Today ’s photos are from Eddi Reid in Columbus , Ohio . We visited Eddi ’s indoor garden last month ( refresh your memoryHERE ) , but I just receive more photos in my messy inbox ( I ’m a ugly inbox housekeeper … . ) . Now we get a look out of doors ! Eddi says,“We subsist on 11 acres of clay . Seven landed estate are pasture and grass with one acre being a pond and the remainder house and garden . Although gardening had always been an interest there was not much time to indulge it as a passionateness until retirement and an empty nest – sort of ! Now my garden is a retreat and a place of joyfulness and peace where I can " ceramist " ( husband ’s verbal description for all I do ) to my affectionateness ’s substance . My husband does all the manlike piece of work and we have some aid with project we can not quite deal ourselves . Between us all we deal to keep things sort of " goodish - ish” . “Sort of tidyish … .I think that describes my garden on a beneficial solar day ! Your garden looks wonderful !
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Japanese maple underplanted with peonies, Knockout rose, sundrops, Geranium pratense, Rozanne geranium, pussy willow, oriental lilies, hostas, and hellebores. This area is also full of spring bulbs.
Snowball viburnum that I grew from a pinned down branch.
Yellow flag irises beside the pond, backed by cattails.
The lily garden. The lavender in the foreground was almost wiped out this past winter.
Tiger lily
A cup plant – about 7 feet tall. The junction of leaves and stem holds dew or rain from which finches drink. The flowers are pollinator magnets.
View through from driveway
Wildflower strip–gaillardia, coneflower, goldenrod, Queen Anne’s lace, sweet William dianthus, and many others in a spring to autumn progression. We had honeybees nesting between basement wall due to the amount of goldenrod. That’s another tale!
Another wildflower area. Blue lobelia and teazle.
This is Stephen’s Garden, planted in honour of our son who passed away in 2008. Every tree and plant here is chosen by family and friends. The beautiful horse chestnut was given by my garden club, especially as a reminder of a grove of ancient trees in England where Stephen and his older brother loved to walk. The small sugar maple is a seedling from his sister’s garden. The area is underplanted with hundreds of narcissus. There are also wood hyacinth, crocus, allium, and various other deer proof items.
Stephen’s Garden. Peonies, yellow baptisia, etc. The tree is a ramshorn willow. This garden is bordered by wildflowers along the edge of the pond.
Redtwig dogwood, various hostas, crabapple, pink dogwood, vinca, and sweet woodruff, with lily of the valley, Solomon’s seal, and violets. The logs are courtesy of the Emerald Ash Borer!
Japanese maple, crabapple, hostas, hellebores, heucheras, agastache, brunnera, pulmonaria, and ‘Golden Basket’ sedum, which is used in various areas as ground cover. There are also ferns and daffodils earlier in spring.
