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2011 Garden Tour – Julie Foster

One of the gardens on the May 21, 2011 Garden Tour
Julie Foster’s Garden

Julie Foster’s garden is about an acre and surrounds the circa 1903 home.  The front yard consists of a sunny garden of mixed shrubs and perennials as well as the ‘berry patch” with a fig tree, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries.  The backyard is a mix of sun and shade with a veggie garden.  The shade garden consists of a variety of unusual shade plants such as edgeworthia, the new varieties of heucherellas, ruscus, rhodea, and a magnolia macrophylla.

Julie Foster’s Garden

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