Inspired by Williamsburg

     I was impressed with some of the formal gardens I visited in Williamsburg, Virginia in the 1970s.  This city, founded in the mid-1600s, was restored in the mid-1900s by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
     Much red brick is used in the gardens there, so I did the same, using antique street paving bricks from the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin.  These were very unusual for street pavers, being the size of regular building bricks, rather than the much larger ones used in streets in the early 20th century.
     The first photo was taken from the second story of the house.  The second photo looks south toward the patio.  The third photo looks north toward the Japanese garden.
     The flowers are fibrous begonia.  The area gets some sun, but it is getting shadier as the trees are growing larger.