Mums PassionFruit Vine 2019 Peppermint Pre-planting and Design 2013 Side Garden Planting and Design Pool Side Garden 2015 Pool Side Garden Planting and Design 2015 Pool Side Garden Planting and Design 2015 Pool Side Garden 2015 Raspberries Raspberries Raspberries 2018 Roses and Lilies Rose Garden Year 2 Rose Garden Rose Garden Rose Garden Rose Garden Year 2 Rose Garden Pool Side Garden Year 1
2016Pool Side Garden Year 1 2016 Pool Side Garden Year 1
2016Pool Side Garden Year 1 2016 Witch’s Garden Witch’s Garden Witch’s Garden Fall Witch’s Garden Summer Witch’s Garden Pre-Planting and Design 2015 Witch’s Garden Witch’s Garden Year 4
2018