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“This is a garden of make believe, a magical garden of make believe, where flowers chuckle and birds play tricks and the magic tree grows lollipop sticks…” (Theme from ‘The Magic Garden’)

Although the flowers don’t chuckle and there isn’t a magic tree that grows lollipops, there still is magic to experience behind the garden gate. Come and venture through to experience our world… a world of magic and enchantment for the senses.
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The Garden Gate This antique wrought iron gate was given to us by a good friend several years ago for the Halloween graveyard. Although it was broken, we thought to repurpose it for the entrance to the garden and found a “blacksmith” who made it happen. We designed the gate post and fence to be simple and they were beautifully crafted from illustrations faxed to a fencing company that supplied the materials. .

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The Front Path In the spring the path is overhung by an ancient mock orange that perfumes the air and in summer the path is lined with Wave petunias, artemesia and lamuim. In the shade of the porch hydrangeas stand out while black-eyed susans, phlox, zinnias and snapdragons steal the show in the fence-line border. In folklore they say you can tell the good witches from the bad witches by the color of geraniums in their pots. Red ones are the give-a-way for the good witches! Hmm… what color do you suppose is in the cauldron-shaped pot on the front step? .

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Fairies Amidst the Cockscomb So that the garden fairies would feel welcomed and at home, we built a cozy mound of rocks, dirt and mulch for them. A fairy does lazily lounge amongst the hostas, ‘Pewter Moon’ coral bells, ‘White Dragon’ persicaria and giant cockscomb.With its velvety red crests that can span 10″ across, cockscomb is said to repair a broken heart. It can be dried and used in craft projects, as we did for this Martha Stewart inspired Valentine heart wreath.

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Showy Dahlias Flanking the front door is the dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff.’ The intense red blooms stand out against the dark foilage. The hummingbirds always make a pit stop here!
	Foxglove Lore In the 18th Century a doctor gave some foxglove to a lady to paint a picture of. They married and she shared her knowledge of herbs with him, leading to using this powerful poisonous biennial as the heart medication digitalis. They say fairies picked the blooms to give to the fox for on his paws, allowing him to silently raid the hen house. Others say foxglove is a modernization of the old term, “folk’s glove” for the little good folk of the land who would pick the blooms to wear as gloves.

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