Gardens with good bones.....

"I like the gardens with good bones and affirmed underlying structure.....well-marked paths, well-built walls, well-defined changes in level."

Russell Page The Education of a Gardener

My Silverado Canyon garden in mid April is in full bloom---especially the Salvia greggii "Lipstick"---, accentuating the good bones, well-marked paths and well-built walls.

The Garden in early April

"Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense."
Phyllis McGinley.....The Province of the Heart

My Silverado Canyon garden in early April is a feast for the senses and takes my breath away .....Lilacs, abutilon, bacopa (white and pink), begonia richmondensis, tulips, iceland poppies, alyssum, viburnum, anisodentia and the magnificent western red bud all in bloom. Campanula, roses, and geranium incanum are on the way!