{"id":7833,"date":"2026-07-09T04:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/lucretias-garden-in-pennsylvania-fine-gardening\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:16:04","slug":"lucretias-garden-in-pennsylvania-fine-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/lucretias-garden-in-pennsylvania-fine-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucretia&#8217;s Garden in Pennsylvania &#8211; Fine Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hi GPODers! Today we\u2019re escaping the midsummer heat with a visit to a beautiful Pennsylvania shade garden, submitted by Eric Sternfels. Between the lush ferns, colorful containers, blue garden accents, and quiet seating areas, this garden feels like a cool retreat on a hot summer day. Eric says:<\/p>\n<p><em>I am submitting photos from a friends garden which is located in Wyndmoor, PA. Her name is Lucretia Robbins.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08120133\/Lucretia-G-garden-chairs.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turquoise chair pads are related to a series of glazed pots positioned throughout this long thin garden with a serpentine path of wood mulch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08120136\/Lucretia-GPOD-2-side-garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-231544\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08120136\/Lucretia-GPOD-2-side-garden.jpg\" alt=\"paths in a shade garden\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08120136\/Lucretia-GPOD-2-side-garden.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08120136\/Lucretia-GPOD-2-side-garden-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08120136\/Lucretia-GPOD-2-side-garden-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the side of a single car garage that owner Lucretia has turned into an art studio or gallery for local painters to exhibit on special weekends. The large \u2018Sum and Substance\u2019 hosta (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/hosta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hosta<\/em><\/a> \u2018Sum and Substance\u2019, Zones 3\u20138) adds scale difference to the smaller pots filled with geraniums (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/pelargonium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pelargonium<\/em><\/a> cvs., annual) and tuberous begonias (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/begonia\"><em>Begonia<\/em> <\/a>cvs., Zones 9-11)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08124217\/Lucretia-GPOD-3-garden-art-studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-231552\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08124217\/Lucretia-GPOD-3-garden-art-studio.jpg\" alt=\"art studio in the garden\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08124217\/Lucretia-GPOD-3-garden-art-studio.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08124217\/Lucretia-GPOD-3-garden-art-studio-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08124217\/Lucretia-GPOD-3-garden-art-studio-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a view into the art studio. Years ago, Lucretia held art making sessions in summertime for young girls from a nearby private girls school. But now, a local artist is showing small unframed landscapes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-231563\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08155331\/pvy1sfrg80wveoxoqsvj-1-700x804.jpg\" alt=\"sitting area in shade garden\" width=\"700\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08155331\/pvy1sfrg80wveoxoqsvj-1-700x804.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08155331\/pvy1sfrg80wveoxoqsvj-1-768x882.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08155331\/pvy1sfrg80wveoxoqsvj-1.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A thin bed on the left with varied ferns including sensitive fern (<em>Onoclea sensibilis<\/em>, Zones 3-9),<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plant\/japanese-painted-fern-athyrium-niponicum-var-pictum\"> Japanese painted fern<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Athyrium niponicum var. pictum<\/em>, Zones 3-8), hay-scented fern (<em>Dennstaedtia punctilobula<\/em>, Zones 3-8), and autumn fern (<em>Dryopteris erythrosora<\/em>, Zones 5-8) and fastigiate yews (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/tag\/taxus\">Taxus<\/a> \u00a0cv., Zones 4-7)\u00a0 helps shield the table and chairs from the broader path to the left.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-231565\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08161614\/htww7g7nx9xyfjdyz8pt-700x1006.jpg\" alt=\"front entry\" width=\"700\" height=\"1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08161614\/htww7g7nx9xyfjdyz8pt-700x1006.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08161614\/htww7g7nx9xyfjdyz8pt-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08161614\/htww7g7nx9xyfjdyz8pt.jpg 905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At the front of this home, cobalt blue pots reflect the front door color and welcoming pale blue-hued wicker chairs with navy and white striped pads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-231566\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08161759\/vvaldqx5yjahigxl8mjg-700x933.jpg\" alt=\"Shade garden ornament \" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08161759\/vvaldqx5yjahigxl8mjg-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08161759\/vvaldqx5yjahigxl8mjg-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08161759\/vvaldqx5yjahigxl8mjg-rotated.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Shells gathered not from the beach but from a nearby seafood market offer an intriguing visual path to the Madonna sculpture.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-231567\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08162008\/dwazlzhb0e93apdj332n-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Garden ornament near blooms\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08162008\/dwazlzhb0e93apdj332n-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08162008\/dwazlzhb0e93apdj332n-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08162008\/dwazlzhb0e93apdj332n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08162008\/dwazlzhb0e93apdj332n.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Four to five foot tall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plant\/madonna-lily-lilium-candidum\">Madonna trumpet lilies<\/a> (<em>Lilium candidum<\/em> cv., Zones 6-9) are interspersed with cobalt blue bird decorative stakes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-231568\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08163022\/yj4jyo2redk6ulfp4kex-700x933.jpg\" alt=\"Container shade garden\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08163022\/yj4jyo2redk6ulfp4kex-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08163022\/yj4jyo2redk6ulfp4kex-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/08163022\/yj4jyo2redk6ulfp4kex-rotated.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pots with annuals dress up the bed filled with ferns and yews. A stone path to the left and wood mulch chips frame the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sharing this cool, calming summer retreat with us, Eric!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We want to see YOUR garden!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Have photos to share? We\u2019d love to see your garden, a particular collection of plants you love, or a wonderful garden you had the chance to visit!<\/p>\n<p>To submit, fill out the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/app.viralsweep.com\/contest\/full\/371f8a-217012?framed=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garden Photo of the Day Submission Form<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also send 5\u201310 photos to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#7413041b10340015011a001b1a5a171b19\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"e98e99868da99d889c879d8687c78a8684\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a>\u00a0along with some information about the plants in the pictures and where you took the photos. 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