The 2006 Gardens
Comfort Farm
Making an historic orchard into a new garden was the task at hand on this suburban property. After construction of their new home, the owners, with the help of garden designers Dana and Byron Moffett, designed their garden to feature some of the old apple trees from the original Millman farm. By doing so, the trees, together with new borders of easy-care, fast-growing grasses, shrubs and perennials chosen for foliage color and texture create a sophisticated garden with a feeling of maturity. A particular effort was made to achieve privacy from the road and still maintain a view to the neighboring farm using it as rural borrowed scenery. At the end of the comfortable deck, built to capture sunlight, is an arbor, a berm with mixed border plantings, and container plantings that serve this purpose. An attractive outbuilding provides a picturesque focal point from the house and there are places to sit, relax and enjoy the garden.
Features
- Mixed borders, roses, canna
- Overflowing container plantings
- Deck, arbor, garden shed
- Attractive, 3-bin compost system