Author Rosemary Harris's Connecticut garden
Dead Head author Rosemary Harris shares pictures of her private garden
By Rosemary Harris
Photo by: Rosemary Harris
Author Rosemary Harris finds inspiration for her best-selling mystery novels in her garden, going so far as to make her main character Paula Holliday both an amateur sleuth and professional garden designer. Dead Head, the newest installment in the Dirty Business mystery series, was released on April 13.
Click through to see behind-the-scenes photos from Rosemary’s home garden in Connecticut, highlighting her personal passion for gardening and the inspiration for her bestselling Dirty Business Mystery series.
LEFT: I think we bought the land adjacent to us just to own this falling down shed. Not very useful but the field mice and I love it.
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Path to veggie garden – where I grow my $64 tomatoes.
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Azalea, stone walls - As a New Yorker I never used to like pink, but now it's one of my favorite colors.
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Secret garden.
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The path to my Japanese Garden.
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Dogwood explosion.
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I once overheard a passerby describe my home as a tree house because of the tree growing through my deck. My tree house.
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My jungle. The stand of bamboo that made me buy our house.
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My favorite writing (and reading) spot. Perfectly quiet except for the chimes, which you can't see.
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Dogwoods in bloom, mountain laurels to follow.
