Many levels of beauty in Karen's garden

Karen's designed many gardens and tried to incorporate some of her most fun plants and arrangements in her own. There's the upper terrace, which looks down the hill into wooded, marshy ground.

Over the years her woods has been hit hard by gypsy moth, oak wilt and verticillium wilt. She says, " It's been hard to keep up with relocating shade plants (end up in full sun) due to the loss of a large tree. Don't laugh but I enjoy waiting to see which plants will adapt and which really need to be moved."

Karen's specialized in ponds, streams and other water features in gardens. Ask her to come speak to your group about that or other design topics. She received rave reviews for that topic as her part of a symposium at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois.

Not everyone has the patience for bonsai, but Karen does.