David & Greg's Garden
This is David and Greg's garden in Woodland, Washington. I work with David at Yard n' Garden Land and it seems like it was just yesterday that they built their house and started their garden. I'm sure they would disagree. Actually - hold on to your seat - this is only the second season for this garden! Amazing! David says that credit goes to 500 yards of "magic volcanic Columbia River bottom/former dairy farm soil". It was used to build the slope that dips down behind the house. He wisely decided to put in low-growing perennials and grasses which doesn't impede this view - This is a big leap from their formal residence which was a small rental house in Vancouver. At that time, they grew everything in pots. Plus Greg is an orchid grower and has quite a big collection. Now they have enough room (40 acres) for everyone. There are expansion plans brewing. A greenhouse is going to be built for the orchids. A courtyard in front of the house is already partly plante
I think these shots look great, Phillip. The color seems more vivid to me.
ReplyDeleteI am in agreement about Blogger changing the quality of photos, it's so frustrating! That said, your photos are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteOh good - I thought it was just me!
DeleteYes Blogger compresses the photos. Also interesting if you go back to a really old post the quality gets poorer still--I would guess that a photo without pageviews gets relegated over time to a more and more compressed state??
ReplyDeleteBeautiful garden, beautiful photos. The Cedar and the Wiegela are choice. What is the purple/lavender flower in the last photo?
I didn't know that about the old posts. I will go take a look. That flower is Cleome 'Senorita Rosalita'.
DeleteAs always, your garden looks gorgeous. I like those zoomed in photos too! Have fun with the new lens.
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