This Oregon coast garden created by Mosaic Gardens is full of beautiful ideas. There is nothing typical about this design. It is is full front back and all sides garden renovation that takes a weedy lot and transforms it to a haven that you’d hardly recognize.
Lets take a tour – starting with the front garden.
You’ll see that that building has great views of the ocean from the front and side, so it makes sense to frame the view with a lush beautiful garden.
The Backyard Stock Tank Water Garden
A stock tank, cited in the center of a stone edged circular gravel patio frovides both a focal point and a reason to travel to this area of the garden.
Remember if there is no reason to go to a place- then you will never go there. Something like this provides an excellent reason to walk through and actually enjoy the garden.
Other Details of the Garden:
Catching my eye are the over-sized arbor over the ‘L’ shaped bench. Typically you might see a narrower arbour over a single bench.
The planting is striking and bold, combining well known plants but in slightly lesser favored varieties. (like the yellow Kniphofia and the fresh green Japanese maple, as opposed to the typical red)
The L-shaped Bench and Arbor
Designed by Mosaic Gardens
Kniphofia and Purple leaved plants make a beautful tapesty of textures.
Creeping thyme grows over the stone stairs.
An Arbour Made of Birch Trees.
The Birch tunnel.
The Vegetable Garden and Orchard
The Andy Goldsworthy-esque stone sculpture in the gravel courtyard (that is also an orchard) is a strikingly simple art feature.
The Before of the Backyard
Ogawa Kazumasa
Cherry Blossom
Ogawa Kazumasa
And the elegant bowl in the circle patio. And the use of purple leaved plants through out to give a unifying style. So many things to admire…what is your favorite?
They are all my favorite. Gardening is one of many reasons I loved living in the Northwest for 10 years.