A Garden Full of Memories

Barbara Downing Owening commit in these photograph in memory board of her blood brother Ken .

WhenFine Gardeningfirst begin the GPOD feature article , I begin to further my brother to collect their photos and portion out their beautiful gardens . SeeDoug ’s garden GPODin Pennsylvania ( and mine in Massachusetts ) .

I ’m a New England nurseryman , so my brother and baby - in - law ’s garden in California was always a mystery to me — that you needed to append a new tap to the watering system if you summate a young works , that there really would not be rainwater all summer . I began shoot photos of their garden . When Ken died last summer , I wanted to pull my photos together in his store , particularly since he find so much joy in his garden projects . My sister - in - law was very helpful in adding more photos and lots of elaborated data about the plants . I hope you love this spell of their garden .

When they first bought their star sign , the yard was a barren . So much has changed in 33 age of TLC . When there are abundant wintertime and bound rains , the debut garden after is colorful with tulips , geraniums , and calla lily lilies .

The ‘ Razzleberri ’ fringe bush is in full bloom next to the Meyer lemon Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as we move into the backyard .

Spanish lavender , freesia , Japanese maple , ‘ Razzleberry ’ fringe bush , and madrono

Ken made this submission trellis with the trimmings from grapevines . flushed - orangeness sparaxis demarcation the stone path into the backyard .

far through the grand , grassy areas have been replaced with more drought - tolerant works , mulched beds , and route that entice grownup as well as children . Ken ’s Toroid sculpture becomes a focal item as you meander down the hill .

lead off the walk down into the garden expanse where the grass used to be , pausing to admire the genus Pelargonium , Santa Barbara daisy , sway purslane , lilac , and various sages .

For many years , the lower surgical incision of the cubic yard was overtop by a huge poplar . When that had to be take out , a orotund country became available for garden . Note the country of thirsty grass to appreciate the change to come .

Ken ’s mother wit of humor come through in the stone stream bed and ceramic fish .

Coastal redwoods form a soothe background to the scummy surface area of the garden . In front are Japanese maple , fortnight lily , euphorbia , and agapanthus .

Ken love to work with Natalie Wood . Here you could see the Japanese maple through the lunar month - windowpane trellis he designed , which is compensate with jasmine .

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