a secret garden

Last Tuesday morning was pretty magical-- it had snowed the day before, and while it still covered the ground, it was melting quickly in the warm sun. I had an assignment to look at and evaluate an example of planting design. When I woke up I was not so enthusiastic about yet another assignment, but it turned out to be a special morning. I chose the garden behind Pavilion X (off of the Lawn), where there is a sort of "secret garden" formed by huge, old boxwoods. It felt pleasingly secluded, and no one else came by as I photographed and sketched, and sipped from my steaming thermos of tea. My plan sketch shows this part of the garden, within Jefferson's distinctive serpentine walls.