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2015 Sage & Songbirds Garden Tour Garden #5 – Chill-out in an Artist’s Cozy Casita with Talking Parrots
Chill-out in an Artist’s Cozy Casita with Talking Parrots In most gardens, art plays second fiddle to the plants. But not in THIS garden where artwork abounds on every path, waiting to be “discovered.” When Mike Monfort retired 11 years ago, his wife Kathy suggested they transform their property into “an art project”. Mike, who holds a master’s degree in art, seized the challenge, and took it a step further. He created the garden to be “a visual experience…a trip in discovery,” he says. “The whole point is not to ‘notice’, but to ‘discover’,” he said. Mike knows…
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2015 Sage & Songbirds Garden Tour Garden #4 – Succulents Thrive Where a Pool Once Glistened
Succulents now thrive where a swimming pool once glistened When the dermatologist told this fair-skinned gardener to stay out of the sun, she took it a step further. She had the swimming pool removed and filled in, and planted a succulent garden in its place. Now, instead of adding water to replace evaporation and using electricity to run a pool pump, Wallace and Maureen Austin have decreased both their water and electric bills, and enjoy a colorful collection of extremely drought tolerant succulents. Additionally, the chlorine and other chemicals used to maintain the pool water have been eliminated and organically-grown…
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2015 Sage & Songbirds Garden Tour Garden #3 – Relax By a Bubbling Creek & Outdoor Living Room
Relax alongside a bubbling creek in a spacious outdoor living room When this couple decided they wanted a waterfall and pond in their yard, they started digging…literally… and the result was a beautiful, meandering creek and pond. They also lugged and placed multiple loads of flagstone and river rock to create patios, a bird sanctuary, and with the help of their neighbor, landscaped their one-acre property. Gary and Diane Swarberg are self-proclaimed “tough, do-it-your-selfers”. Through their tenacity and the help of their neighbor, the Swarbergs transformed an area that was “dirt, rocks and some native shrubs,” into a lush habitat…
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