{"id":7597,"date":"2026-06-18T21:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/carols-cottage-garden-in-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:33:36","slug":"carols-cottage-garden-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/carols-cottage-garden-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol&#8217;s Cottage Garden in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Happy Friday GPODers!<\/p>\n<p>When we celebrate our gardens we\u2019re not only praising the plants we have cultivated, but also the time and energy we spent creating the outdoor spaces that bring us joy. For\u00a0Carol Gibson in Quarryville, Pennsylvania (Zone 7a) the past 20 years have been spent creating a landscape of her favorite plants from the completely blank slate that she began with. She has acquired a beautiful array of plants that are interesting and inspiring, but it is the vision she had and the love she put into the landscape that makes it special.<\/p>\n<p><em>My home was purchased in 2005, having a totally clean slate. Most of the gardens surround my house, affording privacy. The style is predominantly a free-flowing cottage garden, filled with my favorite trees, shrubs and perennials. Mother Nature, quite clearly, rules my gardens!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170127\/GPOD-Gibson-1-lupines.jpg\"><\/a><em>The lupines put out a show starting in May, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/weigela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weigela<\/a> shrubs, in an upper bed where there once was a fence line filled with scrub trees and poison ivy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170131\/GPOD-Gibson-2-Sweet-William.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230541\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170131\/GPOD-Gibson-2-Sweet-William.jpg\" alt=\"multi-colored planting of sweet william plants\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170131\/GPOD-Gibson-2-Sweet-William.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170131\/GPOD-Gibson-2-Sweet-William-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170131\/GPOD-Gibson-2-Sweet-William-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>Wildflower seeds cast 3 years ago have created this prolific sea of sweet William<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/dianthus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dianthus<\/a> barbatus<em>, Zones 3\u20139), so many colors and a lovely scent!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170146\/GPOD-Gibson-3-Fringe-Tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230542\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170146\/GPOD-Gibson-3-Fringe-Tree.jpg\" alt=\"fringe tree behind weigela\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170146\/GPOD-Gibson-3-Fringe-Tree.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170146\/GPOD-Gibson-3-Fringe-Tree-700x840.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170146\/GPOD-Gibson-3-Fringe-Tree-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>Behold the fringe tree<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/chionanthus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chionanthus<\/a> virginicus<em>, Zones 3\u20139) accompanied by a happy weigela.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170147\/GPOD-Gibson-4-foundation-bed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230543\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170147\/GPOD-Gibson-4-foundation-bed.jpg\" alt=\"foundation garden bed\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170147\/GPOD-Gibson-4-foundation-bed.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170147\/GPOD-Gibson-4-foundation-bed-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170147\/GPOD-Gibson-4-foundation-bed-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>This bed was created in memory of my parents. It is filled with hellebores, a young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/photinia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photinia<\/a>, several sizes of Hinoki cypress (my favorite evergreen), a red-tipped Japanese pieris<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/pieris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pieris<\/a> japonica<em>, Zones 4\u20138)<\/em> <em>and too many perennials to list all of them!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170149\/GPOD-Gibson-5-front-garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230544\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170149\/GPOD-Gibson-5-front-garden.jpg\" alt=\"yellow flowers in front yard garden\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170149\/GPOD-Gibson-5-front-garden.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170149\/GPOD-Gibson-5-front-garden-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170149\/GPOD-Gibson-5-front-garden-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>A view of the bed in front of my house. Notice the silvery leaves on the evening primrose<\/em> <em>(<\/em>Oenothera biennis<em>, Zones 3\u20139). The bee balm is surrounded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plant\/purple-coneflower-echinacea-purpurea-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purple coneflowers<\/a> (<\/em>Echinacea purpurea<em>, Zones 3\u20139)<\/em> <em>and yellow loosestrife<\/em> <em>(<\/em>Lysimachia vulgaris, <em>Zones 4\u20138<\/em><em>). The invasive plants may make you cringe, but I keep them in check and have very few weeds!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170152\/GPOD-Gibson-6-foliage-plants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230545\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170152\/GPOD-Gibson-6-foliage-plants.jpg\" alt=\"mixture of glossy green foliage\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170152\/GPOD-Gibson-6-foliage-plants.