Some examples are Goldenseal, Ginseng, Lobelia inflata, Bayberry, Evan root, Horehound, Cayenne, Elecampane, and Senna. The Mary Jane Smith Garden is our flower garden, created for and dedicated to Mary Jane Smith in 1993 with the help of her daughter, Mary Higgins . This garden is reminiscent of a 1940s cottage garden tended by William and Mary Walton. This sun and shade garden includes an arbor with clematis vines and tropical mandevilla, along with flowering spirea bushes and day lilies. A flowering basket hangs on the privy amongst the shade garden of impatiens, hostas, astilbes, and ferns.
Perennials featured include roses, day lilies, iris, monarda, sedums, and chrysanthemums.
Annuals spill out of containers on the back porch and in the window boxes that accent the front of the house. Antique urns, donated by the Stingley family, overflow with tropical and annual flowers. A stone path leads you to a secret garden with a resurrected patio that was once used by the Walton family. Flowering planters share this shaded area with dogwood, boxwoods, and English ivy. The terra cotta pedestal planter is a gift from the Jane Magsig estate.