Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Maggi Young on May 16, 2011, 11:55:19 AM
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The following text and photos are from an email received by Shelagh Smethurst, who thought that the efforts of this dedicated grower deserved an audience here.... I have to agree and have loaded the pictures for Shelagh.
Text from the email Shelagh received......
"For years we have passed this house and marvelled at the floral display in Tacoma .
Last year there was no display and we had wondered if the Asian man who owns this house was ill.
This year the display was back in force and we stopped this past Sunday to photograph it.
We told him how much we had enjoyed his garden all these years and he invited us to tour his creation.
We found the back garden to be as beautiful as the front.
He is Vietnamese, shy, very soft spoken, and speaks very little English, so we couldn't discuss too much with him about the garden, I hope you all enjoy this as much as we did.
Would you believe he puts his front lawn pot plants away every night and puts them up every day for people to admire!
As you can see a lot of the flowers are in pots. I guess this is so they can be changed easily.
The front of the house is not neglected,either.
There is a photo of the master gardener- I wish we could have communicated.
It is hard to believe this is one man's work and I believe he must work on it every day, all day long.
What an accomplishment, and joy for his neighbours."
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I'm not sure that the photos are from "this" year, but the level of workthe chap has put into his garden is quite amazing, isn't it?
Here are some more pictures... from the back garden this time....
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what a wonderful garden :o I wish, if he would live next to me /it has tempt me to make a photo of my neighbour's garden :-X/
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Thanks Maggi, I knew you would have the skills I lack. Not sure when the pictures were taken but the email arrived today.
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Obviously a labour of love :)
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What an incredible display and what work has gone into to creating this labour of love as Cohan so accurately puts it. This is not just a matter of keeping his place clean and tidy, there's real artistic effort and imagination here. I hope he and his neighbours and the passers by are able to enjoy it for many years to come.