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Wow, that looks fabulous!
I especially like the fountain and the datura plant.
WOW it’s really pretty! Kudos to Sophia! &… er, you too, Neil.
wow
very floral! pretty.
i love all of it…it is incredible and beautiful and looks like a place for relaxing and healing and laughter. (my favorite part is the frog couple though.)
What a wonderful oasis!! xx, JP
very nice – i love the two seater swing especially. Did it rain right before the photos or are you the kind who water plants with a hose? I don’t think you would because it would probably kill the flowers… but coming from Sydney in drought right now all I can say is that I am very jealous!
Uh-oh, does watering with a hose really kill the flowers?
The flowers are in full bloom. I see a tropical palm in the background. Coming from the tropics, that’s a familiar sight. I got 2 HUGE fan palm in my garden. It’s posing quite a danger when the Southern wind blows during the end of the year.
Wow, what an explosion of color. I hope you have twinkly white lights to string about and illuminate it at night.
So colorful and well-organized! Very nicely done!
a veritable gan eydn!
Whoa! Did you guys buy up the entire Home Depot? I’m imagining their garden dept. shelves denuded of merchandise. So colorful–it looks great!
it looks beautiful
What are those yellow hangy upside down flowers? Those are cool!
Oh wow! Oh, and I forgot, you live in California. I’ve never seen a patio with as many plants and flowers as yours, in Michigan.
My compliments to Sophia, and you lucky guy you…you get to enjoy the fruits of her labor!
Wow! That is quite the oasis. Gorgeous.
Oh my gosh it is so BEAUTIFUL. It looks like one of those articles in “Better Homes and Gardens”. Good work Sophia
Neil, I think it depends on how you water with the hose. If the water pressure is too hard and it’s just blasting them down, not so good. But with a spray attachment it is fine.
Amazing gardening. Are the banana thingees the only thing in actual ground? or is everything in pots?
Just beautiful. Makes me want to make a cup of tea and sit there.
Sophia does lovely work. Of course, I would expect that of her.
what an oasis. I love all the little nooks and secret places to sit and relax.
All I can think of when I see that is, “Who is gonna water all those?”
Good luck with that
Holy cats, that’s gorgeous. I mean, GORGEOUS. Many hours are to be spent puttering around and watering, which is NOT a bad way to spend time. Enjoy it!
Finn, I hear you. My biggest fear is that it will be so much work to maintain this and keep everything from dying, that we will start arguing over it, like who does the dishes or who walks to dog. At least for now, it is very calming.
Nelumbo, gardening expert, if you are reading this — we found some ugly bug in the soil (a pest — like an aphid). Does this mean we need to spray everything with pesticides?
Now that’s what I call “blooming where you are planted”. I can feel Sophia all hopped up on life from here!
Dalhias are some of my favs..Lots of bloom for the buck!
Well done!
Not Fainthearted,
the banana thingees ARE the only thing in actual ground, except it’s really a huge Bird Of Paradise thingee.
Actually, there is also a small succulent – a Jade Plant.
Shelli,
those yellow hangy upside down flowers are Angel’s Trumpets or Brugmansia. People often confuse them with Datura, which looks similar but has erect flowers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugmansia
Neil and Nelumbo, what we found was a couple of earwigs, not an aphid! I do get aphids in that big Bird of Paradise tree, so I’m sure they’ll be happy to jump ship and go to my flowers…
Great garden.
It looks like a beautiful oasis for you and Sophia to get away from the hustle and bustle!!!! Amazingly alive with color!
You guys accomplished all that and dealt with the pigeon drama? You two are truly amazing.
Looks fantastic! Watch out for the scary bees, though. I hate bees.
Very pretty! Well done guys
These pictures make me feel so happy. Which, I guess, is kind of the point, huh?
Whoorl — Bees?! First pigeons, then scary looking “earwigs,” now bees! Nature is scary. I say throw it down and put up a parking lot!
And one confusing thing that maybe someone knows the answer to — some flowers want shade, and some sun, and some partial shade — but doesn’t the sun move throughout the day?
Oh my goodness! So cheerful!
Very beautiful! I love all the bright colors, and the fountain. Always wanted to have a little garden of my own. : )
So pretty!
These are not just a few flowers and plants: this is a shrine to all things that grow and are beautiful.
What a comforting a “time-out” zone you
guys have!
I especially like that last photo: it’s as if these plants are smiling and saying, “We like to hang around with the Kramer/Lansky couple… We bring them good cheer.”
That would be a watering nightmare in Colorado.And a hail nightmare. And a bear nightmare. I posted a photo of a bear sitting on my flowers.. Anyhow. it just boils down to “I’m Jealous” it is gorgeous and you guys deserve it.
beautiful… and since they are all in containers – NO WEEDS!!!
So you start your own ‘makeover’ show in the new season?
If you tell me this is the before shot I am going to have to throw myself under a bus
I’m jealous that she can keep them all so… alive.
Neil, actually, the sun stays in relatively the same spot and the earth moves, but the result is the same.
Wow, that’s a lot of prettiness. I long for a patio like that, and all those pots, and all those blossoms. I’m lucky to keep a palm tree alive.
holy cow, this is GORGEOUS. i would love to have something like this… as long as sophia came and set it up for me. and, uh, maintained it too.
Bre — we’ve only had them for a few days. We haven’t proven yet that we can “keep them alive.”
Way to go Neil….and Sophia…it looks great!
Beautiful and great work. Time to sit back and enjoy the natural high.
Thanks for the comment luv! I was worried that I may have lost all my favorite readers – glad to know not all are lost!
I’ve been meaning to log on to post well wishes to Sophia – please pass mine on. I hope that her gorgeous garden is a testament to how she’s healin’! ::hugs::
WOW! That is a masterpiece. Now I see why it took so long, but man, was it worth it. It’s like a tiny little outpost of civilization in a cruel cruel world! So peaceful and relaxing. I can imagine sitting on your porch swing in the late afternoon and just chatting with a glass of wine by your side.
It’s lovely.