Today we’re in New England visiting Lea’s garden.
A pretty magical image of a beautiful garden—it looks like Lea has combined every possible shade of green to make this perfectly lush image come together.
This is Lea’s “Moss Mandala,” part of a bigger garden that she calls “The Puddle Garden,” as it fills with water for up to five months of the year. Everything planted in that area can take moist soil and survive the flooding. Lea raised this area up 8 inches, but it still gets flooded. The Moss Mandala is made up of Scotch and Irish moss (Sagina subulata ‘Aurea’ and Sagina subulata, Zones 4–8), which, despite their common name, are not true mosses but rather tiny flowering plants that mimic the look of moss to create this beautiful pattern.
A beautiful grassy walk through the garden includes stepping-stones set here and there in the turf. Sinking the stones down in the ground a little makes for easy mowing.
A diversity of trees and shrubs, many of them conifers in different colors and forms, creates a tapestry of different shades of green as the backdrop. In front, the white blooms of a panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata, Zones 3–9) glow against the dark greens behind them.
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Comments
Spectacular stuff, Lea. Love the concept of the moss garden / area that floods, and working with that. Sounds like a cool challenge
So beautiful and peaceful looking!
It’s all stunning and very serene.
Beautiful.
So lovely! From the first photo it made me think how glad I am to live in New England—such beautiful landscapes are possible! You must feel such joy in your garden!
I'm always fascinated by how people find ways to overcome challenges in their landscape. This was a great idea. I'm wondering how much maintenance it takes. Everything so calming. I love it all. Kudos.
Simply gorgeous!!
Outstanding!
Oh, that first picture is just wonderful. It looks more like a well done watercolor landscape than a sharp edged photograph.
Positively gorgeous...and I love how you met the challenge of that boggy soil. Good job!
Love everything about this garden and your pretty home.
What a gorgeous picturesque garden! The first photo of the house looks like a vintage cottage painting- I really love it!
I would love to know what that small tree- or large bush is right behind the white cast iron garden chair- it's outstanding!
Your moss mandala is such a clever garden focal point!
I love gardens that focus on the good bones of trees, bushes and foliage like your does, just accented with flowers etc.
Such a peaceful and calming garden you have created!
Breathtaking!!!!
What A beautiful garden setting. Astounding. Hope you don’t mind if I steal your moss mandala idea. Absolutely breathtaking.
Absolutely Fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing. I'd love to see more photos, please. Truely inspirational!🍃
Wonderful garden! The variation of the flower trees, green leafy trees and other different leafy plants all the things make the garden more fabulous. Being a professional gardener, I have learned something more from your inspirational gardening tips! I like to use https://boobs.house/en.html platform for meeting wonderful girls and women all over the world. But I will surely add more attraction like yours way. Thanks for sharing this post!
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