Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Susan Denman's garden, a stop during the 2019 Portland Study Weekend, last June

This garden was right next door to the one we saw yesterday.

"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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10 comments:

  1. 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.

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    1. Keep in mind that's not summer rain. You'd have to irrigate pretty freely to maintain green in the summertime.

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  2. Oh, I like the shot of the knot-like herb garden, with the contrast of gray and green and the spikes of blue Salvia.

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  3. Gorgeous! especially all that stonework. Looks very British with it's manicured shrubs. Do they have help?

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  4. A 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!

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    1. Honestly it had me wishing I was on a hillside, something I'd never considered before.

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  5. This garden is a very relaxed "formal" garden. The masons did a good job with the dark stone wall: I like it a lot.

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  6. The house, the setting, the stonework...I love it all!

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