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A stunning and functional garden focal point

comments (2) February 19th, 2010 in blogs

Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor

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When we first featured this birdhouse on the cover of the December 2000 issue of Fine Gardening, the FG office got dozens of calls from gardeners wanting one just like it. Years later, this garden feature is still a stunning focal point in the garden of Eve and Per Thyrum in Wilmington, Delaware. Alas, it's one-of-a-kind, handmade by Per himself. The structure alone, minus the legs, is at least 6 feet tall.

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birdwhisperer writes: I believe we can grow Ruby Grass in ontario and it will winter I have some in my perennial garden. Posted: 3:52 am on March 18th

Trees writes: Do you have any other views or closeups of this bird house? It's really difficult to see distinctly here. Posted: 1:07 pm on February 19th

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Welcome to the Fine Gardening GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY blog!

Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a stunning plant combination, or any number of other subjects. Think of it as your morning jolt of green.

Sign up to get new posts delivered to your inbox each morning so you'll always remember to take a look, or subscribe to our RSS feed. We look forward to sharing our garden travels with you.

If you think you have a photo that we should share on the Garden Photo of the day, email us. Send hi-res images to mgervais@taunton.com with GPOD in the subject line. We'll only respond if we plan to use your photo.