| Fall 2003 - 2007
Kinney Avenue, South Austin
Landscape architect Eleanor McKinney has created a beautiful arrangement
of native and adapted plants in front of her south Austin home.
The front lawn of buffalo grass gets mowed only once a year.
Deciduous trees are important to
any green garden, but the shade they give us can be a big obstacle
to gardening. McKinney plants spring flowers that take advantage
of the sunlight available before the leaves bud out.
A metal gate custom-designed
by Lars Stanley leads you into the front yard.
 
| This large rain barrel provides
water needed for the vegetable garden. |
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The arching branches of the native beautyberry
become weighted with clusters of purple berries each fall.
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