On Saturday while driving between a couple of nurseries, this caught my eye. Even though it was raining, I had to pull over, grab my camera and explore from the sidewalk.![]()
So much winter interest AND a disco ball. Something special is going on here.
One doesn't see gardens like this every day.
You knew that there'd be some silk flowers here somewhere! I kind of wonder what all of this looks like in summer when there are more plants woven through the collage of objects.
Seriously, I love this display piece with the colored spheres all over it and would love to find one to display my blown glass ornaments. They'd look great glimmering outside in the sun.
As I was snapping pictures, the gardener and his wife came out and invited me to come inside the gate. The gardener, whose name I forgot to ask, (how rude of me!) retired from being a cook at our local army medical center and turned his considerable energies to the yard.
Pretty amazing to do all this in a single year!
Off the back deck seems to be a workshop area with shelves for additional objects. There's a smaller one of those display pieces covered with spheres. I must go back and ask where he found them.
There's lots of whimsy!
And some things that will undoubtedly leave you wondering.
Looking back from the back patio/workshop area.
I kind of love this circle piece.
On a lower level, the garage has a more tropical theme. These pictures were taken before our big freeze but something tells me that these tender plants are holding up just fine.
Some people travel to Hawaii when it's cold out but I just get in my car and travel a little south et voila - paradise.
