The Sycamore lawn features a cathedral of dual sycamore trees. This lawn and surrounding gardens were an area of focus for the Aull's in the 1920's-30's, when they built an extensive rock garden along the slope east of the house. The hillside was terraced by John and planted by Marie.
This rock garden is where Marie placed the first of her famous Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica). Her first 100 plants outgrew the space space over the years, and she began transferring them into the surrounding woodland. Today, thousands of bluebell descendants put on a spectacular annual show.
Stone steps wind up each side of the Porte cochere, the pinnacle of the hillside, offering a stunning vantage point to view the woods.
The bottom of the hillside is lined with lungwort (Pulmonaria) in the spring.
The streamside bed features small garden plants and small ornamental trees, including star magnolia (Magnolia stellate), flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and white blooming redbud (Cercis canadensis f. alba)
Late summer features the bed of Hardy begonia at the end of the lawn, Colchicum or fall crocus along the stream beds.
