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Johanna Mack and her husband Bill Mack sit on a bench in one of their many garden areas on her property.

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A "naked lady" flower in her "Stumpy Garden."

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Juan Castillo, 14, who tends the gardens with Johanna Mack, right, walk through the ravine.

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Hens and chicks in Johanna Mack's antique birdbath.

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Johanna Mack stands in her stumpery, one of 19 beds, behind an antique bird bath.

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Oriental Tigerlily on the Mack property.

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Johanna Mack looks at naked lady lilies in her stumpery, a bed in the ravine.

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Bill Mack his back porch overlooking the pond.

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Juan Castillo, 14, who tends the Mack family gardens stands in an arch in one of their garden areas.

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A sculpture is surrounded by violet-blue Rozanne perennial geraniums.

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"Girl with Cascading Roses" statue in the garden.

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Bill Mack holds his cat, Memphis, on his back porch.

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Oriental Tigerlily on the Mack property.

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Bill Mack under a blue bottle installation that he created.

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A chicken coop window made out of stained glass by Johanna Mack, hangs on her home.

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An insect on a Butterfly Weed in her garden.

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Johanna Mack holds onto her Anemones.

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Johanna Mack and her husband Bill Mack sit on a bench on top of their waterfall.

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Johanna Mack and her husband Bill Mack walk along a bridge, the spans of which were built in 1885.

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Anemones in the Mack garden.

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Johanna Mack, left, and Bill Mack, right, are reflected in her pond.

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