For many years, there was a 10' x 30' strip of the property that remained unused.  Being on the north side of the house, it was the perfect spot for locating a Shade Garden.

I began work on it in 1998, about the same time as the development of the Front Garden.

 

 

Over the next few years, as I dug out more and more of the exsisting sod, the Shade Garden slowly took shape.  What had been merely an empty band of grass, moss, and dandelions became a home for an array of shade-loving plants.

In the Spring of 2002, it reached completion with the construction of a rustic pergola to support several vines which will provide additional shade.