Landscape designer Katie Brown creates an easygoing, informal garden on her home turf Image Gallery
There were a number of challenges to creating a garden, including a serious lack of water and tricky topography. Under Katie Brown’s watch, the landscape has become a winding patchwork of calm and cozy, discrete garden spaces.
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1/8photograph by John HallOak-leaf hydrangea, Persicaria polymorpha (giant fleeceflower) and Miscanthus sinensis (Chinese silvergrass) are the perfect contrast to bright red Knock-Out roses, Allium “Gladiator” and Baptisia australis “false indigo.”photograph by John HallOak-leaf hydrangea, Persicaria polymorpha (giant fleeceflower) and Miscanthus sinensis (Chinese silvergrass) are the perfect contrast to bright red Knock-Out roses, Allium “Gladiator” and Baptisia australis “false indigo.”
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2/8photograph by John HallKatie Brown planted the Zephirine Drouhin roses shown here.
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3/8photograph by John HallWhite “Jacquemontii” birch stand out against a wall of evergreen rhododendron maximum and a carpet of pachysandra.photograph by John HallWhite “Jacquemontii” birch stand out against a wall of evergreen rhododendron maximum and a carpet of pachysandra.
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4/8photograph by John HallThe Stewartia pseudocamellia, Brown says, “is nice because there aren’t many trees that flower in July.”photograph by John HallThe Stewartia pseudocamellia, Brown says, “is nice because there aren’t many trees that flower in July.”
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5/8photograph by John HallLeading to the house from the pool, an informal mixed border pops with double red Knock-Out roses, Spirea “Mellow Yellow,” “Flower Carpet White” rose, “Obsidian” Heuchera and Echinops bannaticus “Taplow Blue.”photograph by John HallLeading to the house from the pool, an informal mixed border pops with double red Knock-Out roses, Spirea “Mellow Yellow,” “Flower Carpet White” rose, “Obsidian” Heuchera and Echinops bannaticus “Taplow Blue.”
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6/8photograph by John HallStriped, ribbonlike Hakonechloa “Aureola” grass, Persicaria “Red Dragon” and “Frances Williams” and “Paul’s Glory” hostas line the walk beneath the birch trees.photograph by John HallStriped, ribbonlike Hakonechloa “Aureola” grass, Persicaria “Red Dragon” and “Frances Williams” and “Paul’s Glory” hostas line the walk beneath the birch trees.
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7/8photograph by John HallAllium “Gladiator” and Persicaria polymorpha (giant fleeceflower) bloom amid the green foliage of peonies and iris.photograph by John HallAllium “Gladiator” and Persicaria polymorpha (giant fleeceflower) bloom amid the green foliage of peonies and iris.
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8/8photograph by John Hall“This raised bed initially was planted with roses, but foxglove and other ‘volunteers’ seeded from the compost, and perennials started coming through,” says Brown. She added irises and nepeta (catnip) spilling over the walls for more of a cottage-garden feel.photograph by John Hall“This raised bed initially was planted with roses, but foxglove and other ‘volunteers’ seeded from the compost, and perennials started coming through,” says Brown. She added irises and nepeta (catnip) spilling over the walls for more of a cottage-garden feel.
This article appears in the May 2013 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).
