Ray's Mushroom: We named it after our excavator operator. The boulders on this property were so enormous that we needed machinery well beyond our usual Cat. We called on Ray, who has sometimes trucked his excavator down to Pennsylvania to do work on the PA Turnpike. He was so patient in pulling...

"Heart in My Throat": Bejeweled standing stones at back entrance of Ski House

Bird Bath (and Cat Bowl) shaped of natural stone by local stone artisan Chris Cleary.

Vermont version of Spanish Moss hanging from a storybook white pine: This is the annual Dichondra "Silver Fallls." It grows to hang about 7 feet by summer's end. I love its silvery accent in the evenings. The hanging bowls are rigged on pulleys for spring planting. It's a great conceit for bringing...

The client didn't know what to do with some leftover stumps that were an eyesore. We sliced them up and floated them here as "bubble" stepping stones.

Susan Els