his garden was not tidy and orderly, but rather like an idealized forest, with a winding path and a gazebo at the far end from the house. tchaikovsky adored flowers, particularly the wild flowers of the fields and forest that he saw on his daily walks. he was especially fond of the lily of the valley, to which he even wrote a poem. after his death, his brother modest planted islands of lilies of the valley around the garden, along with the violets, forget-me-nots, and bluebells that tchaikovsky admired. the garden has many other varieties of flowers it had in tchaikovsky's time: roses, begonias, gillyflowers, phloxes, and sweet tobacco.