This front-of-house area is bordered on three sides by beds and by the driveway. It features astilbe, hostas, ligularia and hemlocks along the front with a traditional Vermont garden as well as basal yellow Evening Primrose (oenothera fruticosa), a large cedar bush, picea and other evergreens. The border garden has a central blue spruce \u201cfat max\u201d with Serbian Spruces to its side and an \u201cinverted\u201d Japanese Spruce. The roadside bed is filled with 500+ tulips for the spring, followed by peonies then Black-eyed Susans and \u201cTwist & Shout\u201d Hydrangeas.<\/p>\n
The garden also features a grafted 5 \u201cpom-pom\u201d Blue Rug Juniper topiary, and in this”J” shaped bed is the tribute to the owner’s love of theater – the sculpture of the “Gods of Laughter and Sadness” \u00a0(representing comedies and tragedies).<\/p>\n