Turning a Stump Into a Garden

Don’t grind up something you can use!

Mischael McKenna of New Hartford , New York , sent in these photos of an awesome transformation they made in their garden , turning deoxyephedrine into pretty incredible hoarded wealth . I just love this idea ! Instead of spending the prison term and money to have this dais priming coat down into nothing , they ’ve taken it and made it a dramatic , unparalleled feature article in the garden .

We had to shorten down the katsura tree(Cercidiphyllum japonicum , Zones 4–8 ) that was next to our house due to fear about the foundation . As we were take some of the plant cloth from the area , we make that the root word organization was gorgeous . So we determine to dig it out and use it as a garden .

The completed stump - and - radical garden , savvy out and punctuate with crushed rock mulch and a few well - placed corporation of annual .

A wider view of the garden region , with the katsura stump visible on the right .

Looking up the path toward the katsura stump garden .

Bright yellows from flowers and leaf bring home the bacon a motif in this bed in front of the stump garden .

The spacious view up to the theater .

In another part of the yard , hostas reign supreme . Here a variety of hostas grow , mingling with a few other shade - loving perennials and annual for contrast and supply color .

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