Elysium’s Knot Garden . . . . My wife and I always make a point of visiting gorgeous public gardens when traveling. The beauty is breathtaking and inspiring! Of particularly fascination for me are those places that include a “knot” garden. “Knot,” meaning that two or more varieties of plants are arranged in an intricate pattern and trimmed such that they appear to be a ribbon passing over-and-under each other – giving a knot effect. […]
My wife Debbie and I cut our teeth attempting our small landscape in our first tiny home. At that time we couldn’t tell you the name of most plants and shrubs. We moved into our current home in May 1989. Although the house was only thirteen years old at the time, it needed work to achieve the potential that Deb and I saw in its structure and grounds. Here are a series of before-during-after photos
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