City living always comes with a certain lack of privacy. When one walks outdoors, one sees neighbors, friends immediately. I live on a very busy street in downtown Charleston and I love city life: the energy, the social run of it all. I enjoy public parks and spaces as if they were my own. But I do crave some solitude after a long day and I dream of a walled garden, a place to escape with just my family and friends. I imagine mine to be simple with stucco walls overgrown with fig ivy, three hornbeam trees bordering the wall that faces my busy street, plenty of green and white plantings, and a big table for my 3 hour family lunches on Saturday and Sunday. A place to retreat, sit a spell and unwind.
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