Saturday, 25 August 2018
Cannon Beach
After touring gardens from Cannon Beach to Manzanita, Pam and Allan and I were mighty hungry. We had a delicious meal at The Bistro in Cannon Beach.
Energized, we then returned to the town of Seaside and walked the couple of blocks from Pam’s house to the garden that she has created at the
Seaside Public Library.
We walked in on the south side in a light and welcome drizzle of misty rain.
The garden is an education in plants, with six different types of escallonia so that people can compare. This side provides a visual barrier from inside the library—except for areas where someone else came along and pruned; those areas are filling in again.
On the north side of the library, a stone wall encloses a garden providing a view while reading.
Moving on around the building…
As simply a gardener of small things, I am impressed by the size of this project. The new building was dedicated in 2008 so this garden is less than ten years old.
I love the painting of a reader.
Pam’s gardens opened my eyes to using heathers, which I had always resisted because I mostly saw winter blooming ones of boring white or muddy pink. She recommends Highland Heather for a good selection.
This garden gave me much to ponder, especially because there are a couple of small areas in Long Beach that I want to make more shrubby. I felt very much like the “gardener of small things!” compared to this effortlessly flowing landscape. We intend to revisit it next spring when the magnolia is in bloom.
Our tour day was over with only an hour of daylight left. We departed, with the van scented by a flat of curry plants from Pam and we were home by dark after a very good day.
Wow, that library is looking good. I recall the old one wasn’t quite as inviting, although I have some happy memories from there. Yes to the lovely heather!
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I forgot you spent some time in Seaside! The reading room with garden view must be a delight. I’ll go inside next time am down there when it is open.
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Thank You for posting about the Seaside Library! Being able to save established trees around a new building, make such a difference. The Fir trees in some of your photos were also saved. Would also like to point out this landscape is designed for looking out as much as looking in. I wanted the people in the library to be surrounded with landscape, like a cocoon from the outside world. There are reference walking maps and plant lists available inside for interested garden visitors
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What a perfect day of garden touring. You fit in a lot for one day! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for reading!
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…actually, there are six types of escallonia!!
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Just a heads-up. The new site for Gardenrs World (and several other really interesting garden programs from Scotland and Australia) has changed to https://gardeningandcookingvideos.blogspot.com/. The videos are in high resoulution and you really see the small details that are so imortant.
All the best
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Thank you so much. Bring on rainy days!!
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Oh, I did not want this tour to end! I enjoyed reading about each garden. The library’s garden is beautiful. I love heather. I will have to try The Bistro when we visit Cannon Beach. Looks delicious!
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It was a very good day.
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