When I visited Chicago for the first time, I noticed that many Chicago homes had small yards enclosed with wrought iron fences. Those fences provided security for the homeowners and added a design element to the yard. Also I remember thinking at the time that since most of the yards were so small, the same […]
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Inspired Backyard Patio
This weekend I visited my daughter in Chicago for our annual Mother’s Day/Garden weekend. I usually spend a couple of days with her and we do some gardening, go shopping and do other girl stuff. This year Rochelle took me to Miller Beach near Gary, Indiana to visit her friend John. A few years ago […]
Rochelle’s garden
One of the gardens that I have been involved with is my daughter’s. When she purchased her condo in Chicago five years ago, the front yard was landscaped nicely with shrubs and a bit of grass lawn surrounded by a wrought iron fence and a locked gate. There were also large maple trees on the […]
A garden at last
I am an artist/graphic designer and a frustrated gardener who for many years lived in apartments in Milwaukee and then in a duplex with a small shady yard. When my husband and I went hunting for a single family home, I was charmed not so much by the house we chose, but by the large […]