2021 Garden Walk Booklet

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Presented by Evanston Environmental Association www.evanstonenvironment.org WELCOME to the 31st annual Evanston Garden Walk. We’re happy to be back after a hiatus in 2020 due to the coronavirus. This year, eight Evanston gardens are opening their gates for you to look, enjoy and be inspired. Feel free to start the Walk at any of the gardens; there is no required order. A word about parking: When visiting the 2637 Ridge garden, it is best to park one block east on Orrington. Parking is not allowed on Ridge Ave. Of course, parking is never a problem for those who bike the Walk! All proceeds from the Garden Walk benefit the programs of the Evanston Environmental Association (EEA). They help provide scholarships for children to attend the Evanston Ecology Center’s summer camps and support their Apiary. With funds from the Garden Walk, the EEA was able to help pay for the recent expansion of the Evanston Ecology Center. Please visit this tangible result of your support. Thank you!

INDEX Garden Walk Map...... 2-3 Ridge Ave...... 5 Bennett Ave...... 7 Lincoln St...... 9 Hartrey Ave...... 11 Grey Ave...... 13 Judson Ave...... 17 Merrick Rose Garden (Oak Ave. at Lake St.) ...... 19 Mulford St...... 21 About the Evanston Environmental Association ...... 22 Advertisers are throughout the booklet. Please support the wonderful businesses who support us!

GARDEN WALK COMMITTEE: Garden Walk booklet: Writers: Kathleen Todd, Carlyle Carter and Natalie Fisher. Editors: Kathleen Todd and Marta Pappert. Jeff Rashid, art director. Advertising: Marta Pappert Garden Selection: Morgan Simmons, Natalie Fisher Publicity: Chris Baer EEA Liaison: Vaishali Yajnik Secretary: Kathleen Todd Treasurer: Judy Elsass Volunteer Coordination: Susan Bloss and Caroline Carlton Graphic Design: Jeff Rashid

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T T T RAW C Mark M. and Ray S. Ridge Avenue Every tree needs “The garden is designed to showcase the house.” Mark Milkint planned and designed his amazing garden without the help a champion. of an outside landscaper, and he does all the planting and maintenance himself. Mark chooses plants and features that work well with his “petit” French chateau, which turns 90 years old this year. The owners are having a birthday party for the house on the day of the Garden Walk, and you are all invited! Mark chose a staged look rather than a practical one for the design of his shady property. There are five distinct areas to explore: the front yard, the Walled Garden on the north side, a pathway along the back driveway, a lawn on the south side and a patio in the back on the south side called the Moon Garden. As you enter the yard from Ridge Avenue, the focal point is a pair of boxwood and Algerian ivy topiaries that frame the entrance to the house. Shade-loving plants abound with lots of whites and greens, such as ferns, coleus, boxwoods, Annabelle and oak leaf hydrangeas, pachysandra and sixty types of hosta, including Pie a la Mode and American Fashion. Chanticleer pear trees add height. The “walls” of the Walled Garden are carefully manicured arborvitae. They enclose a dining pavilion in a mix of Chinese and European styles. The dining table has a marble top. The chairs are bright red. Vines creep overhead, and baskets hang from the surrounding lattice. There is even a chandelier! A fountain outside the pavilion is surrounded by boxwood, hostas and sculptures shaped like pineapples. Bartlett’s local experts champion As you exit this exotic and beautiful “secret” garden, head to the pathway along the driveway on the other side of the Walled Garden. our clients’ trees and landscapes. Peach trees, manicured yews, crab apples, Alberta spruce and a birdbath transform this utilitarian area into an inviting space. Walk back to the south side of the yard and enjoy a piece of birthday cake on the south lawn under the shade of a 90-year-old Norway maple. At the southwest corner of the lawn, a dramatic metal sculpture tops a Craig Martin container filled with white geraniums and fragrant Casa Blanca lilies, spider plants and Limelight coleus. 847-559-9424 To get to the Moon Garden at the back of the property, exit on Ridge bartlett.com/northbrook-il Avenue, turn left on Clinton Street and go up a few steps to a patio designed for sitting rather than dining. Terra cotta pots overflow with plants in pruning • fertilization • lightning protection shades of white, silver and blue, such as tuberous begonias and dusty miller. Mark likes to say about his gardening style, “More is more, and less is insect and disease management a bore.” There is plenty to get excited about with this house and garden.

