Friday, April 5, 2019

Raul Zumba’s stunning Oakland garden, Part II

And we're back where we left off yesterday.

I just discovered another entire section of the garden...

I'd seen other fences and dividers made from sticks, logs and miscellaneous materials. This one appears to be newer, maybe even still under construction.

In another area...

And now it's time to climb the steps we saw a glimpse of through the ivy porthole, and then walk through the gate from Wednesday's Vignette.

It felt like I was about to walk off the side of the earth.

I was pulled back to reality when I spotted this. Oh how I want that for my garden!

This was rather unexpected!

Kinda cool, a little creepy.

Definitely full of creative personality.

The view...

I found a post from August 2013 when Matti and Megan, of Far Out Flora, visited this garden as part of the Garden Conservancies Open Days event, check that out here.

I hope you enjoyed this visit to Raul's garden almost as much as I did.

Now I'm off to wander some more...

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19 comments:

  1. As a terra cotta fan, I loved the columns!

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  2. A great creative space. I could see myself being happy there!

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  3. Man, oh man! One could stay happily lost in that garden for weeks and weeks.
    rickii

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    1. I am sure there are parts of it I didn't see...

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  4. The greenery-trimmed window at the top of your post and the pathway "off the side of the earth" are my favorite elements.

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  5. I bet you could explore almost forever in this garden. So many wonderful elements. All blend together so good. I love looking through portals in gardens. One of my favorite things to see.

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  6. Very nice garden. Oakland gets a lot of marine influence and more rain than down south, so nearly everything grows well.

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    1. The Bay Area is a magic zone for sure.

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  7. Are those post-bloom Echium stalks in the third-to-last image? My first thought was "How is that possible? I thought they were spring flowers." But then remembered this visit was in December, which is easy to forget in the all-season lushness of this garden.

    Bossy auto-correct tried to change 'lushness' to 'business' above -- and honestly, for once it's not wrong. There are a ton of wonderful vignettes here, but overall it's too much of a muchness for me.

    The experience of steps from a particularly shady and congested part of the garden leading up to the sunny steep outlook is a powerful one, a real feeling of release.

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    1. Yes they are, good eye (echium). I wonder if you would feel that way (busy) in person? Of course I kind of ended up sharing a "greatest hits" look at the garden, not a lot of restful vignettes. There were some!

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  8. Actually, as I look again at the area below the steps, I realize it's one of the *less* congested sections. But it's the stumpery-like effect of the (possibly-under-construction) stacked wood structure that gives such a strong urge to flee to an open spot. Stumperies creep the heck out of me.

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    1. "Stumperies creep the heck out of me"....ha!

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