Saturday, 7 September 2019
Castle Rock, Washington
Partridge’s Garden
The Partridge’s garden had been fairly recently installed by Backyard Blitz Landscaping, with one area toward the back still under construction. The whole yard was beautifully laid out and of interest even though it was so new, and the house itself, also new, had an appealing and pleasing design.




I so appreciated that the bark mulch is brown and not red. It makes all the difference, avoids that raw look and is restful to the eyes.

The garage doors were also soothing in appearance.
We admired the tilted posts on the house….
And, of course, we were most impressed with the pots. The garden owner told us that they were planted by Nancy, whose garden we’d see later in the tour and who is big in the public gardening of Castle Rock.
On the east side of the house, a tall privacy screen blocked part of the house next door, and the new shrubs were given room to grow.

We had wondered why not all the fencing between the two houses was tall for privacy, until we found out that the owner’s son lives next door.
Behind the house, we found a covered patio and more gorgeous Nancy pots.

…and lemonade and cookies on offer.
We were invited to go next door, through an open room and onto a pool patio, to see more stunning pots.
I do wish I could get the chartreuse ornamental sweet potato vine to thrive at the beach. We just do not seem to have the heat.


I had made a new friend.

We returned to the big garden next door.
To the back, this area is soon to be completed.
On the other side of the large outbuilding, we found a productive kitchen garden.



We continued our walk around the new ornamental garden.



We saw the owner of this garden again later, at Nancy’s garden, and she agreed that her garden could be on the tour again to show its progress. We would be interested to see that. One thing that I appreciate about this tour is that the landscaping company is given credit where credit is due. In fact, they were hosting this garden, but we did not get to meet them because they had gone to lunch.
Next: Castle Rock Nursery.
Nice to see a garden at its install. It’s lovely even though it’s not mature. And the pots are gorgeous. I hope you will go back and give us a second tour in the future when it fills in.
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Fabulous! It will be even more beautiful in a few years. I love the design of the home and the privacy screen.
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Gorgeous planters, and all the trees, including conifers – will look spectacular in years to come.
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