A few (more) of my favorite things, Part III

Phormium is big in Portland, as I mentioned in the last Portland post. In fact, we saw it at both of the private gardens we toured in Northeast Portland. We were supposed to be able to see six urban gardens, but there were major problems with scheduling and the buses -- don't get me started.

Our first stop was at Darcy's Bloomtown garden. Like many Portland gardeners, Darcy had removed her front lawn in favor of more plants. Amen, sister!

Curbside bed as seen from front garden
Look at how many plants she packed into a narrow, four-foot wide space!



Phormium
Love that color!



Colorful combo




Clever garden gate



Now on to Nancyland! Nancy also removed her front lawn in favor of plants, but not before adding this humorous homage that made me believe that Nancy was my kind of gardener:



Nancy also included a recycled window as a garden gate. Note the nice detail of the marbles along the top edge.



Indeed, Nancy's garden spoke to me in so many ways. It was chock full of interesting art and recycled materials.

Impromptu sculpture







Bold color







Clever planters







And last but not least, humor
This says, "My garden kicks ass" in Latin. I couldn't have said it better myself!



To see all of the photos that I took at Nancyland, click here.

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Update: As requested, here's the dinosaur I spotted in the garden but didn't originally post. He's kind of small, but still quite fierce.