The antique Victorian fence and brickwork were incorporated to enhance the character of the home, and a heavy wooden banister that leads to the door was hand-carved to look like sunflowers. However, despite the quality of workmanship and stunning design of the garden, the look is anything but formal. Reiss attributes the free-form nature to her resistance to any sort of serious preplanning. “Yes, there is an overall structure, but you have to allow yourself to move within that structure, to be free. I know what I want to plant each spring, but I allow the serendipity of nature to occur. I don’t prune and weed for symmetry’s sake,” she says.
**Unusual and dramatic, purple corn is very rich in antioxidants.**
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