Hales and Tartan honeysuckle are strewn here and there. At the northwest corner two red mulberrys heavy with ripe berries are making a feast for birds and chipmunks alike. Inside the fence, more flowering cherry trees appear in the west border while the south border contains a high bush blueberry and a fragrant bush honeysuckle backed buy mockorange against the fence. Stand on the sunny west side to take in the view of the birdbath. We can see the arcs and triangles that shape the beds and see that the garden is surrounded on three sides by large rectangular beds.
Shasta daisy appears in the sun and white cimicifuga in the shade.
Hosta, which was called funkia in the past, raise their lavender or white bells in various beds. Others are retored as they were discerned in photographs taken by Mrs. Moore. As you leave from the grand front entrance toward the west parking lot make yourself aware of what this area once looked like. Bounteous blooms of roseum rhododendron rose to the second floor while bridal wreath spirea, white snowberry and green and red barberry mingled underneath. Continue past a modern trash disposal area on the spot of the former one on the left, and pass the fragrant restored apple orchard while enjoying the immediate sight and smell of mockorange shrubs and festiva maxima peonies perfuming the spring air.