About

Garden Design

I consider myself to be a garden artist.  I paint with plants and stone and water and wood.  Gardens should be beautiful to look at and a pleasure to be in.  It should be easy to get from one spot to another even if there is a slope to navigate.  There should always be a seat on which to pause.  Gardens should be interesting every day of the year.  Gardens should be horticulturally sound.  Every garden I make is different because it reflects the people who will inhabit it.

Art & Renderings

I also paint with pencils and brushes.  I do renderings of existing garden vignettes and plant portraits.  They make a nice gift or charming remembrance of a favorite flower or special spot in the garden.

Journal

You will find the occasional update from our garden, Acorn Hill.  We began this garden in 2002.  It is a labor of love!

Happy Gardening!  Nancy & Dennis Duffy