Historical Summer 2001 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
5901 Pershing CARMEN FOWLER So what DO you do when the public walkway next to your backyard is closed, and you suddenly find yourself having to incorporate it into your permanent garden plans? You put up a wrought iron gate as an architectural feature and plant, plant, plant around all the concrete!
This first year garden holds lots of promise as a future party space overlooked by a multi-level deCk (perfect for barbeques) and basketball court set up on the foundation of a former garage. Moonbeam and tickseed coreopsis, sweet william, black-eyed susans, hostas and abundant ivy are “greening up” this difficult space. Plans for a lavender bed next to the deck hold the promise of fragrance at a touch for deck-sitters. Nearby green-thumbers have aided Carmen’s massive first year effort with gift plants from their own gardens …now that’s neighborliness that reflects the true spirit of gardening!
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Carmen Fowler’s garden, 5901 Pershing. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2001.
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