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 and Washington College alum, Anne Bartlett Jelich. Her love of garden design comes from her own passion, but she also happens to belong to a multigenerational family 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.
Carla Massoni says
Thank you Spy! This just made my morning! Anne your garden is beautiful – thank you for sharing it with all of us.
Jean Dixon Sanders says
I just love the idea of the instant Civil War relic wall! Very crafty and fiendish, and lovely to look at. Nice work, you two!