Jennifer’s Garden

Jens new Garden spring 2008

Good things come in small pack­ages! This is cer­tainly true about Jennifer Hartshorn’s lovely gar­den in Hoboken. Last year, Jennifer trans­ferred her favorite peren­ni­als and shrubs from her beau­ti­ful gar­den in Park Ave, Hoboken, to her new smaller gar­den in Bloomfield St.

In true British style, with the help of her par­ents, she cre­ated a roman­tic eng­lish gar­den to enter­tain in, com­plete with stone flags, brick paving, a swing chair for her girls and hang­ing bas­kets of fuschias. What this small plot lacks in size it makes up for in charm. Candles, lanterns and flares illu­mi­nate the com­pact gar­den at night, the air scented with hon­ey­suckle. Jennifer and Mac reg­u­larly bbq dur­ing sum­mer evenings and dine at the wrought iron table sur­rounded by flow­er­ing clema­tis, hydrangeas and colombines.

This year, Jennifer has switched the whole gar­den, chang­ing the din­ing area so it sits beneath the shade of the birch tree. As soon as the snow melted in Hoboken, she and Mac moved all the shrubs, dug up the peren­ni­als once again and trans­ferred all to their new rest­ing spots. Watch this space for the florif­er­ous results in the com­ing months.