What could be more glamorous, more evocative or more mysterious than something black? It’s the colour of night, the perfect outfit and, it turns out, the very essence of a brilliant garden concept. And that is exactly what Tom Deacon has implemented deep in Ontario’s Mulmur Hills. “I’ve always had the making of a black garden in the back of my mind,” says Deacon, best known as one of Canada’s top furniture designers. “It’s common to do a colour-themed garden—that is determined by the colour of the bloom. But what’s a white garden?” he asks. “It’s actually a green garden with some white blooms.” And something quite different and much more dramatic was needed in this spectacular place.
**The flowers of ‘Royal Cloak’ barberry.**
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