Wednesday, 12 August 2015
The Red Barn Arena…
and Diane’s garden are convenient to check up on as we head up Sandridge Road to our north end jobs.
our little Red Barn garden (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo: This garden is pretty dry and gets a lot of north wind.
Allan’s photo
Diane’s Garden
My good friend Misty (who’s camera shy) in the back yard
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo. It was very hot, thus the hat, to try to avoid dizziness.
Allan’s photo
the front garden
Stipa gigantea, cosmos, Perovskia, Alliums and more
the long narrow strip along the highway
Allan’s photo
the other driveway corner with lavender and Lavatera ‘Barnsley’
Lavatera ‘Barnsley’ by the house, with new privacy porch for shelter from the busy road
Golden Sands Assisted Living
Each room gets a shelf outside the door. A plant nut lives here.
in the hallway: Allan’s photo
The personal decorations in the Golden Sands hallways definitely show a love of plants. (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo: each room (with its own kitchenette and bathroom with walk-in shower) has its own shelf in the hallway.
Allan’s photo
sit spot in the hallway
SE quadrant
NE quadrant
monarda (bee balm)
These two areas by the dining room have siberian iris, which predates our time, and which does not do well. Would like to replace them with santolina and sedums.
Sweet peas clambering through roses scent the entry to the dining room.
Marilyn’s Garden
Every other week we go all the way to Surfside to check on Marilyn’s garden, where the deer play…and so does a cat or two.
looking southwest from the driveway over a lovely patch of self seeded cosmos
Looking south on the path, after cutting some Phygelius on the right to make it more path-like.
The deer eat some phygelius flowers but leave most for us.
Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ towering over me.
My good friend Scooter!
deadheading shasta daisies, before (Allan’s photos)
and after (Allan’s photo)
view west from the back porch
Scooter leads the way north down the path.
echibeckia and painted sage
Bonus garden: The Wiegardt Gallery
We stopped on Sunday at one of our former jobs, now under the expert care of our friend Todd, artist Eric Wiegardt’s brother. I could not find a smooth way to fit the photos in to the edible garden tour day so decided to put them here, four days later, as it is a north end, Ocean Park garden.
front entry: the old struggling cistus is gone from the bay window
Allan’s photo of our pet tiny bun of dianthus. I miss that plant!
oyster shell edge all cleaned up, visible, and looking spiffing
front bed
Eric likes cosmos.
west side of building by parking lot
Todd has gotten the watering hoses to work better, evidenced by the height of the cosmos.
north bed looking much better than before, fuller, with the awful “orchard grass” (weed) gone
It cannot have been easy to get that bad running weed grass out.
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo: He was clearly impressed with the weeding.
Allan’s photo with Teresa and I looking at the garden on edible garden tour day.
Loved seeing the garden looking so well cared for.
Klipsan Beach Cottages
Back to the real work day!
looking in the gate of the fenced garden
on the arbour: Billardia longiflora
sanguisorba and cosmos
my friend Tommy…or Sarah? (eating ornamental grass)
southwest corner of fenced garden
Lilium speciosum rubrum
Lilium speciosum rubrum
lilies
Agapanthus and blueberries. I confess I ate at least ten berries.
Hydrangea ‘Izu No Hana’
Izu No Hana
Izu No Hana
view southwest over the birdbath
Tiger Eyes sumac in the driveway garden
in the driveway garden (Allan’s photo)
looking west across the lawn from the driveway
I could not bear deadheading more shasta daisies in the lawn border, so Allan did it.
before (Allan’s photo)
after (Allan’s photo)
I visited with my good friend Bella the Great Pyrenees but did not get a photo this time.
Anchorage Cottages
Mitzu!
playing the noble hound
even more noble
Manager Beth told me the sweet peas had fallen over—a broken string—but she managed to fix it, with help (not Mitzu’s).
Salvia viridis (painted sage) in center courtyard
center courtyard
rugosa roses by the sport court
Chamaecyparis and pampas grass in unwatered area. I hope the trees will be all right. (They always turn that colour in late summer, but maybe not this early.)
Tangly Cottage Gardening 