Happy New Year! That's me above, standing before the window garden in the guestroom. I thought we could start the year by looking back at the gardens, indoors and out, from 2009. Click each photo in the photo gallery to enlarge.
February: Bulbs and azalea bloom in the Music Room window garden
The library window is also a delight in February
March: Sifting leafmold for potting soil
April: Lettuce and Peas in the Kitchen Garden
The same lettuce and peas in May
The grand lilac 'Avalanche' towers over the front porch in May. What fragrant bouquets it provided for the house!
Lily, proving that Vinca minor flourishes in full sun, and makes a nice bed, too.
The boxwood and rose garden in early June
The garden in July and August provides an abunance of flowering annuals and perennials for house-bouquets
Do you remember the delicious Puffed Herb & Cheese appetiziers we made in August?
September is all about Irises, especially the reblooming kinds, like 'Immortality,' above
This ancient beech was the last tree to part with its leaves in the fall, delaying garden clean-up until a few days before December's first storm.
The first snowstorm of December was a doozy, cloaking the boxwood in a rich, white frosting Don't miss a beat at A Garden for the House...sign up for Kevin's weekly newsletter!
And what a year it was...Happy New Year, Kevin!
Nice retrospective. Happy New Year!
Kevin, you are amazing.
Welcome, Brigid! And thank you!