Article: Eternal spring Bring the outdoors inside by cultivating garden decor

Eternal spring Bring the outdoors inside by cultivating garden decor zB1 By Rose Bennett Gilbert COPLEY NEWS SERVICE Ask Mary Mary how her garden grows these days, and she may take you out to the living room for a look.

What you'll see are flowers, flowers everywhere, plus trellis and picket fence patterns, natural stone floors, wicker and wrought-iron furniture, complete with peely paint or a patina of rust.

What's in for America's homes as we head into the new millennium is what's out in the garden.

While historians may insist that the agrarian age ended in the l9th century, interior designers know better.

In the '90s, gardening has become our great new national pastime -- the ...

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