4 5 Susan S. Bennett Avenue “I love the feeling of being in the woods”

Some years ago, Susan downsized from the family home where she raised her children to this charming cottage under tall oaks that harken back to Evanston’s original forests. Under the oaks, Susan has created a woodland Protecting Neighborhood Trees & Landscapes floor of ferns, Jacob’s ladder and Solomon’s seal (both with variegated foliage) hosta, astilbe and the taller astilbe look-alike, goatsbeard. The Since 1880. drooping soft-needled conifer in the corner came with the house and Tree & Shrub Pruning · Deep-Root Fertilization · Removals appears happy in it shaded setting. Peek inside the front door and you’ll see Insect & Disease Management · Lawn Weed & Insect Control a cozy screened porch Susan uses for quiet relaxation. Certified Arborists · Organic Lawn Applications · Tree Planting · Mulching On the other side of the front yard, a three-panel trellis provides privacy from the alley. It is draped with climbing hydrangea and faced by a Call to Schedule a FREE Consultation: mounded Japanese maple with boxwood sentinels on either side. Susan is of the opinion that a little golden Japanese forest grass goes a long way; here, 847-350-7322 the proportions seem just right. Off to the side of the trellis is the one spot davey.com in the garden where sunlight breaks through the trees, and Susan is able to grow roses. So far, she seems to be winning the battle to protect them from The Davey Tree experT Company rabbits, helped – perhaps – by a coyote. Walk into the alley around the side of the house to enter the gate to the backyard. There, you are greeted by Beastie, a friend who has followed Susan from house to house. On your left by the garage is a witch hazel that is being trained against the wall. The nearby purple smokebush has been allowed to grow tall and blowsy, producing a fine show of smoky blossoms. The comfortable patio for grilling and dining leads onto a small circular lawn surrounded by a bed of perennials and woody plants that have been selected mostly for their form and foliage. Let your eye roam from the graceful, tri-colored foliage of the Japanese willow in one corner to the fern-like foliage of three SEM false spirea in the other. In the center of the bed, is a vignette of a classical birdbath framed by large- leafed blue Hosta (all offspring of the ones in the front yard). More golden Japanese forest grass glows against the dark green foliage of another climbing hydrangea. A kousa dogwood brackets the bed near the patio. Planted among the shrubs are perennials like ligularia, ornamental onion, meadow rue, astilbe and hosta spanning the color spectrum from gold to blue-green. Susan has made sure that the planting has something to offer each season of the year, whether it be flower, foliage, leaf or berry. In that way, her enjoyment of the garden never wanes.

6 7 RECYCLING & WASTE SERVICES Ursula and David H. Lincoln Street “I want every view to delight”

