These elements were unified by a sight line that ran through the house to a rear central path. This path was at an acute angle to the house and not absolutely centered in the rear yard, yet through screening of property lines an illusion of symmetry was created. The rear garden stepped down the hillside, with view to a nearby river framed by a wooden arch which separated upper and lower gardens. Remnants of the upper garden suggest that it was a tree and shrub garden, possibly with a large turf area, while the lower garden was divided into structured beds for flowers or vegetables. Other, similar colonial gardens were the Derby Garden and Osgood Garden, both in Salem.