Even more surprising is what hides behind it: a formal terraced garden lined with paths, hedges and a towering pavilion overlooking a lake. What sold them was the backyard: a steep, barren slope descending to a small lake mostly surrounded by wooded city parkland. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW“People think I’m stupid to have rhubarb in a flower garden, but it works for me,” Ellingson noted. The first step of Ellingson’s master plan for the backyard was to have three large retaining walls built into the steep slope. Throughout the backyard, various elements break up the symmetry of the wall-and-path grid, including large urns planted with spike, moneywort, geraniums and million bells.

Source: thestar June 13, 2019 10:32 UTC