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
So pretty!
ReplyDeleteJealous! I've only got 4 blooms now out of hundreds of plants. Maybe in a couple of weeks I'll be able to make a beautiful bouquet.
ReplyDeleteWow! Those are beautiful! Good luck with your talks on roses.
ReplyDelete/Z and I are on our own again until next Friday night. Todd left this past Thursday a.m. I will have to watch the oscars without him.
Those are so pretty! No daffodils blooming here yet, but even if they were I probably wouldn't have enough for a bouquet like that.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I am so looking foward to seeing our roses bloom again. Thanks for sharing....Julian
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful flowers are the next best thing of having my own. Mine are coming up nicely though. Spring is just a few weeks away.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
What a bunch of sunshine. They certainly make my heart go pitty patter and I can't even smell them. I don't even have buds yet. It won't be long if the temps stay as warm as they predict this coming week.
ReplyDeleteEllison and I just planted over 60 random bulbs in the yard! I can not wait to what comes up! Spring is here! hallelujah!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! You are lucky to have so many flowers to pick, even when the roses are still asleep.
ReplyDeleteI can smell them from here! My first opened this week, only one so certainly not enough for a vase.
ReplyDeleteOh beauty!
ReplyDeleteThey are so beautiful Phillip! I have them all over my yard now. Isn't the color in the yard just the thing!!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, just gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous bouquet!
ReplyDeleteLovely...
ReplyDeleteI like it. Sure wish I knew the name of the orange center/yellow outer Petals.
ReplyDeleteSeveral of mine have opened overnight. So have my Lenten rose. If I can get home at a decent time I'll get some pictures. Tulip trees on the way to work are just fantastic.
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