We’re visiting with Terrie Lewine at the moment:
I dwell within the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, in a rowhome. I name my backyard the City Sanctuary. The backyard is a piece in progress (as I think about all gardeners say!). I’ve been right here for greater than six years, and I am keen on it. The backyard is a mixture of shade and solar. Within the entrance I’ve raised beds for the same old herbs and veggies. I’ve two large timber, a holly (Ilex opaca, Zones 5–9), and a Norway maple (Acer pseudoplatanus, Zones 4–7) that had been right here earlier than me, kiwi berry vines (Actinidia sp.,), roses, many natives, a pagoda with a hammock, and an outside soaking tub. Tons to discover!
My focus has been meals (for all beings), native species, and sweetness.
That is an city house, however there may be a variety of lovely backyard past that gate.
An city sanctuary certainly—inexperienced and luxurious; it’s a fantastic place to sit down, loosen up, and luxuriate in.
A number of fish dwell within the water function, whereas subsequent to them a pot filled with golden creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’, Zones 3–9) glows like a puddle of sunshine.
One of many residents of the water function is the native pickerel weed (Pontedetia cordata, Zones 3–10), which has spikes of lovely purple flowers.
Extra of the pickerel weed
Clouds of white astilbe blooms (Astilbe, Zones 4–9)
Double-flowered columbine (Aquilegia hybrid, Zones 3–8), with blooms in a candy sugar pink
There’s nothing just like the drama of an ideal rose blossom; right here, the hints of golden shade echo the creeping Jenny beneath.
There’s meals within the backyard as nicely; right here, a cucumber is able to be picked and loved.
Some vegetation present meals for people and different beings. This carpenter bee is having fun with the pollen on these white flowers that can, due to the pollinating efforts of the bee, grow to be scrumptious blackberries.
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