September 01, 2024

There was an excessive amount of yard goodness and exuberance to include in a single put up about Daniel Sparler and Jeff Schouten’s Yard of Exuberant Refuge, which I visited on the Puget Sound Fling. Correct proper right here’s Half 1, in case you missed it. In the mean time, Half 2 begins on the as soon as extra patio of the couple’s Seattle house, the place potted crops and distinctive artwork work caught my eye.

Mossy gargoyle

Bumblebees have been snoozing late in orange dahlias all by means of our morning go to.

Tucked in

Time to face up, sleepyheads.

In the end I am going to DIY some painted concrete columns for my yard, like Daniel and Jeff have achieved. I merely love this.

Good-looking from any path

One completely different patio with a mosaic flooring and striped columns is encircled by a blue wall. Gargoyles and orbs cap the pillars on this daring scene.

The silver-blue leaves of a eucalyptus shimmer behind the yard.

Hydrangea, one completely different beautiful specimen all through the Puget Sound gardens on tour

Ferns and mossy boulder — may one factor be additional Pacific Northwestern?

They’re going to develop agaves too.

A gravel yard permits dry-loving crops to thrive, accented with totems that I think about are the work of ceramic artist Dustin Gimbel.

One completely different view

Turquoise flames of glass sprout from an orange-and-purple pillar, a putting focus.

Correct proper right here it’s from beneath.

A side path results in the decrease yard, by means of an inviting arch of red-leaved bushes. The silver foliage of the eucalyptus contrasts accurately.

In an extended sunny mattress, flowers like daylily and dahlia mingle with aeonium.

That pink arch

Daylilies

Dahlia with one completely different snoozy bumblebee

It’s fulfilling to see aeoniums popping up amid the flowers.

Aeonium and dahlias

Fuchsia too

View to the home and as soon as extra patio

Take a look at the variety of pots gathered correct proper right here. I examine at Hazard Yard merely how devoted Daniel and Jeff are to their potted crops. They bundle their most tender containers — about 200 — indoors for the winter. One completely different 300 get moved within the path of the home for the winter and dragged inside all by means of exhausting freezes. And one completely different 100 or so get sorted out one different means. That’s 600 potted crops accounted for as of Loree’s 2023 weblog put up! Little doubt they’ve acquired a number of additional by this diploma.

This engaging spiral cactus has delight of place on a patio desk.

Freckled lilies have been attractive too.

One completely different sleepy bumblebee. Will these gals ever rise up?

Morning glory and fuchsia

A blushing mangave will get the star treatment with glass starfish and flowers.

Tiled stairs lead up the side of the home, your full passage lined with potted succulents. And dinosaurs.

Crimson yard with aeonium, fuchsia, and dahlias

Agapanthus

No thought what this cascading, purple-flowered vine is, however it absolutely completely was beautiful.

A slim path alongside the home is change right into a showstopper with an unlimited, starfish-like aloe and assortment of agaves.

One completely different dino, succulents, and a Mayan plaque current additional causes to cease and look.

Nonetheless why not add painted spheres for good measure? Don’t get stabbed by that large agave as you squeeze by.

Out entrance, a painted-and-tiled pillar makes a centerpiece for an affiliation of pots and gargoyles.

Pots, pots, in all places — and pillars too

A lush shade yard close to the exit. Did I even see this entire yard? It goes on and on…

What a joyful yard this was to search out. The house householders’ marriage of their plant obsession with playful artwork work and painted concrete makes it exuberant positively.

Up subsequent: The dramatic, terraced Berk-Kessler Yard. For a glance as soon as extra at Half 1 of my tour of the exuberant Sparler-Schouten Yard, click on on on correct proper right here.

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