Feinberg’s one-acre property backs into a wooded hillside and was surrounded by slightly - wild but well-planted gardens, which, along with - the buildings, she eventually brought back to life. - “I’d never gardened until I got here—that was a - revelation,” she says. In the foreground, her lattice-covered house looks out onto a private courtyard. - and an exterior staircase with a playful bannister - of twisted branches that Feinberg collected from - the property. - PHOTO: DEBORAH DEGRAFFENREID