If
you were to come to my house, you would find 7 very full bouquets of
flowers plopped between in-progress ceramics. In full swing for the
Garden Conservancy East Bay Open Day is what's happening here. I
spoke to Erin over at the Conservancy in the fall asking her why the
East Bay has not been on 'open days' for awhile. Her reply of 'not
enough interest' was met by me with well I'm intersted. A bunch of
other gardeners came on board, even as it's scheduled for the awkward
month of July. Thus bouquets. My garden is in full bloom right now.
Weird. Huh! I nod my head in disbelif while cutting roses, snaps,
calceolaria, clematis, scabiosa saying to myself..if not now l when?
Part challenge, part experiment, part foolishness I'm cutting
back in the hope of cut and come again for a lot of things and making
space for a new crop of 4 inchers mostly from Annie's Annuals. Annie
has got year round color over there. There are a lot of flower
friends that I like to see that just come in the summer. Zinnias,
caliopsis, bachelor buttons, petunias, sunflowers to name some
favorites. And then there are the vegetables. I'm still planting
beans, tomatoes, various squashes along with a new crop of lettuce.
So
hope that you come for the open day to see how it all turns out. July
22. There is much more info on the Garden Conservancy website
www.gardenconservancy.org/opendays/
Ann
Leyhe of Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore has some color combo surprises for
you in her garden as does Leslie Piels of Toad's Potted Plants (both
will have their gardens on this year's tour) jJoin the three of us at
Mrs. Dalloways on July 14th
for a preview presentation, conversation and summer tea with berries
at the book store. Check out. Mrs Dalloways..www.mrsdalloways.com.
This
will be the last open garden here for a bit. The garden will not be
open the first two Sunday's of July as I'm doing this prep work and
also taking a few days hiking or glazing ceramics.
Next
year I'm thinking of organizing some workshops or something instead
of having the garden open. Not to say that this is your last chance,
but it is for awhile so hope you can make it on the 22nd.
In
the meantime, my garden adventure for the year here at home was
making a small meadow of california natives, a mix of annuals,
perennials, bulbs and shrubs in the front garden. Wanted to see what
could be done with color and texture with a new palette. Made for a
wonderful meadow up until now so we will see if supplementing with a
few new additions from Annie's and a major cut back will extend the
bloom time.
More
garden notes to come on the blog and facebook.
See
you in the garden, or nurseries,
Keeyla
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