15 July: Ilwaco to Oysterville

Friday, 15 July 2016

Ann from Portland and Our Kathleen from Olympia converged upon our garden at noon for a day of garden touring, just the four of us.

me, Ann, Kathleen

 

We repaired to the Salt Pub for lunch…

…where we enjoyed the view…

…and tuna medallions fresh off the day boats.

Some money glued to the curb of our garden caused a moment of confusion.

Oysterville

We then zoomed, all in our van, straight up Sandridge Road to Oysterville and started our touring by stopping by a garden where Dave and Melissa were hard at work.

nothing like distracting friends from a productive work day

 

Peter and Linda’s house

Ann, Melissa, and David (Allan’s photo)

Peter and Linda’s garden

Allan’s photo

Just across a grassy meadow from the garden is the Oysterville Sea Farms, our next destination.  Ann desired a good touristy hoodie.

oyster processing room (Allan’s photo)

classic orange oyster basket, also great for gardening (Allan’s photo)

the land of oyster shells (Allan’s photo)

Ann picked the historic design rather than the mermaid one.

another customer?

on the deck overlooking Willapa Bay

Oysterville

at the edge of the bay

where oysters abound

Allan’s photo

mermaid tail chairs (Allan’s photo)

Next: The real purpose of our visit to O’ville, a walk through…

THE Oysterville garden.

the most attractive parking prevention

We are already ga ga over the garden.

Stakes mark the planting of a beech hedge.

peering in

Allan’s photo

I feel deeply privileged to have permission to enter this garden.

Ann, a plantswoman to the core, paid heed to every plant. (Allan’s photo)

Allan’s photo

 

I always start to feel a little weepy right about here.

Allan’s photo

The south side terrace always gets me all choked up with its perfection.

Chair backs echo shape of windows. Ann said “Of course they do, a true designer.”

further down the driveway (Allan’s photo)

into the allée (Allan’s photo)

the allée of Hydrangea ‘Incrediball’

Allan’s photo

the shaded walk in the back (Allan’s photo)

tree ferns in pots (Allan’s photo)

a monster thalictrum, maybe ‘Elin’?

returning to the allée

looking back

the vast, plush lawn

Allan’s photo

Allan’s photo

coming round the north side

Looking back…The wall of green hornbeam is the outside of the allée

 

love that little window up top

love the little fringe of begonias

This reminds me I need to refresh my own display of Allium sphaerocephalon (drumsticks!)

The exact moment when I realized I no longer have enough of those and had already placed my bulb orders.

the rose bed

another look at the fabulously encircled boxwood

inside the gate

at the front gate; I sit and gaze at these photos to see all the details I am too overwhelmed by when I’m there.

coming full circle

Allan’s photo

A friend stops by

…and joins the conversation.

from the outside again (Allan’s photo)

We depart both reluctantly and with eagerness to see the next garden, halfway down the bay.  On the way south, we stop to pester Todd at his job (formerly mine till he moved back), at his brother’s art studio…

The Wiegardt Gallery

sneaking up on Todd

Todd was so hard at work we almost snuck up on him.

The garden is looking wonderful under his care.

Ann went in to look at Eric Wiegardt’s art.

I petted my favourite plant, a slow growing, mounding dianthus.

And then on we went to another great garden.