Gravel paths radiate like a pinwheel from an abstract metal sculpture in the center of the garden. Birds and bees are frequent visitors year-round.
Rich and Angela McCracken have cultivated a wildflower garden at their Elkins Park home. Angela once helped plant a dogwood, but she said, “it’s Rich’s garden.”July 24, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET
The McCracken’s Elkins Park property backs onto woods. There is a downside to its proximity. “This is a deer highway,” Rich said. He has constructed a rustic stick fence to deter the marauders and planted silvery lamb’s ear and other plants deer don’t eat. Instead of grass, Rich has planted a variety of perennials, including fragrant white Asiatic lilies, Joe Pye Weed, pink coneflowers, black-eyed Susan, winterberry, feathery astilbe, hollyhocks, Japanese anemone, hibiscus, tall purple New York ironweed, and more.
In the backyard, orange honeysuckle blossoms cascading down the side of the detached garage lure hummingbirds. Water from the garage roof is collected in a small stone rimmed pond, which attracts frogs.
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