13 Charles Road, Cape Elizabeth
History: The house is David’s childhood home which he purchased in 2004. Both the house and yard have undergone extensive renovations, all completed by David and his wife, Nicole. A painter and printmaker hobbyist, David spent 20 years converting the single-car garage into an art studio and four years digging and constructing a pond with an overhanging deck. He also built a garden shed and chicken house, installed an outdoor shower, added a custom fence, and constructed a greenhouse.
Themes: A mini version of a gentleman’s farm with vegetable beds, flowers, chickens, bees, a pond, and outbuildings. Lots of visual interest and winding paths.
Features:
- Chairs, a hammock, and a fire pit
- Birdhouses and bee hives
- Vegetable garden, sunflowers, and herbs
- Climbing hydrangea and wisteria
- Ferns and perennials
- Raspberries, blueberries, and fruit trees
In Bloom:
- Culver’s root
- Swamp milkweed
- Hydrangea
- Purple coneflower
- Black-eyed coneflower
- Astilbe
- Zinnia
- Dill
- John’s wort
- Daisy fleabane
- Borage
- Nasturtium
- Foxglove
- Wild geranium
- Sweet pea
- Lavender