A-House;
B-Coach-house, Stable, Yard; C-Greenhouse and Grapery;
D-Gardener’s Cottage; E-Principal Entrance; F-Entrance to
Barn; H-Group of Rhododendrons and Azaleas; K-Kitchen Garden;
L-Entrance; N-Flower beds. In this plan the Kitchen Garden
occupies about one and a half acres.
Yesterday’s
country homeowners took full advantage of their land. They
filled their property with orchards, kitchen gardens, park-like
landscapes, game fields, and countless types of outbuildings.
Here's a sample of how sites were planned.
Site Design by E.Ferrand, from
George E. Woodward’s 1867 book Cottages and Farm Houses
Improve Your Country Property
Build a shed, deck, gazebo, arbor, pergola, greenhouse, small
barn, playhouse or garden bridge with these plans and DIY
building kits.
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home and garden tools, products, furnishings and more. Check out
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Country Outbuildings Plans, prefabs and
easy building kits for horse barns, garages, sheds, pole barns,
work shops and country outbuildings.