When Ursula and David moved in two years ago, they inherited a lovely garden. However, avid gardeners have their own definite tastes, and changes have been made to accommodate them. From the front walk, it is difficult to appreciate the extent of the garden surrounding this 1930 French manor- style house, which is on the register of Evanston’s historic houses. Hedges along both front walks only give a peek at the beauty within. The owners have used an unusual mix of small trees and shrubs as hedging material. They include hornbeam, arborvitae, viburnum, unusual lacey-leafed oaks, Canadian hemlock, serviceberry and several upright purple beech. The hedges open at the front of the house on a winding path to the front door. The splashing fountain on your right is planted tightly with low shrubs of summersweet, hydrangea and boxwood. Graceful serviceberries and crabapples at either end of the stone façade heighten the French country look. Stone pedestals built by Pro Masonry Works flank the entry walk. Behind them on either side of the path are mature waterfall Japanese maples with Husker Red penstemon at their feet. Steppingstones lead around the north side of the house to a “sitting room” that is accessible from the house by French doors. A concrete console supports a kneeling cherub; the arched mirror reflects back the garden in its panes. The owners installed the small circular lawn in part for their dog, Charlie, who enjoys lounging on the lawn in good weather. The lawn also provides the eye a place to rest before it encounters the mixed border that hedges the garden beyond. The mixture of trees and shrubs provides four season interest and enhances enjoyment of the garden all the year round. Recycling & Waste Services Follow the steppingstones past the burgundy Japanese maple and around the back of the house under iron trellises planted with clematis, climbing hydrangea and other vines. As you emerge into the largest (800) 244-1977 part of the garden on the south side of the house, the elevation changes unexpectedly to create an amphitheater effect with some of Ursula’s favorite roses in the spectator seats. At the bottom of the slope is an extensive outdoor kitchen, fireplace and seating area built by Pro Masonry Works – the equivalent of another living room. The owners added drainage to carry excess water to the back of the property. Reportedly, the site is damp because of a nearby underground stream. Climb up the slope on the opposite side of the patio to complete your circumnavigation of the garden. On the fence to your left are red and white roses that remind Ursula of the grandmother who nurtured her love of gardening when she was young.

8 9 Leslie and Bruce R. Hartrey Avenue “The most important part of gardening for me is puttering around in it”

When Leslie and Bruce moved into their house on Hartrey Avenue over seven years ago, they embraced the challenge of remaking the garden. With the help of urban landscape designer Marguerite Gluck, they devised a plan that led to the removal of a mishmash of perennials, repositioning some of them and adding new varieties. Many of the new plants came from the annual Evanston Garden Fair, sponsored by the Lincolnwood Garden Club of Evanston. Leslie also visits local garden centers and buys what moves her CLASSIC that day. She calls herself an “accidental” gardener, but the result looks like anything but an accident! + As you survey the front yard, the eye is drawn to window boxes with flowers that give the impression of a Monet painting. Looking down, you FRESH see heuchera, Calgary Carpet juniper, Twirligig hydrangea, Karen azalea, Chalet is your one-stop and much more. A pear tree, a mugo pine, and a crabapple also grace the front yard. A walkway to the left of the front yard leads to the back garden. destination for bringing The back garden is enclosed by a fence, with a variety of clematis – beauty to your home. Nelly Moser, Multi Blue, Omoshiro, jackmanii and Niobe – climbing on one Shop our vast selections of side and hydrangea climbing on the other. Mugo pine and tricolor beech high-quality plants, garden (with its smooth gray bark and variegated leaves in shades of green, pink, essential items, as well as and white) stand out. Grey Owl juniper, green and white sedge, foxtail fern, home decor and something Japanese painted fern, hosta, Jack Frost brunnera, lantana, solomon seal and numerous potted and in-ground herbs (lovage, chives, oregano, basil, for your fur baby. sage, thyme) replace a traditional grass lawn. One feature of the garden that A special offer for is impossible to miss is the tall, unusual sculpture of a giraffe, made out of Evanston Garden Walk guests, metal reinforcing rods and named Kwame by the couple’s children. There use code EGW15 are two smaller sculptures in the garden as well. to save 15% on your order A large patio and a small pergola are located in the shadier part of the garden under a hundred-year-old white oak tree. A table and chairs provide in store or online. a welcoming spot for gatherings of family and friends. Numerous potted Some exclusions apply. plants, including Midnight Rose and Obsidian heuchera, are arranged at the back of the patio near the house. To the side of the patio, river rocks cover a low spot in the ground, providing a practical solution to a water drainage issue. A door in the back fence opens out to the alley. In this garden, a variety of perennials, annuals and sculptures are combined in a small space to produce a harmonious, welcoming and relaxing setting. Of great importance to the owners, the back garden is also www.shopchalet.com shared with their two Labrador dogs.

