" Let's talk about the the overall design of the courtyard well this is so wonderful diamond shape design taken from that window yet and there's a half a diamond for the whole courtyard and then you come to this second wonderful diamond which is another repetition. And minute we planted. Curb so that people can -- supply all the restaurants on Martha's Vineyard if necessary. We so."

" The -- that the garden layout is a series of beds the first one you see here is this diamond in the water diamond shaped -- the others."

" And in the Victorian sense we've miniaturized. The little gardens that they would have this is a rose bed. This is a perennial garden will have lots of color with wonderful roses climbing up the wall hot and this is basically a white garden. And but with more room which matches the trim on the window that you're -- house and so it's a garden to match."

" No we Alan let's talk about the herb garden this with the soil conditions here are such that I know trucked in. Loom I mean that the the material that we've got here on Martha's Vineyard is really don't slam rich bitch it really is this is."

" As the audience some good garden soil is a sandy loam -- which we got from a farm and it's been screened it doesn't have any big pebbles are things and it all you need is what six inches her little more product could be heard that I put Canadian should kind of -- we put in twelve for the trees will be putting an eighteen to 24 okay. So let's talk about the actual words you're putting in this bed well spent. Spend will be -- honored with wonderful lavender. Which smells so good and next time which will creep over the edges like this. And then we have marvelous -- soul. And we have partially. And already behind you we got some nice chives which which which will come up every year we'll stick thousand the -- as they spread. Put my question is can you really fit this much plant material in a four foot area yes because a lot of these are going to die the parsley for instance -- blasted the Cincinnati on it and the -- last uranium while -- some of them can be taken and the Rose Marie but it's here for the summer and next summer you put out more stuff and then for symmetry kind of each quarter we'll have a ladder the ladder and a lot under it will grow and the time will creep over. The edges what's this soft and this doing is an art media -- is a white garden white makes everything shine in the garden. Kind in order to make this looked like a cohesive whole. We've woven the plant material there's an art media here and there's one here and their summon these beds behind the man. And this leaves all of gardens into a cohesive whole."

" Visually well we'll talk a little bit more about the perennial border back here a second right now let's check in with -- our hardscape construction. Expert. So that's a pretty ambitious job threat it's not just to square or rectangle how'd you get started. Well Bob we struck a base -- runs parallel with the house this be sistering and runs about fifty or sixty feet from one -- to the other that's correct -- it level. Yes it is so it helps make sure that all the stones are being set down level. That's right. And what are you working on right now. Are what we're doing is which struck another line here this is there are 45 this one here that's correct and this kind of defines the triangular shape of the -- Ours is getting ready to install. This trying -- case here yeah go ahead don't let me stop. Use a rubber mallet to to pound them into place. And you don't have to worry much about the stones breaking -- not at all which is still lightly tap it and the native stone base to bluestone we call it up here in new England and see it almost anywhere. The city the material that you're sending it into let's look at it over here. It's not the kind of crusher run I'm used to it it's wooded it would because then they're violence done to us. That they. Producer here on the they crush it right here on Martha's Vineyard that's correct and it will it compact enough that looks so sandy lawn don't -- have to worry about the stones riding around there are not at all. We work the F sub base that's got about 34 inches and music all the rocks out of that yeah that relate to three inches of the native island stone yep. And they'll just tap these pieces right and they firmly separated -- every stone you go along has to be. Leveled off right level across this way has a slight pitch going down towards the drive back towards the driveway. You know Ruth this tree that you've got in this triangular plant the bank here pretty spectacular."

" Isn't that great it's a Japanese maple. Now make them how to follows would get to be about fifteen to twenty feet but very slowly and it'll provide some shade for that window and making it cool more comfortable in there something tells me that this is what you're calling your with a white garden here is -- a lot of white garden. And again were leaving the white plants mean well when that time from in here and we'll bring this back in his bed. And the pink garden and then it's wonderful -- horrific cutting garden let's just briefly talk about what goes in here. Well this and this has all kinds of perennials senate and there are all geared for summer when the house is being used and we kept it on the pink white and -- and you know as the redneck Oceana matches the trend that's been in this beautiful white. They don't the end of the chill makes it yes the red if you have to fill -- with annuals and yes you can and but that. The nicest thing will be this wonderful pink rose called new dawn. Which is a very vigorous climber handle yeah and this whole space and it matches the trim that we have around on the house."