For ages—until hurricanes wiped out many of them—blue-collar families in Baltimore City owned or rented shore shacks in Bowleys Quarters, Millers Island, Sue Creek, and other places feeding into the Chesapeake Bay.
Christopher Heller—also the newly minted owner of Walther Gardens—runs the kind of enchanted place where you press your nose against the window to get a glimpse inside.
From the outside, the 1896 fixer-upper appears like an unopened geode—large, imposing, and traditional. But split it open and inside is a space filled with wonderful light, colors, and patterns.
Whether you restore an old piece of furniture or play with removable stick-on wallpaper (yes, that’s a thing), there are many low stress updates you can make during these drab winter months that you’ll enjoy all year long.
Emerick's garden bears little resemblance to the formal grounds she's overseen since becoming Ladew's executive director in 2002. But it's impossible for her to imagine her own outdoor space without Ladew's influence.
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