A series of ponds cascading down towards the house are the focal point of the backyard. He did it for Jean By Dorothy Dobbie


might be wedding bells in the future.” They all titter with delight at the notion. There can be no doubt that something special has been going on behind his 35 year old home. And if you


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e built it for Jean,” whispers a gardener of Ray Hannley’s garden during the Edmon- ton Hort


society tour. “I think there


know of Jean’s interest in oriental gardens, you have to think that she somehow inspired it. Instead of the usual swathe of green grass on the street side of the house, raked white pea gravel surrounds a patio and wide walk- way of pink and chocolate stepping stones laid out in a geometrical pattern. The gravel is set off by fat plantings of shiny Bergenia and Japanese spurge. Evergreens and


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