Bean Bower

    I always like to have some kind of vertical structure in the garden, and usually that has been a bower scarlet runner beans growing up poles in a teepee-like formation.  One problem with this design is that it creates a big empty circle in the center of the bottom that I never know what to do with.  This year, since I always have a lot of red poppy volunteers come up in the garden, I just let them grow in the center of the bower, and the effect is what you see in the photo. 

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