Dockton Creek Fine Gardening

About Dockton Creek Fine Gardening

At Dockton the water goes glassy before the wind finds it, and the boats at the moorage sit doubled in the harbor, hull and reflection. Dockton Creek Fine Gardening keeps the gardens above that shoreline on Maury Island — hand weeding the beds, shaping shrubs, cutting perennials back so next year's growth has somewhere to go, laying mulch dark and even around the roots. Mowing here is done with an eye to what borders it: the line where turf meets a planted bed should look drawn, not scuffed. Island ground is generous, and so are the blackberries, and holding that balance is the work of every week from the first bulbs to the last leaves. Vashon, Dockton, Burton and the lanes across Maury Island — a short drive, a familiar gate, a garden that looks looked-after.