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“ When my husband Bill and I begin the garden year ago , I commend asking our constructor during the website preparation why they dumped a truckload of tilt in a certain touch , ” she says . “ After a interruption , he count at me rather pitifully and said : ' This is your dirt , Tatyana ! ' ”
Armed with a pickaxe and an unflagging emotional state , Searcy gradually transmute that sandy , rock - laden soil into a flourishing nuclear fusion reaction of her favorite plant life specimens and garden styles from around the globe . “ Despite all the differences between countries , is n’t it wonderful that we can have bits of different Continent and regions in our own garden ? Many plant are interesting to me because they convey a musical composition of industrial plant cultivation from the country of their stock , ” she says .
Some of her favorite “ immigrant ” include Japanese aralia , which thrives in the moist and meek climate of Japan — one like to that of the Pacific Northwest;Lobelia tupa , which brings a sense of the quick and waterless air of Chile ; andCentranthus ruberandAcanthus mollis , which prompt her of trips to Italy and Southern France , where they produce abundantly in the wild .
Searcy describes the expressive style of her garden as “ casual elegant , ” with component of formal , cottage , veg , and herb gardens . “ Being eclectic , my garden has some features that tie together its different part and give it a sentiency of unity . Tight - clipped Japanese holly hedges in the front and back of the house , together with clipped boxwoods here and there , are substantive in giving the garden a sense of purchase order and a trace of formality . Nipponese aralia , hydrangeas , astilbe , rhododendrons , Japanese sea anemone , Clematis MT , Japanese maples , Japanese forest grass , and western brand fern ( Polystichum munitum ) are flora that are repeated in unlike persona of the garden and provide continuity . I also use classic statuary elements of a similar expressive style , ” she says .
Much of the inspiration for her heterogeneous access came from visiting gardens in England , Italy , France , Germany , and Canada . She also got ideas nigher to dwelling house by touring local garden in the Pacific Northwest .
“ My garden would n’t be the same without aboriginal works , ” she says . “ Douglas firs bring a upright dimension to the garden ’s composition . aboriginal shrubs located around the property , such as salal and huckleberry , make visual paries , pay the garden a sense of privacy , privateness , and repose . I ca n’t say I acquired all of the plants because they were needed from a design dot of eyeshot or to answer a particular role in the garden . I got many of them just because I loved those especial plants . ”
Searcy ’s own garden has been featured in local tours as well , include the Gig Harbor Garden Tour and the Northwest Perennial Alliance Garden Tour . She also document its progress monthly in her blog attanyasgarden.blogspot.com .
“ The garden often reminds visitor of English garden . The clip Japanese holly hedge get a lot of compliments , and I believe that it was one of my proficient decisions , to put 100 bushes on the back of the family and in front of it , ” she says .
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