Today we’re visiting Tonya Keck’s garden in Davis, California.
We bought our house eight years ago. It was a foreclosure and had been vacant for over a year. The kitchen windows all look out to the backyard. It was a jungle with many fruit trees and big holes where plants had been removed, but I loved it! Over the years I’ve had success with many types of geraniums, Japanese maples (Acer palmatum, Zones 5–9), roses (Rosa hybrids), lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus, Zones 9–10), giant bird of paradise (Strelitzia nicolai, Zones 9–10), and lantana (Lantana camara, Zones 8–10 or as annual). We invite the neighbors over for outdoor movie nights all summer long!
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Comments
Just lovely! Love that sculpture especially,
How wonderful that you and this house and yard found each other. You turned the house into a home and the jungly yard into welcoming garden areas. I can well imagine how satisfying it is to look out your kitchen windows nowadays and see all the beauty that you have created.
You had me at lemons (yup I'm jealous LOL!) and ladybugs! Such a peaceful looking garden, it looks so warm and inviting and I can almost feel the sun and smell fragrant California just looking at your photos. Nice work!
Gorgeous - You have given me yet another case of garden envy!
The second shot, of the rose bud, with the 'orange' (or tera cotta) chairs in the background, show your interest in both the small vignettes and in the larger picture. Kudos to you on an excellent garden re-make over a fairly short period of time. Hope you have more pictures to share soon!
I love the juxtaposition from bold, bright color to the quieter green spaces (such as where that bench is located) - that looks like a very lucky house and garden, to have you caring for it!
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