mix of old-fashioned perennial flowers,

self-seeding annuals, and vegetables.

“There is a sense of color and

casualness in cottage gardens,” Joe

says, “a sense that they evolved, like

somebody has been tinkering, adding

this and that over time.”

Joe is the professional garden

designer in the family, but the

Hertzlers’ garden is really Linda’s

work. She reserves space for a yearly

sowing of tall zinnias, which serve as a

colorful foil for vegetables and the dill

that reseeds itself among the flowers.

Sage, rosemary, and thyme flourish in a

circular plot in the center of the

vegetable garden, which produces a

bounty of flowers and edibles all

summer, and plenty of herbs for the

kitchen—and for the caterpillars of the

resident black swallowtail butterflies.

The garden harvest, Linda says with a

smile, is ample enough for everyone. (3)

l o r bu ying inform ation see jx ig c 21$.

TH E BIG PICTURE A flower-covered arch,

opposite

, marks a dramatic

physical and visual transition from the streetscape outside. Inside, a

traditional picket fence encloses the vegetable garden,

top.

Outside

the fence, daylilies, zinnias, and coreopsis tumble onto the path to the

front door,

above.

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