Country Gardens – July 2019

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COUNTRY GARDENS // FA LL 2019


WRITTEN BY RISA QUADE


PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIE PASSANO


PRODUCED BY NICK CROW & SUSAN APPLEGET HURST


SHED


BEFORE & AFTER


SEE HOW WE MADE THESE SALVAGE PROJECTS


A shed makeover warms up the garden

thanks to a new coat of paint, a few vintage projects,


and an infusion of blooms in shades of turmeric,

ginger, and cayenne.

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ometimes a garden simply needs a new
recipe—something to get the energy fl owing
and infuse the view with toasty, enticing
colors. This unremarkable 8×10-foot kit shed
with subdued brown paint and green trim blended with
the surrounding foliage and almost disappeared into
the worn late-season garden. Well, we fi xed that!
A new coat of paint in a deep saffron hue edged with
clean white made the shed an instant focal point in
the garden and certainly less workaday. An infusion of
seasonal blooms and foliage—some perennial, some
annual—echoes the spicy shed color. Black-eyed Susan
(Rudbeckia hirta ‘Denver Daisy’), celosia, amaranth,
ornamental peppers, tall sedum, and mums sprinkle
the warm colors of a spice rack into the late-summer
garden. Tall grasses, including northern sea oats
(Chasmanthium latifolium), and kales with colorful
ruffl es add texture and layers to the plantings.
For a fi nal dash of fl avor, we garnished the shed
and surrounding garden with simple DIY projects
created from fi nds at a local fl ea market. A vintage
metal cracker box became a cheery birdhouse mounted
above the shed doors. Galvanized round downspouts
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