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“ When my hubby Bill and I started the garden old age ago , I remember require our builder during the web site preparation why they dumped a truckload of rocks in a certain spot , ” she says . “ After a pause , he search at me rather pitifully and said : ' This is your soil , Tatyana ! ' ”
arm with a pickax and an unflagging spirit , Searcy gradually transformed that sandy , tilt - laden soil into a flourishing nuclear fusion reaction of her pet plant specimens and garden style from around the globe . “ Despite all the deviation between countries , is n’t it wonderful that we can have bits of different continents and regions in our own garden ? Many plants are interesting to me because they bring a piece of plant life acculturation from the body politic of their origin , ” she enounce .
Some of her favourite “ immigrants ” let in Nipponese aralia , which prosper in the moist and soft climate of Japan — one like to that of the Pacific Northwest;Lobelia tupa , which brings a sense of the warm and arid aura of Chile ; andCentranthus ruberandAcanthus mollis , which remind her of trips to Italy and Southern France , where they grow profusely in the wilderness .
Searcy describes the manner of her garden as “ casual elegant , ” with element of conventional , cottage , vegetable , and herb garden . “ Being eclectic , my garden has some features that bond together its unlike part and give it a sense of ace . Tight - jog Japanese holly hedges in the front and back of the house , together with snip off boxwood here and there , are essential in giving the garden a sensory faculty of social club and a hint of formality . Nipponese aralia , hydrangeas , astilbe , rhododendrons , Japanese anemone , Clematis montana , Japanese maples , Japanese woodland grass , and western sword fern ( Polystichum munitum ) are industrial plant that are repeated in different parts of the garden and bring home the bacon continuity . I also use Hellenic statuary ingredient of a similar style , ” she says .
Much of the inspiration for her heterogeneous approach path came from confabulate gardens in England , Italy , France , Germany , and Canada . She also fuck off melodic theme nearer to home by touring local gardens in the Pacific Northwest .
“ My garden would n’t be the same without aboriginal plants , ” she says . “ Douglas firs bring a vertical dimension to the garden ’s composition . aboriginal bush place around the attribute , such as salal and huckleberry , create visual wall , giving the garden a mother wit of privacy , privacy , and peace treaty . I ca n’t say I acquired all of the plants because they were needed from a design period of view or to serve a particular part in the garden . I got many of them just because I enjoy those particular plant . ”
Searcy ’s own garden has been featured in local tours as well , including the Gig Harbor Garden Tour and the Northwest Perennial Alliance Garden Tour . She also documents its progress monthly in her blog attanyasgarden.blogspot.com .
“ The garden often remind visitant of English garden . The clipped Japanese holly hedges get a lot of compliments , and I trust that it was one of my best decisions , to put 100 Bush on the back of the house and in front of it , ” she says .
Tatyana ’s 7 summit for create Harmony in the Garden
