Garden #3 surrounds an historic home on the harbor with classic elegance. Jill and Chris Denis made us feel at home from the entry gate to the potager to the formality of the front garden to the spacious beauty of the slope to the harbor.
The Matilija poppy down by the water's edge was huge, well clipped to a tight bush, and I'm sorry I didn't get a photo of the whole thing. I got distracted by the comfortable seating area next to it, which, since I was sitting, didn't get a photo of it either. You'll have to take my word for it that the harbor was also right there. A very impressive old Black Walnut tree punctuated the lower lawn. Garden #4 is a property now in its second generation of family ownership and is now gardened by Beverly ash Gilbert and Jerry Gilbert. Tour guests enter through a wooded area, part of the 20 acres surrounding the house and garden. Then we cross the orchard to be greeted by a magnificent 500 year old Douglas Fir Tree.
Themed gardens lead around the corner of the house to the koi pond.A sloping path takes us under trees and down the bank to views of the sound. Watch out! Duck!
After some moments of serenity, sitting on that deck, we climb back up.We find a sunny sitting spot, and then the shade of that big old fir. Part 3 to come.
