Gardens that hold up in every month.
Quillmoor designs and plants gardens for older houses in northern Westchester. We plan the cold months first, so January looks as considered as July.
We draw the plan across twelve months.
Most gardens are designed for one good week in June. Every Quillmoor plan comes with a chart like this one, so you can see what is carrying the garden in February before anything goes in the ground.
| In flower, fruit or color | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernal witch hazelHamamelis vernalis | ||||||||||||
| Lenten roseHelleborus × hybridus | ||||||||||||
| DaffodilNarcissus | ||||||||||||
| Blue false indigoBaptisia australis | ||||||||||||
| Purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea | ||||||||||||
| Little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium | ||||||||||||
| New England asterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae | ||||||||||||
| WinterberryIlex verticillata |
Four gardens, each at its best.
Every garden has a month it was built around, and it still has to look right in the other eleven.
How a garden gets made.
Nobody digs until you have seen the plan and the chart, and you know what it will cost.
We walk it with you
Two hours on site, in whatever the weather is doing. We look at the light, the drainage, the views you want to keep and the ones you would rather lose.
We draw it for the year
A scaled planting plan, a twelve-month chart and a fixed price for the installation. You can change anything until you are happy with it.
We plant it and come back
Our crew plants in spring or fall. We return each season in the first year to move what landed wrong and replace what did not take.
From the journal.
Notes on what to do, and what to leave alone.
