19 July: Music in the Gardens—Barclay garden
Jul 31, 2014 by Tangly Cottage
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Music in the Gardens Tour, Long Beach Peninsula
a benefit for the Water Music Festival
Barclay Garden
The Barclay garden and its neighbour (also on the tour) were the site of Clarke Nursery during my first decade on the Peninsula and many the shopping trip I made here.
I don’t think I did the two gardens justice on tour day because I was having problems hobbling around, problems that distracted me from photo taking.
looking west: Allan got this photo of the meadow where once upon a time potted plants for sale were displayed.
the north side of the house (Allan’s photo)
the front garden looking north
in the front garden (Allan’s photo)
seating to catch the afternoon and evening sun, west side of house (Allan’s photo)
looking southwest-ish
(Allan’s photo)
The garden was established years ago so its shrubs and trees are mature.
path in front (west side) garden (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
I know that Allan took all these path photos out of interest sparked by the memory of how years ago, probably 2005, when Mr. Barclay had recently bought the property, we brought the garden back from much weediness and uncovered all of these little paths in the west side garden beds.
(Allan’s photo)
To the north of the house is Mr. Barclay’s kitchen garden. He has laid chicken wire on the grass and says it keeps the deer from entering the garden.
the kitchen garden
coming around the north side of the house
garden tour guests on the deck
Mr. Barclay in yellow shirt talked with Garden Tour Nancy in a white top.
deck on east side of house (Allan’s photo)
Refreshments were served on the deck (Allan’s photo)
The lawn below the deck sweeps across the bayfront in a smooth transition to the garden to the south, which was also on the tour.
Tom Trudell was the musician at this garden.
He hammed it up when I jokingly asked him to strike a performance pose.
Tom Trudell, who teaches and plays jazz.
The deck stretches halfway along the east side of the house.
a photo from a pre-tour visit in early June
at the southeast corner of the house
the garden on the south side of the house
I startled a snake sunning itself, or else it startled me. Or both. You can decide by the camera being a little blurry. (I like garter snakes.)
garden beds south of house
looking east on our pre-tour visit in early June
The hydrangeas caused a sensation among the tour guests.
coming round to the west side of the house
more floriferous hydrangeas
Next, we will go next door to my favourite bayside garden, that of Steve and John. From the Barclay garden, we can walk through to their kitchen garden.
a peek from the Barclay garden to Steve and John’s garden just next door to the south.
I completely missed the kitchen garden here! I like garter snakes too, especially since I learned they eat slugs.
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Good memories as a kid going to Clark’s Rhodie sale and trying to decide which ones to purchase with my budget.
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That nursery was a great one, was so sorry when it closed. Steve still sells some plants and does awesome landscaping from Gearhart to Surfside.
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