The Fountain Garden architecture is rigidly symmetrical with a central reflecting pool and a series of shallow terraces of descending heights. The central features are surrounded with a formal grid of Pavestone™ blocks.

The flower beds along the long axis demonstrate two different approaches to displaying the exuberance of an English cottage garden.

Here we look toward the more formal southeast side of the garden from the gates of the vegetable garden.

Who can resist playing in the cool waters of the fountain reflecting pool?

The reflecting pool is lined with gray glacier stone and surrounded by a rectangle with beveled edges and a charcoal stucco finish.

The megaliths are basalt from the San Gabriel Mountains above Pasadena, California. They and the stone benches were donated and drilled by Hardscape Materials

There are over 30 species of perennials and over 20 varieties of shrubs including many brightly colored beauties such as these Stokes Asters.

The beds initially consisted of native soil - a clay loam, heavily compacted; a layer of sandy loam fill and miscellaneous sand and gravel. Soil preparation included a 3 inch layer of Back to Nature composted cottonseed hulls dug in before planting.