Garden Notes, June 22, 2005: Envisioning the Backyard Garden, Four Gardens

[Text transcribed and sketch scanned from notebook.]

Sketch from notebook showing proposed design for backyard garden with renovation of the back of the house. The back of the house faces East. South is to the right, and North to the left, in this sketch. Changes to the house envisioned in this sketch include restoring the pocket doors between the dining room and living room, converting the two back bedrooms and half the current kitchen to a porch opening onto the back, and re-orienting and expanding the kitchen along the porch.

Four Gardens:

  • Front: Heirloom/Cottage
  • North: Shade/Path
  • South: Shrub Border, Wild Garden
  • Back: Sanctuary, Native, Habitat

Garden Notes, June 15, 2005: Plants for the Native Garden

[Transcribed from notebook and amended.]

  • Cercis canadensis, Redbud
  • Hydrangea quercifolia “Little Honey”, Oak-Leaf Hydrangea cultivar
  • Lonicera sempervirens, Trumpet Honeysuckle
  • Ilex verticillata, Winterberry
  • Viburnum (native species)
  • Cornus canadensis, Bunchberry
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Bearberry
  • Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen
  • Rhododendron (native species)
  • Kalmia latifolia, Mountain Laurel
  • Prunus (native species)
  • Rosa carolina, Pasture Rose (possible other native species)
  • Trillium
  • Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-Pulpit
  • Viola (native species)
  • Asarum canadense, Wild Ginger
  • Lilium (native species)
  • Solidago (native species)
  • Lobelia (native species)
  • Mertensia virginica, Virginia Bluebells
  • Hepatica acutiloba, Sharp-lobed Liverwort
  • Aster (native species)