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170152\/GPOD-Gibson-6-foliage-plants-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170152\/GPOD-Gibson-6-foliage-plants-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>I love this holly fern<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/cyrtomium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyrtomium<\/a> falcatum, <em>Zones 7\u201310<\/em><em>)<\/em> <em>in a bed of lush green foliage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170154\/GPOD-Gibson-7-bed-with-tree-and-shrubs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230546\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170154\/GPOD-Gibson-7-bed-with-tree-and-shrubs.jpg\" alt=\"garden bed with tree and shrubs\" width=\"900\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170154\/GPOD-Gibson-7-bed-with-tree-and-shrubs.jpg 900w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170154\/GPOD-Gibson-7-bed-with-tree-and-shrubs-700x1011.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170154\/GPOD-Gibson-7-bed-with-tree-and-shrubs-768x1109.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"\/><\/a><em>This bed has gone through several revisions, but now has a star magnolia<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/magnolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnolia<\/a> stellata, <em>Zones 4\u20138<\/em><em>), ninebark shrub (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/physocarpus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physocarpus<\/a> opulifolius, <em>Zones 2\u20138<\/em><em>), turtleheads, \u2018Silver Mound\u2019 artemisia<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/artemisia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Artemisia<\/a> schmidtiana<em> \u2018Silver Mound\u2019<\/em>, <em>Zones 3\u20139<\/em><em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/salvia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">salvias<\/a> and a very cool \u2018Little Redhead\u2019 Indian pink<\/em> <em>(<\/em>Spigelia marilandica<em> \u2018Little Redhead\u2019<\/em>, <em>Zones 5\u20139<\/em><em>)<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170201\/GPOD-Gibson-8-garden-under-small-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230547\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170201\/GPOD-Gibson-8-garden-under-small-tree.jpg\" alt=\"garden under a small tree\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170201\/GPOD-Gibson-8-garden-under-small-tree.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170201\/GPOD-Gibson-8-garden-under-small-tree-700x840.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170201\/GPOD-Gibson-8-garden-under-small-tree-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/heuchera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heuchera<\/a> in this bed were removed from an arrangement in a funeral home outside urn 10 years ago! (Much happier here, ha!) There will be magnificent color when the lilies bloom this summer. You can partially see an easy care \u2018Soft Touch\u2019 holly<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/ilex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ilex<\/a> crenata<em> \u2018Soft Touch\u2019<\/em>, <em>Zones 5\u20139<\/em><em>)<\/em> <em>on the right side of photo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170203\/GPOD-Gibson-9-Major-Wheeler-honeysuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230548\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170203\/GPOD-Gibson-9-Major-Wheeler-honeysuckle.jpg\" alt=\"Major Wheeler honeysuckle\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170203\/GPOD-Gibson-9-Major-Wheeler-honeysuckle.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170203\/GPOD-Gibson-9-Major-Wheeler-honeysuckle-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170203\/GPOD-Gibson-9-Major-Wheeler-honeysuckle-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>The \u2018Major Wheeler\u2019 honeysuckle<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/lonicera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lonicera<\/a> sempervirens<em> \u2018Major Wheeler\u2019<\/em>, <em>Zones 4\u20138<\/em><em>)<\/em> <em>will attract hummingbirds if my dog stays away long enough!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170206\/GPOD-Gibson-10-bed-with-evergreens-and-wildflowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230549\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170206\/GPOD-Gibson-10-bed-with-evergreens-and-wildflowers.jpg\" alt=\"garden bed with evergreens and wildflowers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170206\/GPOD-Gibson-10-bed-with-evergreens-and-wildflowers.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170206\/GPOD-Gibson-10-bed-with-evergreens-and-wildflowers-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/10170206\/GPOD-Gibson-10-bed-with-evergreens-and-wildflowers-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>Final view of the upper bed, created by first planting the evergreens, then the shrubs, and lastly, casting wildflower seeds into several central areas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful garden with us, Carol! With so many stunning vignettes and mature plants it is hard to even imagine this space as the blank slate you started with.<\/p>\n<p>How did your garden\u2019s journey begin and how has your vision for your landscape changed since then? Large spaces or tiny city lots, we would love to hear the story of your garden and while enjoying photos of what it looks like today. <strong>Follow the directions below to submit your photos to Garden Photo of the Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We want to see YOUR garden!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Have photos to share? 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