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There were some very nice townhouse gardens on last weekend's South End Garden Tour in Boston — but there were also some very nice, tiny front gardens that were not on the tour. This carefully designed front has a nice curve of boxwood and an upright plant in the window box that matches the color of the Japanese maple on the far side. The color compliments the brick as well.
And … just a couple of blocks away …. what could be simpler than boxwood in front, a golden Japanese forest grass (Hakonachloa macra spp) in the middle, and an urn filled with a flowing fern.
This front garden was on the garden tour … it's actually the front garden of a B&B on West Brookline Street .. simple shade plantings, a Japanese maple in an urn, and a tiny pond.
Here's a better view of the water trough that recirculates water into the pond, and some of the river stones that give it an Asian air.
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