PERSONAL SPACE: Corrin Troutman

Corrin Troutman, a horticulturalist with the Peel-Compton Foundation, sits in her favorite personal space the vegetable garden in front of her Fayetteville home.
Corrin Troutman, a horticulturalist with the Peel-Compton Foundation, sits in her favorite personal space the vegetable garden in front of her Fayetteville home.

Where I live: I live in Fayetteville on the corner of Prospect and Willow streets just outside the Washington-Willow Historic District. I’ve always loved the house, and it just so happened that the man who would eventually become my husband owned the house. I did not know that it was his house when we started dating. I think fate had something in mind for me from early on.

Occupation: Director of facilities and grounds for the Peel-Compton Foundation. I have the best of both worlds as a horticulturist. The Peel Mansion is a historic home, and the garden is more of an heirloom garden. It’s a formal Victorian-style garden, whereas Compton Gardens is a native woodland garden.

My favorite space: My garden.

Why? It’s the thing that attracted me to the house in the very beginning. It’s where I get to play. I’ve been redeveloping the grounds. I love the vegetable garden. Not too many people put their vegetable garden in front of the house, but I have. It’s my way of planting annuals in front of my house, but I get to eat them later.

If I could do one thing to improve this space I would: Have more sunny space to grow vegetables.

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