Garden 2: Walter Ray & Scott Kaye

The second stop on the Garden Tour was one of two Midtown gardens. Walter Ray and Scott Kaye’s garden was unexpected in the neighborhood, which is known more for Progressive Era homes than modernist dwellings.  The front gate, bordered by horsetail reeds, led to a front walk suspended above a coy pond. The backyard complemented the modernist home with ornamental grasses,  iris and oakleaf hydrangeas. A grove of 3-foot autumn ferns grew under their backyard starecase, next to one of two cisterns.