Garden

In summer, the grassy path is soft underfoot, inviting guests to take a walk and enjoy the flower beds blooming as far as the eye can see. Orange sneezeweed (Helenium spp.) dots the way.

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Snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) grows in damp places but adapts to new soils easily and can cover large areas fairly quickly.

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The first flowers to appear in the spring are 6-inch-tall reticulata irises (Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’), which are fragrant and subtly colored. The bulbs’ original habitat is in the Caucasus Mountains, where they can be found at an altitude of 3,500 to 6,500 feet. The bulbs go dormant again over the summer.

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