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EGW Chalet 2021.indd 1 10 4/16/2021 11:27:27 AM 11 Maureen R. and Larry S. Grey Avenue “We knew we had big challenges ahead”

Maureen and Larry knew they had big challenges ahead of them when they bought their 1922 cottage bungalow four years ago. The house needed to be gutted and an addition added to the back. Work on the house came at the price of building a gravel access road from the alley that destroyed most of the existing landscaping. For an avid gardener like Larry, this was a calamity – and an opportunity. Start your house tour by noticing the simplicity of the planting in the front yard. Groundcovers like heuchera, hardy geranium, creeping sedum, lady’s mantel and ivy cover most of the area. Mounds of soft grey-green catmint topped by spires of blue flowers dominate the southwest corner. The soft plant palette works well with the zingy yellow color of the house. Creeping phlox in a profusion of lavender spills over the stone retaining wall in spring, backed by the shiny leaves of evergreen pachysandra. The sunny, north end of the front yard is devoted to raised vegetable beds. As you pass through the gate into the backyard, look down at the wire mesh Larry has installed along the bottom of the fence to deter skunks and rabbits. It extends 6” beneath the soil at key places where the critters entered the yard. Once inside the fence, it’s difficult to imagine that this was a construction site just three years ago. Once the gravel was removed, new soil was brought in, and Larry had a clean slate on which to design. He elected to use a wave-like pattern for walkways, bed lines and ornaments. Together, they create a pleasing flow. Low perennials planted in masses provide a background for the woody plants dotted throughout. Pachysandra is used again, as are heuchera, catmint, yellow daylilies and the grass-like foliage of lily turf. Attention has been paid to varying the height of the plantings to create interest and flow. The pebbled fountain is particularly effective standing among the lilyturf. The slow, shallow flow of water is beloved of hummingbirds and butterflies. A weeping Japanese maple punctuates the groundcover with burgundy. It is one of the few plants Maureen and Larry brought from their former house. Across the garden in front of the garage is a curving line of Little Lime panicle hydrangea flanked by a taller serviceberry tree. The CRAIG BERGMANN HORTUS end of the garden path is marked by a stand of witch hazels and another of LANDSCAPE DESIGN, INC. BY CRAIG BERGMANN large-leafed ligularia. Containers dotted here and there add a punch of color design installation garden care to an otherwise restrained and soothing palette. This is still a young garden www.craigbergmann.com900 North Waukegan Road that will only grow lovelier with age. Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 251-8355 www.craigbergmann.com

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14 15 Natalie and Morris F. Judson Avenue “Sometimes nature can do what the gardener cannot”

After 40+ years living in their historic 1885 house, Natalie and Morris Fisher have made it uniquely theirs, with an assist from Michelle Cohen Garden Design. Natalie started her garden journey in Boston tending a leftover Victory Garden from WWII with garden tools in the trunk of her car. She is still a New Englander at heart, despite learning the hard way that Midwestern growing conditions are not the same as those out East. The front yard is dominated by overstory trees that may have been saplings when the house was built. The row of bridle wreath spirea hedging the north (Dempster) side of the property were probably planted by one of the original owners. Under the trees are masses of huge, blue-leafed Hosta and other perennials well adapted to shady conditions, such as coral bells, astilbe, Japanese painted fern and the arching stems of Solomon’s seal. After all these years, the plants have grown together in communities that look like they’ve always been there. To punch up the color, Natalie uses containers of brightly colored annuals and tender perennials by the front steps and throughout her beds, front and back. Garden ornaments dotted here and there create further surprise and interest. As you enter the backyard, you walk across a patio with a large round table and comfortable chairs for friends and family to gather in the serenity of the overhanging trees. “The importance of an outdoor retreat has never been so important as in the past year,” Natalie acknowledges. At the back of the garden is another retreat that Natalie created after struggling for years to grow perennials under an established tree. “Nothing would grow in that space, so we covered it with gravel and placed a chaise lounge where we can view the garden from another perspective.” Where the tree canopy opens to allow light to enter, Natalie has created a large perennial border with plants that need more sun. Steppingstones allow you to walk through the perennial border and immerse yourself in the experience. Note, again, how nature has woven plants together over the years to achieve a complex and satisfying pattern that would be difficult for the gardener to achieve unaided. The bed is dotted with well-grown shrubs and a weeping cherry tree. As you move toward the alley to exit the garden, note the graceful, purple foliage of the elderberry to the left of the wooden arch. This shrub is often used as a substitute for less winter hardy Japanese maples in our area – just one of the lessons Natalie learned after moving from the more temperate Boston area. This garden reflects a lifetime of learning and love.

