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! Will you be having a garden tour this year?
ReplyDeleteThey are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThey are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and even more so with the red foliage of the trees behind. Curious that they only planted part of the bed. There are some tulips that are reliably perennial here but usually in the public space large bed applications they just pull them out and replant with seasonal annuals.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, but I wonder, too, why they planted only part of the bed. Tulips usually do well for me and return for several years, but this year I discovered that half of mine have been chewed off! Not sure if it was rabbits or deer, but I'm not a happy camper at the moment.
ReplyDeleteWell, I suspect the reason they only planted part of the bed was money. Tulips are expensive annuals! They are so beautiful, however, and I am always tempted to plant a few.
ReplyDeleteWow, that first picture is a knockout! I suppose it was some kind of artistic statement where they planted them in a triangle shape. But it sure would have looked better if the whole bed was covered with tulips!
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