Editor Note: This was first published on June 9, 2011
When Alice Walker wrote “In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own,” she was clearly speaking for hundreds of thousands of gardeners, but it rings particularly true for Trappe landscape designer Anne Bartlett Jelich. Her love of garden design comes as much from her own passion as it does a multigeneration of famed Talbot County gardeners. With a keen eye and a relaxed sense of space, Anne, along with husband John, has used her home on the banks of the Choptank River, as a laboratory for experimentation, finding creative solutions for the Chesapeake’s unique climate and almost perfect soil.
The Spy caught up with her last month.
Betty says
That was wonderful!! What a beautiful properity. Anne has done several gardens for me but they never look at great as her’s. She diffidently has a GREEN thumb!
Katherine says
What a lovely piece and such an inspiration. Thanks Spy.
Christie says
What an awesome interview; I wanted to hear more. Would love to be one of those chickens, beautiful place to hang out!!