Garden #6  Tom and Gail Hutton
11193 Dauphin Rd. – Savanna

Tucked away amongst the trees on the bluff east of Savanna, the Huttons have created a peaceful retreat through hard work and perseverance.  Gail wanted a pond to serve as a focal point in the middle of their north lawn. So they dug out the area, hauled out dirt, brought in rocks and over a period of time built a wonderful pond complete with waterfall.  It took two summers to construct the pond and the waterfall was completed the third year.  Now the pond is surrounded by plantings.  The fish come to eat out of Gail’s hand, anxiously awaiting the next feeding.

Gail has many sunny gardens and a shade garden decorated with folk-art birds.  Her interest in gardening goes back 18 years.  Tom has a large vegetable garden that is organically fertilized with about 1 ton of Irish horse manure each year.  (It’s called Irish because that is the horse’s name.)  This year they’ve added a large vineyard which ties in nicely with their large selection of fruit trees.

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