Garden Visit: Executive Chef Serena Bass's Lush Bed Stuy Garden

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Come with us on a tour of executive chef Serena Bass's voluptuous Bed Stuy garden, where plants and botanicals spill seamlessly from city to stoop.

A flame-colored daylily pops against the lime leaves of a trumpet vine.

The tall burgundy stems of Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra bloom on the sidewalk from midsummer to early fall.

“I do love an annual,” says the gardener, referring to her significant and revolving collection of Wave® petunias. These are ‘Cafe au Lait’.

Mesmerizing ‘Black Velvet’ petunias grow with Sedum ‘Vera James’ in a sidewalk container.

A luscious riot of coleus with Sedum ‘Vera James’.

In cool contrast to its southern sister, the rear garden, facing north, has a very different personality.

Beds of shrubs and small trees are punctuated by tuteurs and containers.

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