16 17 Merrick Rose Garden SW corner of Lake Street and Oak Avenue “A hidden gem in the middle of Evanston”

When you do the math, you choose McGrath! The Merrick Rose Garden exhibits 1,500 individual rose plants in close to 100 varieties. Funded by a grant from Richard Merrick and dedicated in 1948 to his father, Clinton, the garden has, as its focal point, a piece of historic Evanston: % the fountain that was originally displayed in downtown Fountain Square. This is a 1912 replica of a fountain that was dedicated on July 4, 1876 to celebrate the nation’s centenary. The garden was designed by Evanston’s landscape architect and is maintained by the city for the enjoyment and use of the public. The Merrick Rose Garden is a formal garden with symmetrical shapes, edged beds, and rose-pink crushed granite paths. If you want to rest and meditate, there are benches of pink-and-gray granite and old-fashioned wood slats to sit on. A large, open area of grass provides a place to walk or relax. In 2003, new garden lighting and irrigation systems were installed, and the retaining walls were reconstructed. This is a place to enjoy beautiful solitude with some of the most magnificent hybrid tea, floribunda and shrub roses you will ever see. Once NEW 2021 OUTBACKS, IMPREZAS & ASCENTS IMPREZAS it was an All American Rose Selections, Inc. (AARS) display garden. Today, Public Works Agency staff maintains the garden and selects plants that look pretty and are also disease resistant. It is a great place to see what roses might do well in your own garden and to just enjoy their incredible beauty. 0 Here are some of the special roses to look for: A McGrath Exclusive • Country Runner, a continuously blooming shrub rose, intense pink, 63 MONTHSNEW 2021 SUBARU raspberry scent, hybridized for the Midwest No 1st Payment for renewing CROSSTREK • Julia Child, chosen by Julia herself. An own-root floribunda, apricot gold, Lease leases thru Subaru All-Wheel-Drive 4 delicious sweet anise scent, disease resistant We’ll donate $50 • Charles Aznevour, floribunda, creamy white petals edged with pink, Love for every leased Subaru to charity blooms all season, disease resistant • Secret, hybrid tea, pale yellow turning to pink, strong spicy scent, disease resistant $ PER MONTH • Lady Elise May, vigorous shrub rose, intense coral pink, continuous bloom, disease resistant. NO SECURITY DEPOSIT!9 36 month lease. 16 • Party Hardy, clusters of old-fashioned form flowers, hot pink, light sweet $2,995 due at signing. MRA-01 #76804 scent, continuous bloom.

The lovely roses in this garden have served as the backdrop for hundreds of weddings. The rose garden is also available to rent for small wedding receptions and special occasions. The garden can be reserved through 3340 Oakton Street / 847-869-5700 / EvanstonSubaru.com the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. For passersby, for locals who Add tax, title license and $303.60 doc fee. Lease on approved credit score, 10k miles per year, 15 come here for lunch, for anyone who loves roses, we owe the Merricks and cents after. Lessee responsible for excess wear and early termination of lease. Option to purchase; the City of Evanston a special thanks. If you have any questions about the Crosstrek $13,977. 0% monthly payment of $15.87 per $1,000 borrowed. garden, please call 311.

