29 July 2012: a benefit for Clatsop County CASA
The final garden of the CASA tour in Gearhart offered a simple landscape described in the programme thus:
front gate
front walk
front porch
view west to next door raised bed garden
view from front porch into the garden
two sit spots
Most tour guests entered by the side yard.
garden bike
at the back of the lawn, a shed…
looking north from garden shed
view from shed door
I have to admit that with not much actual garden, I concentrated more on the nice little outbuilding. Once we we entered it we realized the interior was like a guest house or retreat.
wall between guest house and potting shed
window to potting shed
inside the open-front potting shed
guest house
window bench
guest house…game room
West guest house view of old greenhouse
The old greenhouse was charming indeed….
and had a table set for a party.
The back yard was ready for an outdoor evening.
an orange corner
Acer griseum
bark detail, paperbark maple
must…acquire
I am reminded, as with our visit to the Adolphson-Drafall garden in Astoria, that I miss and want to replace the paperbark maple that I had to leave behind in my old garden.
Up on the deck, the French doors were kindly open so we could see into the house.
home interior
deck view of back garden
and of the greenhouse and guest house
on the deck as it wrapped around the house
back deck
Allan takes a photo of me taking photos to share with you
lawn photo
Allan took a humourous lawn photo for our friend Tom Hornbuckle, the lawn fanatic.
postlude: Back Alley Gardens and The Natural Nook
Having seen every last garden of the excellent CASA tour, we went across the street to do a little shopping at Back Alley Gardens and The Natural Nook, two sister stores that sell collectible plants and home and garden decor. Because our own day of garden tour glory was over, I no longer had the excuse to be a complete spendthrift. But because it is such a good nursery, we did get a cart full of plants.
Back Alley Gardens
our purchases being totaled
inside The Natural Nook
mermaid art
beachy things
more beachy things
for inside and out
door to nursery
chicks
flower window
Natural Nook display
As we left the two shops, and as I write about the day now, I am determined to never miss the CASA garden tour again. It is a shame that five years of it slipped by us.
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