So many aspects to this small space in the Museum District were fun.  The first, which I found exciting, was the privacy screening we created for her back porch stoop.  The latticework was made on site with cedar to prevent twisting.  The top arch mirrors the arc over the back door, and the sunrays are a lovely motif repeated in the fountain below.  You can unscrew the whole trellis for easy painting.

We relay this bluestone terrace on the diagonal to make the area look bigger and give it more ‘movement”.  We surrounded this millstone fountain with a variegated bluestone circle instead of our usual rough stone.  It is a clean tight look- very precise.  The pie shape stones hide the basin and pump below, but are easily lifted up and moved for cleaning the filter.

Christie lives in Manakin Sabot , Virginia where she manages a 3 acre garden. Her blogs are written from her 35 years as a personal and professional gardener.