The 1848 clapboard house on a half-acre lot has a quarter-acre of garden rooms that were renovated between 2005 and 2008 to complement the house and provide privacy from the busy village. Nearly 30 large boxwood were installed around two sides of the house while existing Alberta spruce, privet hedge and shrub roses inside the picket fence from earlier gardens were retained.

The main garden overlooked by the porch was totally renovated by building new walkways, shrinking the lawn and adding a bench, and adding a yew hedge and new deep perennial borders. Trellises were built for the house and garage that support climbing hydrangea and roses. A diamond ivy topiary softens the fence bordering the terrace where volunteer fern and moss grow in the cracks between flagstones. A boxwood square with an armillary sphere in the center is the main feature in the kitchen herb garden, with plans for an espaliered tree. At one end of the lawn panel there is a painted Lutyens-style bench surrounded by spirea under kousa dogwood. In another corner there is a mature apple tree with shade-loving perennials growing beneath, including bluebells, Solomon's seal, anemone, ferns, hosta and lady's mantle. This garden has been visited during local garden tours.