Garden Descriptions

Here are the descriptions of the beautiful gardens that are to be exhibited on the July 2007 Tour. Photos by Tami Meader.

“Soothing Sanctuary”
Julie Hews-Everett and Charles Everett
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The garden of Julie and Charles Everett was literally carved out of the blackberries by hand cutting and pulling. Every plant in the garden has been lovingly selected for enjoyment. Hardscaping includes mosaic stepping stones, flagstone walls and paths. A decorative trellis covered with hops vines and honeysuckle shelters birds. A love of glass ornamentation and artwork is echoed in unexpected ways throughout the garden. Even the chickens are given a special place with a state-of-the art home with its very own stained glass window. Hostas surround the outdoor living space at the back of the garden. Persian Perottia frames a metal sculpture. Cedar, sword ferns and sweet woodruff give quiet repose. Glass eggs nest in amongst plantings. A whisper of water can be heard from a nearby bench. This garden is an ongoing work of art by the owners.

“Circle of Life”
Ginny and Tom Brewer
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After a peaceful shaded walk enter this elegant garden through a green metal moon gate. Circular elements are repeated throughout this landscape with several more moon gates, flowing paths, a round fire pit and two spherical reflective pools. This woodsy retreat includes inviting garden rooms, a pottagere garden replete with greenhouse potting shed, whispers of water elements, and abundant plantings. One room highlights the color white by featuring a white table and chairs nestled under white birches, surrounded by white rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas and Clematis armandii. Little and Lewis columns lend additional structure to the distinctive northwest garden. Evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs and native plants anchor sweeps of annuals and perennials throughout each garden room.

“Flowers Personified”
Garden of Martha Pyne
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Butchart Gardens move over. If flowers died and went to heaven, this would be it! This is a garden extensively and abundantly planted in flowers, flowers and more flowers. Its amazing strength is in the variety of plantings. Meandering woodland paths surround the garden while trees serve as trellises for clematis, both evergreen and deciduous. Every plant in this garden is lovingly planted and tended by the owner. The trees and native plants give shape to the garden as borders and edgings evolve around them. Plantings were created around the original elements. Friends send their rejected or extra plants here for new life. Huge bouquets for local nursing homes and other community events are harvested from this garden. Neighbors walk by daily to savor the ever changing tapestry of color. Enjoy the lingering aroma and scents of this Renoiresque landscape.

“Whimsical Respite”
Garden of Larry and Pat Dewey
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Shade doesn’t need to be boring. This shady forested retreat with paths leading around and through provides abundant delights for the senses. Find groundcovers galore in many shades and textures. This is a shade-lovers garden planted in hydrangeas, epimidium, black mondo grass, pachysandra, saxifrage, arum, and filipendula. Punctuations of color abound including ceramic birds, rainbow colored birdhouses and Prairie Fire euphorbia. Framed mirrors decorate the home’s siding reflecting back the woodland ambience. Water gurgles over a meandering rock-filled streambed. A stone firepit awaits an evening campfire. Huge porches, with inviting chairs and benches, wrap around the house welcoming restful repose and contemplation while gazing out on the quiet garden.

“Garden of Plenty”
Garden of Cassie and Doug Picha
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An elegant but very sustaining country estate garden meanders over several acres including a baseball field for the couple’s children. Several orchards and food gardens anchor the landscape. Decorative woven fences, whimsical birdhouses, appealing outbuildings, and lounging areas are woven throughout with verdant green lawns serving as paths and borders. An ongoing plant collection includes: hydrangeas of every shade and color, paperbark maple, numerous other Japanese maples, stately conifers, blueberries, bamboo, lavender, herbs, standard and dwarf fruit trees, and ever-increasing perennials, shrubs and trees. Moisture loving plants and native plants frame two peaceful ponds beckon one to pause and enjoy. This is a garden of sustenance for the body, the family and the souls of all who visit.

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