Her garden was often appreciated in magazine articles in the 1980s and 1990s. After 1950, after Una died, Lee designed an English-style cottage garden and planted numerous roses and heirloom plants with fragrant blooms. In 1946, their son, Donnan, brought his new wife, Lee, to Tor House, and they soon added to the garden. Una also appreciated the native wildflowers that grew abundantly around their home, calling the spectacle her “mille fleur tapestry.” Her list of “Tor House Plantings” (1934) is available today at the Tor House.
Una was more involved with social activities and letter writing, but she planted roses, fragrant herbs, geraniums, and other flowering plants. A forester by education, he planted literally thousands of trees on their property and in the area. Through his poetry, Jeffers became known as an environmentalist. In 1919, the American poet, Robinson Jeffers and his wife Una built Tor House on Carmel’s windswept coast, calling it their “inevitable place.” Both he and Una valued their natural surroundings, particularly the wildflowers.
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