Garden #11 Ron and Mary Ellen Brown  
6428 IL. Rt. 84 - Thomson

The front yard island garden is new this year.  Mary Ellen thought the newly planted trees looked lonely so she installed the other plant material. She has been filling the front window box with petunias for years, and all the plantings around the house have been in place for quite a while.  As you turn into the back yard you will see the “ultimate” cottage garden…complete with small cottage (or decorated chicken coop), be sure to notice the heart-shaped path which Ron constructed for the garden and the heart shape on the cottage garden gate.  This garden will take you back in time and it is brimming with a wide variety of perennials designed for full season blooms.  Note the various garden art pieces in all the garden areas which attract the eye while at the same time complementing the surrounding plants.  The border garden behind the house in front of the shed was planted last year.  A special treat for you!  See the cottage garden before it becomes a TV feature in late September on the DIY Channel and early October on HGTV.  The garden was taped earlier this year for Ron and Mary Ellen’s daughter’s TV show which has become syndicated.

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