Jeannette's Garden

"If you have a garden and a library,

you have everything you need."
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Many of you know how much Jeannette loved her garden, as did anyone who visited it.  Here are some photos to remind you how beautiful it is or to show it to those of you who've never seen it. Jeannette was proud that her garden was on the South Church Garden Tour.  When she offered me the diagrams of her garden as part of her 'recycling' Christmas presents, I was amazed (though I guess I shouldn't have been, knowing Jeannette) at the level of detail in her drawings.  I'm guessing these were made in preparation for the Garden Tour, or perhaps just for her own records.  You can click on the diagrams or any of the photos to make them larger.

Here is a map of the "Back Gardens": 

Here is Jeannette's diagram of the "Front Gardens":
Here's the map of the front gardens.

Here's a map of the side gardens called "Raised Perennial Side Garden":

View looking up at the sky from underrneath
the trellis over Jeannette's gate.

Jeannette had beautiful hosta.  She gave me a few hosta plants
so now they are thriving in our garden in Massachusetts.

Here is a photo of the entry to the "Rose and Lavendar Garden" and below that is the map for that garden.

Every corner of Jeannette's house and yard is quaint, even the little stairway leading to the outside entrance to the basement. 

Here's a map of this section called "Gate Gardens":

Here's a map of this section called "River-view side Gardens":

The above diagram is labeled "Terrace Garden."

In full bloom: 

The photo below is inside the Rose and Lavender Garden and the diagram below that is a close-up of that garden.