Back in June, friend of the GPOD Cherry Ong attended the Vancouver Hardy Plant Study Weekend and was kind enough to share photos of some of the gardens she toured. Today she’s taking us along to visit Thomas Hobbs and Brent Beattie’s garden.

Paris (Zones 5–9) has beautiful and unusual flowers. This relative of trilliums has mostly green flowers that reward closer inspection.

In this contrast in textures and shades of green, Paris is again in the foreground with other shade-loving plants, while the sheered shrubs in the background give a contrasting formality to the garden.

Here is a beautiful contrasting mix of foliage colors, with the only floral contribution being the pink blooms of the spirea (Spiraea japonica, Zones 3–8).

One part garden seat, one part garden art—beautiful and unusual

I love this sculpture in the garden.

Martagon lilies (Lilium hybrid, Zones 3–8) thrive in partially shaded conditions. The leaves are beautiful and topped by these incredible spires of elegant flowers.

This urn tucked into the foliage of the garden is absolutely lovely. What an incredible piece.

An edge of Sedum ‘Angelina’ (Zones 5–9) provides bright yellow-green color, in contrast to the darker green of the rest of the foliage.

Podophyllum (Asian mayapple, Zones 5–9) with incredibly patterned foliage

I love the texture of this mass of Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum sp., Zones 5–9).

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