The Garden Rehab Project

The Alice Ferguson Foundation and Fergie’s Gardeners are restoring areas of the garden that have become overgrown and making improvements to plantings, furniture and hardscape in character with Alice’s Ferguson’s earlier gardens.

The Balustrade Planting

"It occured to me a terrace on the river side with a balustrade might soften the base line of the house and help tie it down. At the same time the terrace would be a delightful place to loiter and watch the river." Alice L.L. Ferguson

In 2005, the Alice Ferguson Foundation restored the balustrade to its former glory. Over the years, native mountain laurel planted on the slope in front of the balustrade had grown tall enough to obscure the architecture.

In 2007, the laurels were moved to another part of the garden and a new lower profile planting was installed. Japanese yew cover the slope, interspersed with dwarf pieris, St. John's wort and other selections. The stairway to the house entrance is formalized with boxwood, rose and hellebore. Deer proof selections were a consideration in this design.