A second pergola creates a focal point along the back fence.
Grapevines cover the path back to the pergola.
This pathway leading to the front door is filled with forsythia blossoms in the spring.
halls and back yards into fairy tales for weddings, galas, graduations and other events. They both have a keen sense of what works and an elegant style. Perhaps their greatest gardening strength has been their ability to do so much with very little. “In fact”, jokes Mariella, “Rick is the king of scaveng- ing. He’ll ask people for cuttings or snips of plants when we’re visiting. He even pulled our ornamental crab out of a ditch in Headingley.” She makes sure to clarify that he did check with the homeowner for permission first.
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We love the use of multiple textures - wood, pea gravel, Barkman bricks and the slate and rock paths..
Today, this scavenged young plant has morphed into a beautiful focal point in their backyard. Rick believes these liberated plants were saved from a lesser fate, and fare better in the garden as they are hardier specimens. Quick to point the finger, Mariella
also fesses up to having a little bit of the scavenger bug as well. She and son, Quentin, love visiting thrift stores and garage sales to see what they can find to add to the garden decor. Their trea- sures can be found throughout the yard and gardens.
Today, the gardens are a mix of
stately trees that have grown with the family over the years. A lovely mix of tamarack, two Shubert chokecherries, a 40-foot-tall linden, a 20-foot-tall hawthorn, a lilac they bought in 1994, and a selection of pine trees. The pines are the only remaining original trees on their property. A pergola, built by Rick and the
boys, is a focal point of the back yard. Covered with lush Virginia creeper vines and hanging baskets filled with ferns and ivy, it is a great spot to enjoy
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