More South Portland Study Weekend Gardens, pt. 2
The last three gardens on last Saturday's tour included a large shade garden, a tropical oasis and an Asian-inspired retreat. First, the Hilderbrand garden in Oregon City. This garden is set in a grove of Douglas Fir trees and has paved pathways that meander through plantings of dogwoods, hydrangeas, viburnums, kalmias and other shade-loving plants. The garden of Michael Hicks and Megan Big John is a quarter-acre plot in West Linn. This garden is packed with plantings of tropical plants with big beautiful leaves and vibrant pops of color. Helena Wagner's "4 Seasons Garden" is a garden that I have visited in the past. It features an Asian-inspired theme with beautifully placed plants, with nice colors and contrasts. Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
I heard Helen Dillon speaks a few years ago. She was very entertaining and quite down to earth. I really enjoyed her talk and slide.
ReplyDeleteLucky! I loved her book, and her presentation must be great also. You showed lots of photos but left out the most crucial part, what did you buy???
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Great tour of the garden show, Phillip. Exactly what did you buy that you're not telling us ?
ReplyDeleteLOL, all I bought was a little bay tree for $7.50!
ReplyDeleteThat's looks like it was a lot of fun! Great pictures Phillip. I really need to get out more. From the looks of it I'm missing out on a lot of stuff. I needt to get to one of these shows.
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty impressive show, Phillip - very dramatic use of stone. It was interesting to see the herbs growing in troughs like ours, except we have silver pony foot and sedum in the quarter-round instead of thyme.
ReplyDeleteI only know Helen Dillon from seeing her on the Victory Garden and from her website... nice photo of you two!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Thanks for the shots from the Nashville show. I'll have to add it to my list of to do's next yera.
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Thats very impressive natural stone work, the water feature has to have a huge pump to move that kind of water. I loved your hardscape and waterscape pictures.
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