Brilliant Knock Out roses greet visitors in the cutting garden, which boasts with naturalistic birdhouses, a variety of potted arrangements and a tree-trunk table.
Beneath a canopy of trees, a mountain laurel’s branches act as a natural handrail along stone steps.
Sadie, a gold-laced Wyandotte, one of the Contes’ dozen chickens, poses next to a set of Radius Garden NRG Pro hand tools.
Determined to utilize as much local material as possible, John Conte repurposed fallen cedar and locust logs from around his and neighboring properties, along with boulders gathered from the Byram River intermixed with Pennsylvania fieldstone, to build the chicken coop.
Stone found around the property, boulders from Byram River and old cedar logs were used to create the elevated gazebo, featuring a wood shake roof and seating around a copper-urn fire pit.
Japanese forest grass and lady fern engulf moss-covered boulders.
Gooseneck loosestrife—known for being a somewhat aggressive grower—works well as a barrier between garden areas.
The view from the deck, a feature that hooked the couple upon their first visit to the property, overlooks acres of Audubon Greenwich’s protected woodland.
Patio furniture from the Contes’ one-time restaurant now fills their backyard living space.
Surrounded by repurposed split-log edging, Kimberly Conte’s cutting garden is home to an arrray of colorful flora, including zinnias, dahlias, salvias and black-eyed Susans.
