.
All content included on this site such as text, graphics and images is protected by U.S and international copyright law.
The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of the site copyright holder.
Designed for Nature Garden Tour
Saturday, 15 June 2024
Designed for Nature: Garden of Lisa and Michael Moscherosch
This was once a two family side-by-side building, similar to the other houses on this street. When the family decided that their children were too big to still live in the attic the Moscherosch bought the other half and made it into one. Which also means that the two half gardens were merged into one.
copyright Wm P Woodall all rights reserved
Garden design, effectively changing what originally was mostly lawn to multiple separate areas.
There's an area for family cook outs and entertaining with a terrific pizza oven.
An area just behind the house with a round brick patio and a wall for seating
that provides a convenient, casual space for relaxing and socializing.
.
The entry gate has a stunning kumiko moon inset, and kumiko screening at the back steps and elsewhere in the garden.
Kumiko is a traditional Japanese technique, made of many wooden bars crossed and laid to form various designs and patterns. No nails or metal pieces are used, and the wooden parts are put together by adjusting grooves and angles.
A torii gate, symbol of life, growth, vitality, protection, and renewal, which
at a Shinto shrine symbolises the transition from the mundane to the sacred.
The woodland and wetland gardens towards the back are where native plants, pollinating insects, birds and more find their spaces.
Bold foliage of Heuchera americana contrasts with the thin lines of grasses.
There is a second gate, rather rustic in style. This one is made with field cedar poles,
guiding visitors to a small bridge over a wetland swale, curtained with weeping willow.
There is a poorly done stepping stone path. Sad, considering how well
the other Japanese touches were managed. Simple technique for a path -
rake the soil lightly. Walk at normal stride. Set stones at footprints.
A neat and tidy three-bin compost heap turns garden waste into usefull compst.
Daisy, daisy, tell me the answer do. Echinacea purpurea adds summer color to garden greenery.
.
An elevated tree house qua bungalow. Children no longer interested, we're told it has been repurposed for bee hives. I like the bamboo shades creating an airy screening below. And the Kwakiutl thunderbird carvings of the beam ends.
A nicely done rain barrel under the deck. Someone said
there is an underground cistern too. But I'm not certain.
So much to see, and so little time. One hour on just one day of the seasons.
But there are the other gardens to be visited. Did I miss too much? I hope not.
Back to June
Back to the main Diary Page