Entrance to the walled garden (Spindletree photo).


who does the hedge pruning and trimming, and a woman who starts the annuals in the greenhouse and does other planting.” But lurking behind his plans and energy


A portion of the circular colonnade and rose garden.


their “beautiful colours and lipstick seed cas- es”. Looking inward with his mind’s eye, he sees the asters out in September when the maples are all changing colours. “The witch hazel is out in November when we are out wrapping 500 trees in white fabric to protect them from the deer and the winter wind.” Seven years after beginning this opus,


Tom and Susan began letting visitors in to help defray some of the costs and to share the results of their work as all gardeners se- cretly want to do. Susan runs the tea room and they have a newly renovated gift shop . It’s a huge job and now pretty much a full-


The Victorian gazebo.


time business. Tom says, “I have one chap who spends all week cutting grass, one boy who spends his time digging holes, another


are questions about the future. What will become of Spindletree when Tom and Su- san are gone? “I’d like to leave this place to the nation as a trust that would be managed for people to enjoy the beautiful gardens,” Tom says. He would like to see something like the National Trust in Britain which pre- serves and administers sites such as these for the enjoyment of future generations. He cites the case of the Arthur Erickson garden, which was almost lost until a group of citi- zens came to the rescue. He pauses, then adds, “We really need something in this country to protect our wonderful gardens.” Amen to that. Perhaps it’s time to take


the issue to the public and see what hap- pens. Gardens such as Spindletree are no less works of art than anything hanging in a gallery. `


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