You may remember Wayne and Carol from my post “What A Project!”
Wayne’s always building something, and my family is always intrigued with his projects.
His latest ones were their new kitchen, and the exterior of “The Coach House”, below, with plans to finish the interior next.
“Has Wayne completed The Coach House yet?” I asked Carol a few weeks ago.
“He will, but right now I’ve got him mulching the garden beds,” she replied.
Their garden in Warkworth, and others elsewhere in southern Ontario needed mulching this summer. It’s been hot and dry.
So while we wait for Wayne to return to the splendid Coach House, let’s take a photo tour of Carol’s garden, starting with the beautiful blue delphinium over the front fence.
And lilies and daisies and other blooming stuff.
Moving along the side towards the back…
By way of the paths…
We see mulched beds and flowers – the results of both Wayne’s and Carol’s hard work…
beside and between the main house and Coach House.
And it’s all lovely, of course. We expect nothing less.
We’ll check back in with Carol and Wayne when the Coach House is complete.
Meanwhile, I hope your summer goes well, unless you’re in the part of the world where it’s winter — in which case, I hope winter is short and spring is near.
Photos by Wayne and Carol Shaw
Cynthia Reyes 
So beautiful and creative!
What a lovely home, gardens, and kitchen! Thanks for the tour Cynthia. 🙂
Oh yes, I definitely remember Wayne and Carol…I want to be Wayne and Carol! Everything is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Cynthia!
I remember them! Thanks for the tour of their lovely garden!
The coach house is absolutely lovely, as is the garden!
What a lovely garden!
Wonderful garden. Your pictures do it justice.
Good to see this update on their projects. Such lovely gardens! Made me miss my delphinium, although mine were a darker shade of blue.
Beautiful delphiniums!
What a lovely place to be able to visit. I hope our rainstorms missed them (though I’m sure a gentle rain would be appreciated).
This was so creative and the photos were special. A beautiful post.
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Everything about their place is lovely. Gardens in Canada are at a level we can never compare to here in the states. Or maybe I just don’t frequent the right neighborhoods. Yours is stunning as well. Everything here is hot, dry and smokey and definitely needs mulching.
Lovely is right. Looking forward to seeing the Coach House.
Bloomin’ lovely. Before the Coach House reveal, a curious antipodean (ie myself) would like to know the modern day function of a coach house, please. 🙂
Part of it houses a vehicle and part of it is a self-contained guest suite.
Ah, in New Zealand, we have something similar, the plainer version of which goes by the prosaic term, ‘the sleep out’.
I very much like that term.
I bet all the women in their neighborhood secretly wish their husband had Wayne’s skills and initiative. 🙂
The garden is beautiful. I’m sure all the neighbors also enjoy it.
Isn’t it nice to give the neighbours a borrowed view of one’s beautiful property?
Looks like paradise!
How lovely! The houses, of course, but the gardens are especially beautiful. Love the lilies.
I wish I had those kind of remodeling skills! I like the idea of a coach house.
Me too! I really wish I could build stuff.
These pictures are amazing. Such a quaint place!
So lovely! I little piece of Paradise 🙂
Beautiful design details all about. I especailly like the picket fence. We were talking the other day about how horrid the quick-and-easy plastic picket fences look. They look cheap when installed and only turn moldy after a year or two. I am delighted to see a real wooden fence around the property. – Oscar
Wow, what a gorgeous garden and estate – I love their taste, right up my alley! 😉
Wow! That is a fantastic garden. Can’t wait to see how the finished coach house turns out.
🦋Beautiful.