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Exquisitely beautiful! Such a welcoming sight to come home to. Sounds like you've taken a passion and made it into a business. Wonderful.

Spectacular! My jaw drops with awe every time your garden is featured. Truly a work of art!

Nessie is terrific! Good job done with a lot of passion. Looking forward to more photos in the fall!!

I was out of town for a short while, and came back to all your wonderful comments. Thanks so much...receiving feedback from fellow avid gardeners is the BEST!!!!

What a charming curved foot bridge. A lovely place, to be sure. And a wonderful bit of pathway rock work is shown in the corner of your photo of the wooden deck in the first photograph. Good job in creating your own little paradise!

OH my....I so agree with' tractor1', but sometimes life requires us to choose a different path. If you MUST move from this beautifully tended garden, know that there are many GPOD readers who are heartily hoping that your new buyer provides you time with your shovel so that you may bring some of your labor-of-love plants to your new life. Wherever you go, your love of gardening will help get you through!

PS: And just like 'pattyspencer'...If this were my new property, I wouldn't change a thing (not event he sneaky pink astilbe).

Wow. Your color combinations, attention to detail, placement, layering, and overall design is truly well engineered. You've managed to incorporate all the rules of gardening in an ordered yet natural way. Very impressive palette.

Oh my, the visual, spatial and sensory difference between the original pool design and your stunning garden design is breath taking. You took a very 'nice' concept and made it spectacular. And what a noble goal....all flowers and no mulch! I applaud you on a job well done!

What a gorgeous honeysuckle (I believe that's what it is) growing on your outdoor fireplace. I'm so glad you kept that vestige of the '30's in your landscaping plan. It is charming. Your garden has such a wonderful overall effect. The teamwork and vision you both put into the yard really works.

What a magnificent, structural plant! Thanks for sending, Cynthia. And the Enclos*ure blog site is FABULOUS! Wonderful links and photographs and the Etta James tune...marvelous! Thank you for sharing a piece of your world and personality.

Ooooh, fabulous colors, beautiful window box. And the lobelia is so complementary with your blue shutters. Very nicely put together.

Your garden is the epitome of this quote
"Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest." Douglas William Jerrold
Stunning combinations and a lovely overall effect. Congratulations Tim.

And Michelle, hope your birthday is wonder-full today. Celebrate it in your garden!! Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning require anything else? (maybe a little chocolate)

What a luscious garden! I love the serene feel and the way the pavers draw your eye towards the next section of paradise.

WOW! I love the fullness of your garden..the colors, the combinations. Congratulations on a masterpiece!

What a lovely winter scene. And the last photo...oh my. Do you live close to the 'Devil's Back' formations? I used to drive along that route everyday to go to work. You live in heaven!

Fab. u. lous!!!!!

Whoaaa. What an impressive project and a major accomplishment. It is beautiful.

Lovely, simply lovely!

What a fascinating garden gate opening onto a lush tropical garden.

Candy for the eyes! I love the chartreuse accents and the different leaf shapes. Lovely shade garden.

First, I'm going to win the lottery. Next I'm going to buy every single, unusually gorgeous plant I've ever lusted over (and not just one but purchases of nine or maybe 15 at a time) and I'm going to plant them in my zone 4 garden (that I will surround by a charming two-foot tall rock wall to retain solar heat) just to see how many little micro-climates I really have. (Could zone 5 or even zone 6 plants ever survive during our snowy and freezing winter nights?). Then I'm going to extend my front garden to twice its current size and divide it into grass and lavender gardens, sedum gardens, rose gardens, english gardens, winter gardens and wildflower gardens (all connected by a charming moss-rock walkway). Next step is to spruce up the garden in the back of the horse barn (as there are only spruces there now). And finally, I'm going to plant a forest of Korean Pines (maybe 7) and plant blue and sliver-tinted foliage all around them to enhance those lovely blue pinecones. Now then, if I don't win the lottery, my resolution is to extend my subscription to Fine Gardening and ponder those flowered pages that cause one to dream grandiose dreams.

How magical. Looks like it comes out of a Harry Potter book.

Those Crocs are 'stepping up' in the world!

Exquisite flower combinations.

Charming, absolutely charming! And the backdrop of trees is luscious!

Such creativity!!

...I'll try to locate a photo of the 'now infamous' deer-chasing device

What great responses from you all...I'm being 'flooded' with garden appreciation and am basking in your remarks! @betempt: Even though the garden is located only 125 feet away from a natural creek, I just don't have many deer. With that, of the ones that consider the Kielian flowerbed a dining room, my past experience in Colorado has prepared me with a variety of solutions (the last two are the best, but prior ones are too funny to ignore). Listed in ascending order of success: I tried everything from a low electric fence attached with aluminum foil wrapped peanut butter (the too-smart-for-their-own-good squirrels figured that one out), moth balls, bobcat scat, strong-smelling soap tied up to bushes with panty hose (a particularly inviting look), and leaf blowers connected to motion detector devices which I hung in the trees (don't even ask). Finally, I discovered two products that work the best. Liquid Fence spray (lasts 2 - 4 weeks), and my latest weapon in the arsenal of flower guardians - 'Plantskyyd' spray. It lasts 3-5 months. Both are available on the net. Good look with all your pesky Bambi's!