quite like an entry garden.
There's something nice about passing through a garden on the way to the front door. I can't say for sure why that is. Maybe it's the friendly tone set by plants, maybe it's shear aesthetic pleasure, maybe it's the element of surprise and mystery that can be incorporated into garden design. I suspect it's all of the above. That was the case when I passed by the Napa Valley garden of Bruce Edwards and Molly Edwards-Baker. Over their low picket fence I could tell something fun was going on, and I wanted to know what. "I'm surprised I wasn't in the garden when you came by," Molly says. "I spend a lot of time there. I meet a lot of people that are just passing by and stop to look or chat, and we end up touring the garden. People really seem to love the place." I suppose everyone has their own reasons for liking a garden. Theirs might include the fact that the couple have had the garden for almost 20 years. "Bruce does the design, and I do the gardeing," Molly shares. "It's a good arrangement. We've experimented a lot over the years. My approach is that if I like something, I try it. If it doesn't work, I pull it out."
"People stop and look and say, 'I can do that,'" Molly says. -- Todd Steadman |