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GARDEN ON THE WILD SIDE

A THERE LOT OF ’S REWARD THAT COMES FROM BEING WILLING TO TRY CRAZY STUFF — IT MIGHT GREAT LOOK !

This yard was a blank slate when Tom Harris and his wife, Doreen Kelly, moved into their Connecticut home in 1994. Tom had some ideas for a garden so he bought a few plants and created a couple of borders near the house. With the help of garden designer Laura Stabell those beds have grown over the years into this

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