Tour a Carefree Naturalistic Garden in Newtown
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1/14Photography by Kindra ClineffTucked into a moist thicket behind the guest cottage, Mary Stambaugh’s primrose garden combines Japanese primroses with celandine poppies, corydalis and other shade-loving goodies corralled within a rustic stump edging.Photography by Kindra ClineffTucked into a moist thicket behind the guest cottage, Mary Stambaugh’s primrose garden combines Japanese primroses with celandine poppies, corydalis and other shade-loving goodies corralled within a rustic stump edging.
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2/14Photography by Kindra ClineffA native Dutchman’s pipe vine clambers on a pergola to create a covered bridge.Photography by Kindra ClineffA native Dutchman’s pipe vine clambers on a pergola to create a covered bridge.
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3/14Photography by Kindra ClineffEarly on the garden agenda was a wildflower/bulb meadow that now spreads in front of an open lattice fence.Photography by Kindra ClineffEarly on the garden agenda was a wildflower/bulb meadow that now spreads in front of an open lattice fence.
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4/14Photography by Kindra ClineffMary Stambaugh is invariably toting a rucksack of garden tools.
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5/14Photography by Kindra ClineffA recycled pool area is the one nod to formality in residence.
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6/14Photography by Kindra ClineffAn ancient French watering can is poised beside the arch dividing the rock garden and patio.Photography by Kindra ClineffAn ancient French watering can is poised beside the arch dividing the rock garden and patio.
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7/14Photography by Kindra ClineffThe golden rain vine (Laburnum anagyroides) drips from a pergola.
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8/14Photography by Kindra ClineffAllium neapolitanum is too rambunctious for the garden proper, but is perfect in a meadow.Photography by Kindra ClineffAllium neapolitanum is too rambunctious for the garden proper, but is perfect in a meadow.
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9/14Photography by Kindra ClineffThe driveway to the house cuts through a rhododendron dell carpeted in ostrich ferns.Photography by Kindra ClineffThe driveway to the house cuts through a rhododendron dell carpeted in ostrich ferns.
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10/14Photography by Kindra ClineffIn maturity, the rock garden path winds between massive boulders and statuesque shrubs.Photography by Kindra ClineffIn maturity, the rock garden path winds between massive boulders and statuesque shrubs.
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11/14Photography by Kindra ClineffA French lilac is intoxicatingly fragrant.
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12/14Photography by Kindra ClineffOstrich ferns commandeer a collapsed Adirondack chair.
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13/14Photography by Kindra ClineffPink Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) accent the bulb meadow.Photography by Kindra ClineffPink Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) accent the bulb meadow.
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14/14Photography by Kindra ClineffHellebores start the show in earliest spring.
This article appears in the July 2018 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).
