Just next door to previous the very low maintenance front garden, bright citrus coloured poppies welcomed us to an elaborate landscape.
The whimsically adorable garden showed a love of Japanese style.
From the sidewalk, one entered the garden through an arbour and over a small bridge.
The narrow back garden, considerably lower than the front, had been leveled and built by the retired couple and carried out their Japanese theme.
One of the gardeners had painted the back drop at the very center of the garden.
The other gardener had built all the gates, fences, arbours and bridges.
The ground dropped off steeply behind the south fence. I was impressed that they had managed to carve out a garden here at all.
On the west side of the house, a steep staircase leading us back to street level was adorned with musical frogs.
At the lower entry to the west side access, and at the top of the stairs stood two more Asian themed gates.
How much I enjoy a garden that strongly reflects the likes of the owners!
This garden captured my interest so much more than the previous two and gave me an insight into the lives of the gardeners that is simply not presented by a low maintenance garden.
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