Agaves even!
On the other side of the drive it looks like a party is getting started.
From our Study Weekend brochure..."Eloise started her gardening adventure 25 years ago on this one-third acre property originally covered in rhododendrons, a topped pine tree, a mature Japanese maple, various other shrubs and an overgrowth of weeds...In front, the garden meanders through a boxwood garden with fountain and dining area, and separate cozy patio for entertaining. A gravel path leads to the rear of the house where there is a vegetable garden and a small "Charleston style" garden paved with dry-set bricks and framed with large Hornbean trees set in a boxwood parterre. The back garden is a 75' long alley of with shade lovers on one side and sun lovers on the other."
The repeated arcs and green stools feel a little formal, but not overly so.
It took me a minute to realize the floating flowers and the ones in the background were not the same flowers.
Do you float flowers in your garden?
Looking up at the patio area near the house. But I'm not going up there yet, I'm gonna walk around to the side...
And enter here...
I wonder if there's a mother-in-law apartment or AirBnb in the basement? This is not the main entrance to the house, we'll see that in a bit.
(hint: it's up there...)
Nice arctostaphylos and yucca combination.
By another entrance to the house...
And in the back yard "ally"...
Love that sedum.
Now we're back out by the front door, off the driveway. I didn't take anymore photos in the back yard becasue there were too many people.
Yep, there's another agave....('Blue Glow' I think)
And saracennia
That's a wrap!
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Picture number nine features an interesting metal & glass (?) lamp-post/bird-house? I am not quite sure what I'm looking at...
ReplyDeleteThe arctostaphylos is pruned perfectly and looks wonderful, but it's the lovely color scheme of the potted prickly pears on the stairs that stole my heart: very South-Westy.
Oh that's a bird feeder, I should have done a better job of cropping that photo.
DeleteLooks like a lovely garden. I know what you mean about the descriptions and the reality, that happens with the NPA booklet sometimes too. I'm glad you found some things that appealed to you here. But my favorite words from your post were "too many people," confirming one of my reasons for not going this year. I'll probably attend Study Weekend in the future, especially if they hold it in Canada, just because I've seen so few gardens there. Maybe when the time for that comes, I'll beg my doctor for some Xanax.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you heard it the way I meant it (unclear writing on my end). Three people were too many people for photos, it was a very narrow space. I think there were maybe five people back there all total. Of course two slow ones at the front meant everyone had to wait. You would have been fine. It was nothing like some of the CO Fling gardens!
DeleteWhat a well-thought out garden, especially for how you move through it and also the all the sitting entertaining areas. We put a leaf in a water bowl but usually not flowers. Too obvious.
ReplyDeleteFoliage for the win!
DeleteThe garden seems larger than 1/3rd of an acre but then the changes in level may promote that illusion. The view in the last photo would make me very happy. Floating flowers in water here would probably annoy the raccoons but I do leave them in Buddha's hands on occasion.
ReplyDeleteOr the raccoons may see the flower as an offering.
DeleteI really like the idea of a 'Study Weekend' and a single 'open garden' vs an entire city wide garden tour. The Portland area seems to have a strong gardening community. inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI think I've mislead you. Study Weekend is typically a 3 day affair with multiple gardens open in a different section of the city each day. It rotates between PNW cities but is taking next year off. I believe 2021 will be in Vancouver BC.
DeleteThere are many interesting details. I esp. like the planter and vine that grows around the front door. Any idea what it is?
ReplyDeleteI thought maybe a variegated Virginia creeper but I can't find any online photos to back that up.
DeleteHi Loree, Neil here in Victoria. The mystery climber may be Clematis fasiculiflora. It is evergreen, blooms in late winter ,with white bells, and the overhang would protect its flowers from frost. Cheers.
DeleteThanks Neil! The foliage certainly looks like a match.
DeleteThis was a very pleasant garden though conservative. What was interesting was the teeny back garden-just a pathway really-versus the front, which was the livable space.
ReplyDeleteWasn't it odd? Must have been a reason the house was pushed so far back on the property.
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