"The Denman garden is an acre-sized, charming country garden surrounding an 1897 farmhouse in the Portland West Hills. The many defined garden spaces include an herb garden, a walled vegetable garden, and a native plant meadow with active beehives. The stacked stone walls and a bluestone terrace were added in 2005..."
Charming indeed!
The vegetable garden...
The bees! They must be very happy here.
And an agave, who would have thought?
The meadow...
I do love a good umbel.
The lawn is still loved, isn't it? At least this one is a little less irrigated than yesterday's.
Golden!
I we'll close with purple.
Weather Diary, Nov 25: Hi 51, Low 41/ Precip .05"
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If I had an acre of land and as much rain as Portland gets, I might consider a bit of lawn too, at least until my plant collection grew out-of-bounds. I love the Clematis and the Cotinus.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind that's not summer rain. You'd have to irrigate pretty freely to maintain green in the summertime.
DeleteOh, I like the shot of the knot-like herb garden, with the contrast of gray and green and the spikes of blue Salvia.
ReplyDeleteThat was a lovely vignette.
DeleteGorgeous! especially all that stonework. Looks very British with it's manicured shrubs. Do they have help?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea...
DeleteA hillside garden isn't the easiest to maintain; they've done well given the challenges. Love the purple clematis, and the golden smoke bush is eye-popping!
ReplyDeleteHonestly it had me wishing I was on a hillside, something I'd never considered before.
DeleteThis garden is a very relaxed "formal" garden. The masons did a good job with the dark stone wall: I like it a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe house, the setting, the stonework...I love it all!
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