Kensington, California--Blake Garden

Blake Garden's highlights include specimen plantings, bold en masse plantings, Asian sculpture, forested paths and a rustic yet elegant landscape architecture.  It further exhibits the diverse plant palette available to Pacific Northwest gardeners.  It is a wonderful example of what can be accomplished using simple materials, construction techniques, garden designs and plants.  Blake Garden is a charming and timeless meditative garden.  Trail Map

Blake Garden

70 Rincon Road

Kensington, California  94707

510.524.2449



Flaxleaf Paperbark Melaleuca linarifolia



Mexican Orange Choisya ternata

Lily-of-the-Nile Agapanthus 'Rancho White'

Maiden's Wreath Francoa ramosa

Lemonade Berry Rhus integrifolia



Madrone Arbutus menziesii



Re-Entry at the Cliffside Edge of the Garden

Approach to a View of the Bay

Spanish Bayonet Yucca aloifolia
with Red Heart Agave ground cover (Speculating on Both IDs)



Pineapple Flower Eucomis comosa

Japanese Sculpture in Background
White Flowering Japanese Anemone Anemone x hybrida in Foreground 

I Love This Color Palette!



Chairs by Loll

I love the rust colored wall with subtle graffiti as it meets the concrete floor and how both set off and ground the lime green recycled chairs by Loll, $580-  I've seen a house and an apartment complex utilize this palette.  It comes off very modern but grounded/earthy.

Palo Alto Eichler Home

Zone 17

Simple & Bold



Agapanthus 'Rancho White', Arbutus menziesii

Lily-of-the-Nile Agapanthus 'Rancho White' 

• Evergreen Perennial, Sun or Shade, Water or No Water
• Plant on a 1.5' interval for 1.5' tall ground cover

Madrone Arbutus menziesii

• Evergreen tree or shrub requiring fast draining soil and just enough water
• 20'-100' tall
• Whitish bell shaped flowers in spring
• Brightly colored berries in fall with wildlife value (birds like them) http://www.zoneseventeen.blogspot.com/

Sonoma, CA--Cornerstone Gardens

CornerStone Gardens is a great place for children, garden and landscape designers, weddings, art, shopping, eating and more.  Admission to the gardens is free.

Unique Shopping



Not your typical play ground or bouncy house.



Underground.  Stunningly simple & comfortable.



Alternative to the standard lawn and fence.
Contrast!

Contemporary version of something totally Japanese.

A Culvert Way
Dramatic enclosure to picturesque & framed open space.

How many

different pathways

will you

travel?

Playing with scale.  This boy is playing the part of an ant. 
Phormium tenax (not @ its full height in this shot) surrounds a giant pebble.

Contemporary Gate

Healdsburg, California--J Vineyards & Winery

J Vineyards Winery

While this vineyard and gardens are privately owned, they can be accessed from the J Vineyards Winery parking lot.