A Garden for Life
GARDENS
“ She basically told me to‘ have at it,’” says Troy.“ And we did. We moved a lot of earth! We moved a lot of trees! We had to work really hard to create the elevations we wanted for the garden. The original lot certainly wasn’ t like what it is now.”
The parterre garden also features a box within box. The outer box contains thousands of daffodils, which creates an extraordinary showing in the spring. The inner boxes are filled with Lenten rose, and each features a different figure of a musician.“ They are called putti,” says Troy.“ They are angel-like beings. I felt like they would add a playfulness to the formality of the boxwood lines.”
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