Saturday, 18 July 2015
Music in the Gardens Tour, Long Beach Peninsula
a benefit for the Water Music Festival and music programs in local schools
ticket tour map
Garden 2: Lynda’s Garden
In this one-year old garden, all of the decks, fences, gates, and a unique water feature were designed and built by the owner. Beside the lawn, a stage holds inset planters with aromatherapy plants such as jasmine, gardenias, and pinks, and is shaded by sails that dance in the wind. A view of Loomis Lake is framed across the street through well-placed fences and a multi-grafted espaliered apple tree.
from the street
Our friend (and pro mower) Ed Strange had recommended that this garden be on the tour, and the day before he came over and mowed and trimmed the grass, saying “I got you into this!” It’s just around the corner from our friend J9’s house, and when Allan and I went to scout it out for the tour, I wondered why I had not noticed it when I walked from J9’s to the lakeshore park. Then I realized that was because my walk to the lakeshore park was over a year ago, and Lynda has done all this gardening and carpentry since then. When Garden Tour Nancy and I went back to see the garden together, Nancy was thrilled at Lynda’s can-do attitude. “The tour is July 18th? Great, I have a month to get everything done!”
from our June 18th visit: one of Lynda’s two adorable dogs. The other is a big one.
Allan’s photo
front garden from the deck
Lynda’s water feature and privacy screen
photo by Kathleen Shaw
July 3rd
on the deck: coffee and cookies
from a pre-tour visit on July 3rd
Lynda, Kathleen, and Allan
deck is on east side of house
Allan’s photo
Here’s the photo I was taking.
more refreshments
privacy screen, all planted and built in the past year
view of Loomis Lake over the privacy fence
espaliered tree
stone path
the fence from outside, photo by Kathleen Shaw
view of park, positioned diagonally across the street
peekaboo lake view
After getting a big pile of rip rap dumped on site, Lynda sat by the pile and threw the rocks into place one by one.
from the south side of house
south facing deck
the fire bowl garden on June 18th, with lumber for a project
Waterlogued
tour day
tour day: photo by Kathleen Shaw
the stage on June 18th
Waterlogued
stage on tour day
music in the garden
Inset planters hold fragrant plants.
Jennifer Goodenberger
Jennifer Goodenberger
Just remember this was all built in the past year.
the dog run door on June 18th
tour day
As we departed for the next garden, we took some last photos driving past the house.
front
south side
south side
south side of stage
Ed Strange told Lynda that her garden was a “Neverland garden”. She thought, “How nice, he means it’s a garden for children or fairies to enjoy” and he said that what he meant was that she will always have a new project and therefore never be done.
I so admire Lynda’s carpentry and design skills and the stage in particular. Her garden is one that would intrigue me to take a closer look if I glimpsed its intricacies as I walked by.
interlude
Lynda’s garden is on the east side of the Tides West neighborhood, and the next tour garden is on the west side. We like when tour gardens are close to each other. After crossing the highway, on the way to the next garden, we passed this garden which is one that I would like to explore:
looks interesting!
