Jay Sifford Garden Design
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Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
I'm documenting the crafting of my personal mountain garden in the Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina. It's been my dream for most of my life to find some property and build a weekend home.
The property is sited in a valley, in the midst of hundreds of native rhododendrons some upwards of 25 feet tall. The native flora is outstanding. My goal is to be sensitive to nature while making some of the space useful, and leaving the rest as I found it.
The septic field is located in the front yard. I've created what I refer to as a stylized meadow, using plants that have shallow roots systems to stay clear of the septic lines. It's an immersive tapestry of ornamental grasses and perennials, with beloved conifers around the perimeter. This garden has recently been featured in the February 2023 issue of Fine Gardening Magazine.
The back garden is shady and much more natural. I've augmented that with primulas, ligularias, podophyllums and hundreds of trilliums.
I recently received this note from the leader of a bus tour from Tennessee. She writes: "Rhodwood was absolutely magical! Honestly, more so than I thought it would be". My mission is accomplished.
The property is sited in a valley, in the midst of hundreds of native rhododendrons some upwards of 25 feet tall. The native flora is outstanding. My goal is to be sensitive to nature while making some of the space useful, and leaving the rest as I found it.
The septic field is located in the front yard. I've created what I refer to as a stylized meadow, using plants that have shallow roots systems to stay clear of the septic lines. It's an immersive tapestry of ornamental grasses and perennials, with beloved conifers around the perimeter. This garden has recently been featured in the February 2023 issue of Fine Gardening Magazine.
The back garden is shady and much more natural. I've augmented that with primulas, ligularias, podophyllums and hundreds of trilliums.
I recently received this note from the leader of a bus tour from Tennessee. She writes: "Rhodwood was absolutely magical! Honestly, more so than I thought it would be". My mission is accomplished.
Project Year: 2020
Project Cost: $200,001 - $500,000
Country: United States
Zip Code: 28694
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Before
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Before
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Before
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Before
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Before
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Before
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Boardwalk under construction
Switchback steps under construction
Seating Area Plantings
Looking back up the slope
Under construction
Ferns, ferns, ferns
Cohesion Through Carex
Newly Installed Seating Area
Looking Down
Trout lily.
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Dogtrot... with dogs!
Himalayan maidenhair ferns in spring.
Foamflower (tiarella cordifolia)
Looking through the Dogtrot
Aluminum portal/garden entry
Planting scheme up close.
Back Deck
Front garden
Front garden
The dogtrot
The switchback garden, two years after installation
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Crafting A Mountain Garden
Backlit front garden
Septic field turned meadow.
The dogtrot at dusk
The front garden as seen through the dogtrot.
Amador and Sonoma watching the storm.
Art island.
Sonoma in the dogtrot.
The front pathway at dusk.
Dogtrot art
Septic field turned meadow.
The front pathway.
Septic field turned stylized meadow.
Septic field turned meadow, backlit by the afternoon sun.
Front seating area.
Front garden backlit by afternoon sun.
The stream
Relaxing by the rapids.
Ligularias blooming in the bog.
Front garden, 10 months old.
Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
The front garden, 10 months after installation.
'Black Scallop' ajuga meets fallen leaves
Ajuga and blue spruce
The dogtrot in late October 2020.
The dogtrot in late October 2020
October morning view
The front pathway
The Center Island
Street-side vignette
Front Garden
View of the front garden from the street
The dogtrot
A white Christmas at Rhodwood
Glass art and snow.
White Christmas
Framed View of a White Christmas
Driveway Entrance
Winter interest
Cheerful garden on a dreary winter day
View from the dogtrot
Front Pathway, Year 2.
Sculpture in Bog #1
Metal sculpture greets garden visitors
Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
Plant tapestry
Front View
View from the top of the hill
Foot Bridge Garden
Foot Bridge Garden
Foot Bridge Garden
Foot Bridge Garden
Glass Art
Foot Bridge Garden
Foot Bridge Garden
Taylor's Sunburst pine anchors a front garden bed.
Taylor's Sunburst pine in the front garden.
Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
Picea abies 'Formanek' with 'Firewitch' dianthus
Purple and white allium
Through the portal, May, 2021.
Spring 2021 Color
Spring Color
Spring Color 2021
Spring Color 2021
Spring Color 2021
Spring Color 2021
Front garden in late May, 2021
Front garden in late May, 2021
Amador watches the storm
Layers of salvia
Dogwood
Front garden, May, 2021
Front Garden, June, 2021.
