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Garden Photo of the Day

Garden Photo of the Day


A walkway amongst the ferns

comments (7) July 8th, 2011 in blogs

mgervais Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor
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Photo: Michelle Gervais

I adore this walkway through the ferns and over a creek at Innisfree Garden in Millbrook New York. Its meandering path adds so much to this scene, and it was great fun to walk on. It looks simple to build. I don't have a creek to cross in my garden, but I'm tempted to create one of these through the mint patch...

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Comments (7)

mgervais writes: bamboomary: I have a LOT of mint, but no, not quite that much!! Let's just say I'm the source of all the mint that Fine Cooking Magazine uses when testing their recipes... I did know someone once who had a FIELD of mint! It was so much fun to walk through.

TeriCA: It was actually kind of cool to discover the little creek halfway across the walkway. Posted: 11:57 am on July 8th
bamboomary writes: Creek or no creek, I love it, that zigzag puncheon path would look good through almost anything! Michelle, you have that much mint???? Yikes, Mojitos for life! Posted: 11:20 am on July 8th
skevanston writes: Is this a traditional 'zig-zag bridge' designed to trick evil spirits that can only travel a straight path? (As often seen in Chinese and Japanese gardens?) Posted: 9:56 am on July 8th
TeriCA writes: My thought: it would be nice to SEE the creek, TOO many ferns growing and obstructing the water feature part. Maybe it was just the angle at which the picture was taken. Posted: 9:32 am on July 8th
Happily_Gardening writes: "Now that's a ah moment!" Great capture Michelle, feels like I right there. LOVELY spot! Posted: 9:27 am on July 8th
mgervais writes: The creek is very small and runs through the middle of the ferns. Maybe a foot or two wide. Posted: 8:47 am on July 8th
Stoatley writes: It IS fetching. Are the ferns growing right in the creek then? Posted: 8:05 am on July 8th
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