Garden of Beauty – Brenda and Bill Thiele
by Sage and Snow Garden Club
September 19, 2019
Brenda and Bill Thiele’s beautiful home, 28 North Sioux Trail near Boulder, sits atop a hill overlooking a meandering Pole Creek and hay meadow. Their yard is equally beautiful with nooks and crannies of flowers, shrubs and trees. Brenda is not afraid to experiment with unusual plants. She has a dwarf sycamore and weeping birch tree that are not common in our planting zone. Snowball spirea, barberry, chokecherries, silver lace vine, and apple and crabapple trees add interest and color to the landscape. Nanking cherries, hollyhocks, flame bush, calla lilies, and Mexican hat coneflower are placed in locations that favor their needs. A small greenhouse is conveniently located by the back patio so the Thieles can easily pluck cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, and peppers for meals and snacks. Brenda starts all the greenhouse plants from seeds grown indoors. The Thieles have "trained" their plants to thrive with less water, an admirable gardening practice in any growing environment.
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