Breakfast Garden Tour 2010（英文）

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It is unusual to find enough gardens on only one block to hold an entire tour there, but that’s what we were able to do this year as the 6100 block of Kingsbury offered a variety of fine yards.

The first garden on the tour was Tom and Karleen Hoerr’s cool and colorful shade garden with a spacious deck, grand pergola, three-season enclosed porch, and a “Giverny” iris garden in the alley. liriope, lilies of many kinds, lemon balm, astilbe, peonies, and beebalm all stand out over the dark mulch which keeps order and moisture in the soil and accentuates the colors of the plants. Next, two side-by-side yards with open fences make a larger breathable yard for block captain Cindy and Mike Ormsby and neighbors Lenny and Susanne Knese. Both yards have been completely renewed in the past year.

The Ormsbys have a unique fountain left by former owners Dan Shea and Kathleen Williams. Made by Kathleen’s father, the fountain can be re-arranged to flow and splash in different ways.

The Kneses created a new version of Betty and Bob Newsham’s (B.G.tour 2003) pool and patio with a new built-in pool, patio, and an outdoor kitchen. Susanne moved all of Betty’s plants into the breezeway during construction, and the bricks from the old patio have been distributed to other yards in the neighborhood. John Sappington and Mary Karr have a mission-style shade garden and patio accented with hydrangeas, evergreens, boxwood, ivies, yew, juniper, and winding graceful branches of magnolia trees, redbuds and witch hazel, which makes a tranquil, welcoming yard all year long. Joe and Beth Hogan refinished their addition, replaced fences, built two porches, and installed one rockin’ pool in just a few short years.

With colorful, low maintenance knock-out roses, hydrangeas, clematis and weeping cherry, surrounded by smooth Iowa River Stone, the yard stays clean when stampeded by kids, two dogs, and guests.

The following two artist’s yards belong to two long-time neighbors in Skinker DeBaliviere; these descriptions are taken from the Garden Tour Book: Jim and Helen Hitchcock Like walking into a painting by a famous impressionist master, Mother Nature’s paintbrush complements this artist’s backyard dappling a patina on all of its surfaces.

The faceted old brick patio is softened by the texture and multiple shades of green of the ancient mosses.

The layered canopy with gentle drooping sycamore branches enclose and protect the yard.

The mossy impressionist pattern is continued on the bricks of the garage, the bark of the trees, the old bench, and even the candle chandelier.

The teacup ivy floor and euyonomous walls are allowed to spill, scramble, and play.

The vertical and horizontal lines of the porch and deck, also softened by the moss are accentuated by well-placed potted plants which offer shades of purple to the composition.

A peaceful, gurgling fountain might be the only sound you hear, which captures the imagination of anyone’s artistic sensibilities. Jean-Robert and Virginia Leguey-Feilleux Another artist’s backyard, with striking contract to the Hitchcock’s impressionist garden, this yard is of graceful order and design, yet Virginia says it is low maintenance, mostly.

A yard of this quality can only be accomplished by decades of care. Virginia rooted the small yews and boxwoods herself, along with the tall cedar tree in the back.

She also started a maple tree by the garage which grew for 42 years and just came down last fall. “All the large yews and junipers were the size of basketballs when we came in 1966. For years I trimmed them with scissors. Shears came later.” Many children in S.D. in the 60’s and 70’s remember jumping on the Leguey-Feilleux trampoline for hours.

After we grew up the area became the central garden.

This classical yard has the color palette of deep green, white, black, and shades of terra cotta. Both of our artists on today’s tour, Helen Hitchcock with husband Jim, and Virginia LegueyFeilleux along with husband Jean-Robert, have been active with S.D. for decades, raising families and helping to stabilize our neighborhood.

The Kingsbury Animal Hospital was also a feature on our tour, with shaded areas surrounding the parking spaces and providing quiet areas for customers and neighbors to enjoy. Dr. Steve Brammeier created the planting designs himself, and has colorful, healthy plants and flowers on all sides of the building. Ken and Patricia Burton have a rich collection of so many kinds of plants and flowers all rescued from “the dead shelf” – plants at nurserys which are one step away from being composted. For small change and some sunlight, water, and care, Patricia has created a botanical haven.

She even has a Japanese garden at the alley; a vulnerable location at the intersection of Rosedale. Large and small plants, perennials and even annuals can be brought to fruition for pennies if they have a little attention.

This year’s puzzle, when the pieces were collected and assembled, spelled the words “praying mantis”, with a drawing of the creature on the reverse side of the page. Tourgoers who collected the puzzle pieces received a book with drawings and facts of these amazing creatures. Thanks to all who opened their yards and participated in this year’s tour. Also, thank you to Jon Parker for his ham-smoking skills and to Long Acre Farms in the Loop, for assistance with fresh produce, and to dedicated volunteers Arlene Webb and Jim Signor, for their help. And thank you to all our other volunteers, and all who attended this tour to help support the neighborhood of Skinker-DeBaliviere.

Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Fall 2010.

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Archival transcription note: Printed striking contract for contrast and nurserys retained; Arlene Webb variant retained without inferred profile merge.

Original source: SD_Times2010_09.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.