A Family's New Garden on Lake Waramaug Feels Timeless
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1/10Photography by Kindra ClineffA newly built barn is surrounded by a cottage garden combining a tuteur of mandevilla with hydrangeas, buddleia, sedum, rudbeckia and sprawling melons.Photography by Kindra ClineffA newly built barn is surrounded by a cottage garden combining a tuteur of mandevilla with hydrangeas, buddleia, sedum, rudbeckia and sprawling melons.
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2/10Photography by Kindra ClineffA purple martin house serves as the centerpiece for a vegetable/ cutting garden created to be seen from above.Photography by Kindra ClineffA purple martin house serves as the centerpiece for a vegetable/ cutting garden created to be seen from above.
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3/10Photography by Kindra ClineffOrb-shaped boxwood bedded in creeping Jenny lines the pathway up to the pool pergola planted with drifts of echinacea. The poolside umbrella is from Frontgate.Photography by Kindra ClineffOrb-shaped boxwood bedded in creeping Jenny lines the pathway up to the pool pergola planted with drifts of echinacea. The poolside umbrella is from Frontgate.
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4/10Photography by Kindra ClineffThe vegetable/cutting garden has granite beds spilling with harvest for both the table and flower arrangements, including marigolds, cosmos and echinacea.Photography by Kindra ClineffThe vegetable/cutting garden has granite beds spilling with harvest for both the table and flower arrangements, including marigolds, cosmos and echinacea.
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5/10Photography by Kindra ClineffGardeners Tara Kottman and Sierra Simpson found rarities for bouquets such as this Cosmos ‘Double Click Bicolor Pink’.Photography by Kindra ClineffGardeners Tara Kottman and Sierra Simpson found rarities for bouquets such as this Cosmos ‘Double Click Bicolor Pink’.
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6/10Photography by Kindra ClineffFitted with inviting RH furniture and paved in granite, the terrace provides one of several outdoor gathering opportunities overlooking the property below.Photography by Kindra ClineffFitted with inviting RH furniture and paved in granite, the terrace provides one of several outdoor gathering opportunities overlooking the property below.
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7/10Photography by Kindra ClineffThe boathouse was given a succinct seating terrace to admire the lake view.Photography by Kindra ClineffThe boathouse was given a succinct seating terrace to admire the lake view.
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8/10Photography by Kindra ClineffRedhaven peaches are ripe for harvest.
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9/10Photography by Kindra ClineffBacked by a stand of Green Giant arborvitae, an elevated bluestone reading terrace is swaddled in Hydrangea ‘Little Quick Fire,’ Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ and lilacs.Photography by Kindra ClineffBacked by a stand of Green Giant arborvitae, an elevated bluestone reading terrace is swaddled in Hydrangea ‘Little Quick Fire,’ Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ and lilacs.
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10/10Photography by Kindra ClineffEven the pool fence is camouflaged in native veronicastrum looking out toward viburnums and Joe-Pye weed.Photography by Kindra ClineffEven the pool fence is camouflaged in native veronicastrum looking out toward viburnums and Joe-Pye weed.
This article appears in the May 2019 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).
