Our home was built in 1911 as the Ludington family gardener’s cottage. It has gone through four major renovations, including the 2-year, 6-month remodel that we completed in 2023. Part of rethinking the house included creating a special, abundant garden.

Profiting from the opportunity to start from scratch, we planned.

The special challenges were that the old garden looked like a neglected construction site and had a level change from east to west of thirty feet and from south to north of ...

These Quick Fire hydrangeas were planted after they were used to decorate the dance floor at my daughter’s wedding reception in 2011.

Our garden began as a project to restore the land surrounding the long-abandoned historic carriage house that became our home in 1989. It was 1.5 acres of volunteer Norway maples, ivy (English and poison), and rotting stumps ...