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Inspired by a writer's long-gone home, an artist made gardens in its remains

'On day two of the residency I'm calling the director, saying, 'I have an idea. What if we put the house back as a garden?'' Glovinski said. 'To make this a place again a sanctuary for artists, for creatives, for the residents.' Advertisement Never before much of a green thumb, the artist made an art project of Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up A giant flower mural, Almanac, by Carly Glovinski, is on view at Mass MoCA. Artist: Carly Glovinski ; Photographer: Julia Featheringill In July, Glovinski installed ' 'Opelske' is Glovinski's first piece blending art with live greenery. 'The two are so intertwined to me at this point,' she said. 'The artist and the gardener.' Advertisement A piece made of glass tile and live greenery, Opelske, by Carly Glovinski is at Seaport West in Boston. Artist: Carly Glovinski ; Photographer: Julia Featheringill Where to find her: Age : 44 Originally from : Berwick, Maine Lives in : South Berwick, Maine. Making a living : She works full-time as a tech marketer. Studio : Glovinski has a studio in a South Berwick mill building, maintained 'in a chaotic mess that only I understand,' she said. Carly Glovinski tends to her garden, a living art exhibit she has created where the Wild Knoll house, formerly owned by writer May Sarton, used to stand in York, Maine. Heather Diehl/For The Boston Globe How she started : 'I didn't come from a family of artists. My dad was a union telephone company guy, and my mom was a social worker,' Glovinski said. 'But they built their world. They built their house. I come from that background of resourcefulness and making and craft.' What she makes : For Wild Knoll, 'I didn't want to use any chemicals. I didn't want a fence,' she said. 'I had to find plants that were drought resistant, deer resistant. bulletproof.' Among the dozens of blooms: Butterfly weed,Heliopsis, and a Mango Tango Hyssop frothier than cotton candy. And always, there's the artist's eye. Sarton's floor plan now boasts a different color theme in each room. 'It's such a painterly process,' Glovinski said. 'All these different ways of making marks. All of these different ways of putting down color. All the textures.' Carly Glovinski's Wild Knoll living art exhibit stands where the Wild Knoll house, formerly owned by writer May Sarton, once stood. Each former room of the house is now a different garden bed filled with different colored flowers. Heather Diehl/For The Boston Globe What May Sarton would think: 'On any given day she could probably find some fault with the flowers themselves,' the artist said. 'But overall, the idea of making a house of flowers, I think she would love.' Advice for artists : 'Just keep falling forward. There's a point where if you keep doing, you can trust the doing. If you keep making, you can trust the making. It will start to lead you.' Wild Knoll is open by appointment. For more information, email Advertisement The Wild Knoll living art exhibit stands where the Wild Knoll house, formerly owned by writer May Sarton, once was. Artist Carly Glovinski planted purple flowers in an area that used to be a three-season porch. Heather Diehl/For The Boston Globe