Seasonal Musings Part Seven Farmhouse Front Garden West

WINTER

On Christmas Eve this year of 2010, I am sharing Flower Hill Farm's front gardens . . . completing the circle around the buildings. Winter light can lift the spirit, at a time when there is more darkness. The Winter Solstice has passed so each day the sun will inch its way towards Spring. The old 1790 farmhouse is situated upon a hillside on a mostly quiet country road facing west. Lovely warm afternoon sun paints the house in the winter months, while the leaves of Rock Maples and Apple are down along the roadside.

This large Kousa Dogwood is a feature in the front garden, both for its lovely June blooms and striking mottled bark. It makes a beautiful statement in Winter too.

SPRING

Honeybee sipping Snowdrop

 Wild Honeybees that live in the middle Rock Maple look forward to Spring too! 

FORSYTHIA 

SUMMER

HOSTA HOLDING UP PEONY

AUTUMN

When approaching the house we see Carey Hill and the western facades of the old Rock Maples. Someday I hope to fulfill a dream of building a greenhouse on this south side of the farmhouse.

LOOKING THROUGH KOUSA TO COTINUS and CRABAPPLE ORCHARD

WISHING YOU HEALTH AND HAPPINESS FOR THIS JOYOUS SEASON!

 Thank you so much for being part of my world! Its Blooming Friday so be sure to catch a sleigh over to Sweden and visit Katarina's Roses and Stuff to see other gardeners sharing Christmas cards and seasonal bliss. God Jul to all my Swedish friends! Merry Christmas to All! 

The Last to Fall

Sedum continues to bring 'Autumn Joy' contrasting nicely with yellows and oranges in leaves of roses, spirea and viburnum nearly let go now. Kousa Dogwood's mottled trunks frame purple Cotinus gone more red today, before dotted fruits of yellow crabapples. The dogwoods canopy another mixed palette of mauves, yellows and oranges fans out in the front garden concealing part of the barn studio. All these muted colors are the last to fall in the garden. Most let go while I was away... these shots were taken just over a week ago. Now there is a colorful carpet beneath all of the bare limbs of trees and shrubs. If you click on the images you will see the true unaltered vibrancy.