(photo via Harmony in the Garden, Rebecca Sweet)
Rebecca Sweet's Garden
Location: Los Altos
Garden Design: Rebecca Sweet, Harmony in the Garden
Blog: Gossip in the Garden
Rebecca's Books: Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces, 2011
Coming Soon: Refresh Your Garden Design with Color, Texture and Form, Fall 2013
Garden Description: I’ve spent the past 15 years re-inventing the garden of my
childhood home nestled within the heart of Silicon Valley. My goal?
To create a secluded, private and deeply personal garden where one can
lose themselves for hours, despite being surrounded by such a bustling urban
area.
Consisting of several private spaces, infused with childhood mementos
from both my own past as well as my daughter’s, my garden is less of a designer
showpiece and more like a diary. It’s a place to play, experiment and show my
personality - and I love it with all my heart.
Garden Highlights: Succulents mixed throughout lush, traditional borders, including:
- - an unusual variegated Octopus agave (Agave vilmoriniana)
- lush stonecrop used instead of mulch
- succulents and perennials living happily together in windowboxes
- towering aeoniums (‘Zwartzkopf’ and ‘Cyclops’) at home with perennial borders
- borders of echeveria imbricata woven throughout, originating from my parent’s first garden over 45 years ago!
- lush stonecrop used instead of mulch
- succulents and perennials living happily together in windowboxes
- towering aeoniums (‘Zwartzkopf’ and ‘Cyclops’) at home with perennial borders
- borders of echeveria imbricata woven throughout, originating from my parent’s first garden over 45 years ago!
Australian plants at home in my garden:
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Grevillea ‘Superb’, ‘Mt. Tamboritha’
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Euphorbia ceratocarpa, ‘Glacier Blue’, ‘Blackbird’, ‘Ruby Glow’,
‘Ascots Rainbow’
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Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’
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Phormium ‘Sea Jade’, ‘Atropurpureum’
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Australian Willow trees (Geijera parviflora)
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Anigozanthos ‘Harmony’
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Bulbine frutescens
Extensive use of evergreen shrubs and trees (both common and
unusual) act as the bones of the garden and provide year-round color, texture
and form:
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Pittosporum (‘Golf Ball Kohuhu’, ‘Wheelers Dwarf’, ‘Tasman
Ruffles’, Tobira)
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Euonymus (‘Green Spires, ‘Emerald Gaity’, ‘Emerald n Gold’, Boxleaf,
‘Moonshadow’)
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Loropetalum (‘Purple
Pixie’, ‘Ever Red’, ‘Sizzling Pink’)
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Laurel (‘Saratoga’, ‘English’)
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Podocarpus ‘Icee Blue’
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Elaeagnus pungens ‘Gilt Edge’
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Camelias (‘Scentsation’, ‘Apple Blossom’, ‘Debutante’,
‘Setsugekka’, ‘Yuletide’)
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Manzanita ‘Howard McMinn’
Grasses and grass-like plants woven throughout:
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Lomandra ‘Breeze Mat’
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Carex divulsa (Berkeley Sedge)
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Carex secta
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Carex ‘Evergold’
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Carex ‘Evergreen’
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Carex testacea (Orange Carex)
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Blue Oat Grass
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Blue Lime Grass
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Blue Fescue (‘Beyond Blue’ – new variety)
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Sesleria ‘John Greenlee’
Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’
Fling Attendees: Please add a link to your post about this garden
in the comments section below.
Loved this garden
ReplyDeleteInspiring San Francisco Gardens
Really enjoyed seeing this garden.
ReplyDeletea sweet garden
Thanks Helen and Jason! I loved having you here!! :)
ReplyDeleteRebecca's personality-rich garden was one of my favorites! Here's my post: Mementoes and memories in the garden of Rebecca Sweet: San Francisco Garden Bloggers Fling
ReplyDeleteMy post about Rebecca's garden: http://dangergarden.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-garden-of-rebecca-sweet.html
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