West Hartford -- Seedy Reyns Garden

This approximately one-third acre property and Cape Cod style house built in 1956 has been gardened by one owner since 1973. Professional design help was sought when a swimming pool and pool house were added in 1978. Beds with flowering shrubs, perennials, and bulbs encircle the house, mature and specimen trees stand further away; and flowers, vegetables, and herbs are grown each year in raised beds behind the house. A koi pond with a circulating fountain was added off the patio circa 2004. Trees on the property include pink and white dogwood, Japanese black pine, Norway spruce, kousa dogwood, holly, Japanese maple, hinoki cypress, weeping cherry, juniper, and weeping larch. Garden ornaments include small bird statues, birdhouses and feeders, birdbaths, and a small fountain set in boulders. The pool house is called Chateau Beyond.

Persons associated with the garden include: Robert (Bob) Powell, landscape designer and gardener (circa 1978-2016).