A stroll through the Olympia Historical District brought many delightful views of early 20th Century craftsman homes. The majority of these small houses were built in the 1910 to 1930s era. These "worker cottages" were surrounded by postage stamp yards full of mature scrubs, bushes, and decorative trees. Many designs were duplexes, with each half of the dwelling decorated differently. The front gardens ranged from unkempt to pristine and often these homes shared a walkway. The Historical district is not your typical cookie-cutter neighborhood! However, there were also a handful of duplexes with perfectly matched doors, porches, curb design and landscaping.
Therefore it was refreshing to find the East-facing garden above. As you can see from the photo, the level stone work was tightly sealed and swept free of gravel. The flower beds, wide and heaped with water retaining mulch, are weed-free. These beds can accommodate a lovely variety of seasonal plantings. The tulips are blooming now, but perhaps next month they will be replaced by petunias or zinnias or a small forest of sunflowers? Then in a few months, as the season changes, chrysanthemums and over-wintering pots of kale or grasses and carved pumpkins could highlight the Autumn? As the holidays approached, why not install a fully lighted Christmas Tree, carefully anchored to withstand the harsh winter weather?
What a perfect little space for coffee in the morning or an evening barbecue or a level place for small children to ride their little toys? And no weeding and mowing!
I'm inspired by its simplicity and beauty and I hope you are too!
Have a wonderful day!
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Oh, yes. Those photos are very inspirational! :)
Sounds a lot like my neighborhood, which was built for factory workers around 1910. Alas, we have no front yards, just the street, but some of us have managed to make cute little back gardens in our postage stamps :)
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