Old Town Alexandria: Recreating a Colonial Garden
A Jack Daniel's whiskey barrel creates a point of interest as it collects rain water for garden use.
In Old Town Alexandria, homeowners of a beautiful historic home built a colonial garden on an adjacent corner lot. They had vision and patience. The lot was home to a 1920’s stucco-covered storefront with eight garage bays, which included a delicatessen and drycleaners. The process of building the garden took three years from start to finish, including Old and Historic Alexandria Board of Architecture Review approval, re-routing utility lines, a grading plan, and an archaeological dig.
Photography by Greg Hadley
Rain barrel