Garden Tour: A soothing oasis filled Thoughtful details - Jeannette Fristoe and Larry Blake personalized their garden not only as a dream place to relax with a book, but also a great place for hosting outdoor gatherings. They redirected the terrace with a swimming pool already filled-in, built a rubble wall to divide the garden and planted a variety of beautiful plants. Their landscape is one-size-fits-all ages with a fun playhouse for their nephews and grandchildren.
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Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here Jeannette Fristoe and Larry Blake
Location Bel Air, Maryland, United States
Size 2,300 square feet (214 square meters)
built 1923
When Jeannette Fristoe and Larry Blake moved into their home, the most dramatic change they made was cutting several large trees to give garden more sun and air circulation, which benefited both the grass and the plants love the sun. They also removed many cherry laurels and rhododendrons invaded and replace them with hydrangeas and English boxwood.
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Who lives here Jeannette Fristoe and Larry Blake
Location Bel Air, Maryland, United States
Size 2,300 square feet (214 square meters)
built 1923
When Jeannette Fristoe and Larry Blake moved into their home, the most dramatic change they made was cutting several large trees to give garden more sun and air circulation, which benefited both the grass and the plants love the sun. They also removed many cherry laurels and rhododendrons invaded and replace them with hydrangeas and English boxwood.
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'This white-shingle house with many gables and angles underlined by a roof overhang is deep house style bungalow we have always admired, Fristoe said. The house is built on a wooded, giving her what she described as "a cool classic look. We both love the lawn and landscaping prefer to be very laid back and relaxed. The house is on the National Register of Historic Sites America.
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The guarded couples large mailbox near the front door, love its charm.
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Fristoe bought metal birdbath in the garden Antiques Sandy Scott in Bel Air. Her sister found metal flowers in a shop in Rehoboth Beach in Delaware and gave them to her as a gift.
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The Zone rear door provides a typical sampling of plants around the house. It has a window box with a sweet potato vine and a pink impatiens. The vines up the ramp English ivy. The large hydrangea bush is a sheet of oak, and the large leaves of an elephant ear ( Colocasia ) can be seen through the door, next to a tree peony.
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wooden shoes reused as planters hang out the back door. Fristoe found them in the yard sales over the years. She planted small ivy pots in each shoe, lining up to look like a window box.
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"We use small terrace for summer dining and casual entertaining, "said Fristoe.
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"Our party favorite of the back garden is the rubble wall built to give my husband a friendly fracture to the open space, said Fristoe. "It offers a beautiful backdrop for bulbs of spring and summer flowers."
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the front of the rock face is full of daffodils in spring. Behind the wall are pink cleome and self-seeding. The old iron kettle features a pink geranium.
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The box window on the garage is filled with the sweet potato vine, petunias and coleus. In the vineyard moves on the door and around the upper part of the garage.
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The vine wraps around the front of the garage. Also on the garage in an old iron vessel is white with black eyes Susan vine with sweet potato vine.
"I was inspired to plant the vine after a visit to the Bordeaux region of France, where the old stone houses and barns are adorned with vines that warm the cold front of the stone," says Fristoe.
"I was inspired to plant the vine after a visit to the Bordeaux region of France, where the old stone houses and barns are adorned with vines that warm the cold front of the stone," says Fristoe.
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bamboo lines the property and creates a natural division between the garden of the couple and their neighbor. Blake built trellises pyramid, the boxes and the loft that adorn the garden.
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This position the sewing machine has a big iron furnace grate on top, making it a perfect table for potting plants. He was a neighbor of the couple gifts.
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In this section garden, blue hydrangeas bordering the lawn. The table top is a car-boot sale find a trip to Vermont.
Brommö c hair, Ikea.
Brommö c hair, Ikea.
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the fence between the driveway and garden is made of old wood from the pool deck, which was filled before the couple moved into the house. With the help of a friend, Blake has designed and built the shaft and the door of the redwood. A New Dawn rose climbs the fence and arbor, as well as English ivy, which remains green throughout the year.
The stone wall that defines the flower beds was made from the remains of old buildings on the family farm Fristoe. The flower beds are full of perennials from spring with hellebores, joint and Solomon flowering bulbs. The large plant in front of the fence is monkshood, which blooms in the fall with the royal blue arrows.
The stone wall that defines the flower beds was made from the remains of old buildings on the family farm Fristoe. The flower beds are full of perennials from spring with hellebores, joint and Solomon flowering bulbs. The large plant in front of the fence is monkshood, which blooms in the fall with the royal blue arrows.
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In the garden rear Blake is a treehouse built from the pieces left by the renovation of the house. "Our neighbor, Rick, comes the spiral staircase for us to her in-laws of the gazebo in New England," said Fristoe.
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