When Jean traveled to Japan to attend a Suzuki violin course, she came away with more than career enhancement as a violinist and music professor; she gained an appreciation for the integration of natural beauty into everyday life displayed in the tiny courtyard gardens next to virtually every Japanese home.

Following her trip to Japan, Jean returned to Lancaster with the dream of bringing the beauty of nature into her daily routine. She began to look for ideas that could be implemented in the small back yard of her city row home.

Jean remembers, “I was impressed with the courtyard gardens I had seen in Japan and wanted that experience next to my home. Thank goodness, I had seen a Hanselman Landscape magazine ad and knew who to call.” How glad we are she did! (More next week . . . .)

Contributed by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& Japanese courtyard garden enthusiast)

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