Garden Gate

EMBRACE THE SHADE

Bruce and Linda Christensen know how to compose a view. That’s because they’ve had almost 25 years to get it right. “We purchased this property primarily because of the potential for a garden,” says Bruce of their ½-acre suburban plot in Middleton, Wisconsin. “The back faces south and it’s a nice sloping lot with contours that would make a future garden look natural.” And now the view out the back windows (above) looks like a

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