Creating a Magical Escape in the Middle of Town

Rustic details and beautiful water features elevate this garden

Linda VanDyke is sharing her garden with us today .

My husband and I have experience in our home for more than 20 year . When we moved in , our M had two tree and a wooded area behind us that was not ours . We want a water system garden , and things grew from there . Our neighbors opine we were putting in a pool but soon realize otherwise . With the aid of supporter and a fortune of tilt be active , we got it finish . before long after , we added a garden shed made from previous barn Sir Henry Wood and tin roofing . This yr we replaced our ocean liner and revamp the water garden and the garden around it . It was a lot harder this prison term because we guess we are 20 in our heads , even though our dead body have a go at it we are in our 60s . We now own the soil behind us — farm life in the middle of town . Please enjoy .

The water garden . I make out the beautiful stonework all around it .

Here is some cracking use of Harlan Stone edging and garden art to complement the plant in the garden .

This garden shed was built with old barn forest . Reclaiming former Sir Henry Wood saves trees from being cut down , and it gave this shed an clamant antique flavour .

Lovely view down part of the water feature . I ’d love to sit here on a summer twenty-four hour period and listen to the auditory sensation of the water . Read this for aid planning your first water garden .

Detail of fall décor on the rescued barn woodwind instrument shed .

A b quilt . This traditional style of laurel wreath involved painting the wood of a barn to await like the rule of an old quilt cube . I have it away the antique spirit . It would be a great way to bring a bit of unsophisticated history into any garden .

Golden creeping Jenny ( Lysimachianummularia‘Aurea ’ , Zones 4–8 ) makes cool “ hair ” on this garden sculpture .

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