18 19 Dana P. Mulford Street “House and garden working together toward a sustainable future”

A future-looking house demands the same from its landscape. That’s what landscape designer, Julia Bunn of The Spirited Gardener, delivered. The homeowner, Dana Pearl, made sure that Julia was involved from the start when she combined two small properties into the impressive structure you see before you: Evanston’s first LEED-certified dwelling. LEED is a worldwide rating system used to certify green buildings. The garden – now in its 4th year – was an integral part of the grading system used to achieve certification. The front yard is one big rain garden. A system of stone swales and underground reservoirs prevents 100s of gallons of rain water from reaching the city’s storm sewers. The irrigation system has 17 different zones to ensure that water collected on the property is used only where it is needed. Seventy percent of the plants are natives, mostly perennials, that support the local food chain. Julia has massed a relatively small selection of plants for greater impact. Prominent among them are baptisia, Autumn Bride heuchera, Husker Red penstemon Joe-pyeweed and monarda punctata. An elegant little Regent Saskatoon serviceberry shrub dots the planting in several places. Low bent willow fencing and Lucerne blue-eyed grass lining the walkways illustrate the important design principle that neat edges on a bed can create an overall sense of order, despite a less structured planting behind. Repetition is the key design feature of the beds bordering the walk to the front door. They are planted with three species: hardy geranium, Korean feather reed grass and Autumn Bride heuchera. All plant material is left in place in the fall to protect the bugs that overwinter on stalks and dead foliage. Spring cleanup consists of cutting back any plant material that is still standing and laying it on the soil to compost in place. The backyard provides the main outdoor living space. As you walk around the house, the path changes from stone to wood chip. You move from sun to shade, and elegant grass-like sedge provide a visual sea of gentle swells. The sedge under the old evergreen is dotted with spiderwort, marsh marigold and Jacob’s ladder for added interest. In the southwest corner of the backyard is Dana’s favorite bench. The surrounding plantings break from the style of the rest of the garden. Native and non-native plants Eco-functional Landscape Design are used to create the feel of a Japanese contemplation garden. The small Design your gardens with Native Plants and watch it come to life. bench backed by honeysuckle allows Dana to sit and enjoy the view across the yard in the shade of tall overstory trees. Forward-looking practices for www.spiritedgardener.com managing water and nurturing the soil for plant and animal life – combined with a strong design sense – have made this garden beautiful, as well as sustainable.

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The Evanston Environmental Association (EEA) is the oldest environmental organization in Evanston. This non-profit organization has fostered and Mon–Fri. 9:00-7:00 promoted environmental education programming and action since 1976, Sat. 9:00-6:00 with the primary mission of supporting the Evanston Ecology Center. The Sun. 10:00-5:00 EEA undertakes a wide variety of initiatives, including the Evanston Green Living Festival, the Wild & Scenic Film Festival and Nature’s Night Out. Beginning eight years ago, the EEA took over the Evanston Garden Walk from Keep Evanston Beautiful. The EEA’s direct support of the Ecology Center includes developing new educational offerings and programs, fund raising in support of the Center’s operations, recruiting volunteers for various Center events and generally providing leadership and vision. The EEA also supports the Ladd Arboretum, 17 acres of park land with a bird sanctuary and bicycle path that serves as a focal point for environmental education and volunteerism in the community. All of these programs and activities will benefit from funds We have a large selection of well cared for generated by the Walk. Thank you for your support! Annuals, Perennials, Vegetables and Herbs. Fresh plants still arriving weekly! Fall season Winter season Mums Beautiful hand-selected Pumpkins Christmas Trees Gourds Decorative Greens & Branches Straw Wreaths & much more... Garland

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