Show #43/3404
Rocky Soil, High Elevation, Yet Two Great Gardens

Creating Intimacy And Warmth

Eric feels that though Barbara calls this an accidental garden it inadvertently exhibits a number of great design principles. For example, the use of the Cosmos and the Obedient plant exhibit the use of a great design principal - a light plant going into a dark border. This garden is right on the edge of the street, yet it has a nice sense of intimacy because the garden border provides a sense of enclosure, of warmth. The way Barbara has used the Veronica to border the pathway is inviting. It basically lures one into the garden. She has created very nice focal points with the Salvia and Echinacea in the back, the nice tall vertical plants draw ones eye into those sections of the garden. And, her use of three's to anchor the garden is spot on. The ornamental grasses exhibit that design principal perfectly. Barbara doesn't know why she always buys plants in threes but usually does. It just seems to her that it looks better than one's, two's or even fours. Eric thinks the best alternative to turf anywhere is a beautiful garden and Barbara has done that here. It's fantastic.