Nancy’s in-town prairie garden in New York

Today ’s photograph are from Nancy Stedman in Tarrytown , New York . She says,“Four years ago , my husband and I moved to a little house near the centre of the historical small town of Tarrytown . We have a small property ( about 1/8th of an acre ) enclose in back with a wooden fencing .

“ We clear out privet , forage - similar growth ( in other watchword , mow weeds ) , yews , and a huge half - dead Norway maple . My garden guru , Robert WelschofWestover Landscape Design , make the bones of the down - sloping backyard by add up a snakelike gravel track , several serviceberries , and the star of the garden – an arch formed by two Cercis canadensis at the entrance to the back .

“ My end with the plantings was to create a naturalistic environment that would attract bees , hummingbirds and butterfly . That worked best in what I call the “ prairie garden”–a little country that mainly features prairie and meadow plant .

“ These are photos largely from the “ prairie ” area of my garden . I was very inspired by the book “ Dream Plants for the Natural Garden ” by Hank Gerritsen and Piet Oudolf . I spend an almost embarrassing amount of time last summertime standing in this domain observe various creatures fly by me .

“ The photo of my lofty terrace shows the prairie area in back , dominated at that minute by tall ‘ Autumn Minaret ’ daylilies . The ‘ Black Beauty ’ lilies are in a bed across from the prairie discussion section but stole the show when they were in bloom . ”

I am yet again stunned at how much you guys can action in a garden in so little time . Four years ? Wonderful , Nancy .

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