Hardy Plant Weekend: Deerly Missed Garden

Friday, 24 June 2016

Hardy Plant Society Study Weekend in Salem, Oregon

garden 8: Deerly Missed

 Dave was one of the Salem Hardy Plant Society organizers of the tour.  Later that day, he was the MC for the evening event.  Pat and Dave’s garden, Deerly Missed, was far and away my favourite on the three day garden tour.  You can see over 600 more photos of this fabulous garden here.  I highly recommend that you browse through each and every one of those photos, featuring exquisite close ups of the plants.

The gate to Deerly Missed.

Allan’s photo

crow arbor

Allan’s photo; he was impressed with how well the gates worked.

 

the moment I fell in love

I overheard that Pat does all of the stained glass for the garden structures.

Allan’s photo

completely smitten with this sculpture

 

Allan’s photo

Allan’s photo

Allan’s photo: He says this whirly sculpture worked smoothly and well.

Allan’s photo

Allan’s photo

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Intensely fragrant daphne

thinking about how to make something like this

shade plants being protected by cloth

artistic framework for clematis

stained glass set into brick arch

Everything about this garden spoke to my heart.

 

a small walled garden area

Allan’s photo

inside the potting shed

inside the potting shed (Allan’s photo)

below the walled garden (Allan’s photo)

a new bed being developed (Allan’s photo)

work area

sadly out of focus but must use anyway

Allan’s photo

miniature car from Halfway, Oregon

At the evening event, we learned that Salem is colloquially referred to as “Halfway” (being halfway down the state or maybe halfway between Portland and Eugene), so having the coal car from Halfway means something.

I love big metal things in a garden.

wish my cannas in Long Beach would do that.

I had to ask about this: Asclepias speciosa (milkweed).

milkweed

It is fabulous.  I bought a tiny one from Annie’s Annuals this spring and cannot remember where I planted it.

I think I was told that the skinny leaved tree is a kind of beech.

I have no clue.

Allan’s photo

wandering around the house gardens again

a stunning little petunia

I thought I did not like Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’. This tour would change my mind.

a vining parahebe??

I must have THIS!

There was even a plant sale in the driveway by a really cool small nursery.  I was so overwhelmed by the garden that I could not focus on shopping.

I did pet the sweet, old Vizsla dog.

Allan’s photo

What made this garden my favourite?

It felt hand made, over time, by the owners, with fascinating plants, some of which I had never seen before.  It was large, and the paths wandered around so even at the end I found a section I had almost missed.  We stayed for an hour and could have happily stayed longer, but when we left it was 3 PM and we still had another garden to see before 4.