Front Pathway
Front meadow in early summer 2021
Front meadow in early summer 2021
Front meadow in early summer 2021 - street view
Iris ensata 'Variegata' in front garden
Street view, June, 2021
Pennisetum, salvia and coreopsis
Secondary front pathway
Front seating area, June, 2021
Septic field garden in early July, 2021.
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Front pathway, early July, 2021.
Front meadow, 7/21.
Karley Rose pennisetum
Mountain mint liatris attract pollinators.
Liatris and mountain mint
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Secondary path
Liatris provides pollinator-friendly rhythm
Liatris in July
Liatris in July
Echinacea magnus
Blue Pearl sedum
The street-side berm in July
Dog and dogtrot: Amador surveys the garden.
Scene from the dogtrot, July 2021.
Glass spears and liatris
Glass spears, liatris and pennisetum
Mid-summer color
Mid-summer color
Mid-summer Color
Hydrangea paniculata 'Phantom'
Calamagrostis provides scrim
Mid-summer Color
Fall view: 'October Skies' aster
Fall view: 'Purple Dome' asters and 'Karl Foerster' calamagrostis.
Fall View: 'Phantom' hydrangea and asters.
Fall View: 'Karley Rose' pennisetum
Fall View: Rudbeckia
Fall View: hydrangeas and asters
Verbena bonariensis and 'Northwind' panicum.
'Rozanne' geranium and 'Purple Dome' asters
Fall view: late afternoon backlighting
Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
Front Garden, Different Angle
Front Garden, Different Angle
Front berm in early autumn
Blue Pearl sedum along the front walkway
Dog Meets Dogtrot: Sonoma Surveying the Garden
Dog meets Dogtrot: Sonoma Surveying the Garden
'Rozanne' geraniums in fall
Geranium and leaf
Front Garden in Fall
Fall color
Magical autumnal sunlight
Dogtrot House in Winter
Black House and Winter Garden
Study in golds
Asters and pennisetum, backlit
Spanish fir with opening cones
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' in late fall
Dried hydrangea flowers, backlit
Japanese pine, backlit
Long View of the Dogtrot and Winter Garden
The Winter Garden As Seen From the Dogtrot
Front Garden In Snow
Black Box in White
Glass Spears in Snow
Camassia 'Blue Danube' and Coreopsis 'Zagreb'
View of Front Garden, May 1, 2022.
Iris cristata and stellaria
View of the Lower Garden, Spring 2022
Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream'
Acer palmatum 'Ikandi'
Emerging Maidenhair Fern Against Skunk Cabbage
Garden Sculpture in Spring
Acer Palmatum Shigitatsu Sawa
June Hosta against Foot Bridge
Acer Palmatum Ukigumo
Acer Palmatum 'Ghost Dancer'
Abiqua Drinking Gourd Hosta
Foot Path in Lower Garden
Veratrum and Woodland Phlox
Springtime Study in Color and Texture
Abies koreana 'Silver Show'
Side View of the Front Garden
Sculpture in the Lower Garden
Immersion in the Bog Garden
Color repetition: heaths and 'Skylands' spruce
Front Pathway, May 22, 2022
Entry Wall
Panoramic View of the Front Garden, May, 2022
'Keepsake' kalmia
River of Salvia
Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
Meadow garden, late May 2022.
Front meadow, late May 2022
'Caradonna' salvia sweep
Street-side view, late May 2022
Street-side view, late May, 2022.
Front meadow, July 3, 2022
Rudbeckia and echinacea
Front garden, July 3, 2022.
Mid Summer Color Show
Liatris beginning to open
Lavender and blue spruce
Karley Rose pennisetum
'Orange Rocket' barberry
'Orange Rocket' barberry and stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
My sea of coreopsis
Mountain mint and liatris.
Front garden, July, 2022.
Front garden, July, 2022.
Front garden, July, 2022.
Looking through the dogtrot, July, 2022.
Front pathway, July, 2022.
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Front garden seating area, 7/22
Crafting A Mountain Garden Called Rhodwood
Study in summer purples.
Echinacea, liatris and pennisetum
Echinacea and 'Orange Rocket' barberry vignette
Front meadow and pathway
Front Seating Circle
Scrim
Joe Pye and Yellow Swallowtail
Joe Pye and Swallowtail Butterflies
Yellow Swallowtail on Joe Pye
October, 2022
October, 2022
Clethra and Pycnanthemum
Portal and Front Pathway, May 25, 2023
Black Stockings Thalictrum.
Orange Rocket Barberry and Caradonna Salvia
Evening Storm Clouds
Lupines
Iris and Barberry, Backlit
View From the Roadside Berm
Primulas in Bog
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