We found this giant trellis at my favorite antique shop on the coast of Maine. It was a little tired looking having been exposed to the elements for so long, so I brightened it up with some paint, but made sure to distress it slightly to keep it looking like it had been in our yard for years. If only I could get the clematis to grow a bit faster...
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Vegetable Garden
For the entrance of this vegetable garden, we planted red rose (climbers) on each side and softened up the base with a mound of catmint. The catmint works nicely here. It is inexpensive, grows like mad, and can be divided almost every year and used again in other parts of the garden, or given as gifts. The oars were handmade by a friend, Justin Thomas, of Back bay.
Cotuit Garden
We added a little metal to the garden to offset the strength of the greens. This bed is a bit overgrown with an abundance of (fast spreading) coreopsis and a variety of roses. Flowering of the roses has been spotty the last two years and once the flowers (yellow) of the coreopsis are spent, the bed becomes a little too green. The metal, and the stone wall border, work to offset this effect. Additionally, I sometimes place a series of small tin and terra cotta pots along the edge of the retaining wall.
A birdhouse makes a fantastic addition to any garden. This one, an antique from the South, used to be home to Purple Martins. No such luck here on Cape Cod. This addition to the garden served as the perfect safe house for a few sparrows and was home to (by my count) 6 chicks.
