Northeast Gardening: Finally, I'm posting pictures!, 1 by Pfg

Pfg wrote:
Meet the gardener, 2007. This was my first year of seriously working on this wonderful, very old garden. For about 35 years it was owned by a man named John Savage, who raised and sold unusual perennials and alpines. He also hybridized daylilies. He retired and left the area in 1970. I would love to find out more about him, if anyone has any ideas... We have some of his old files, very cool.

My friend came on the scene in 1978; the garden had been minimally maintained during the interim. For the next two+ decades maintenance improved and occasional professionals were brought in, but by the time I arrived chaos reigned inside the borders.

in this picture, one section in the long border on the left had been cleared by a crew, and I had replanted with a few roses, some fool-proof annuals- you can see the white cleomes- and lots and lots of nasturtiums to keep the weds at bay.

Pam