The Art of the Garden
March 16th, 2010 | 
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I had a wonderful experience yesterday. Our new neighbor is a landscape contractor, and he took us to his grower east of Ventura to find plants for the garden in out new home. Do Right’s is a beautiful, big grower nestled between the hills in the Santa Paula valley. Row upon row of green houses were filled with vibrant plants and flowers in all stages of development. We picked out some lush ground cover, a variety of coleus, several hibiscus, Gerbera daisies, and begonias.
We are in the process of planting them all, making our garden serene and Zen like. I was struck at the growers with the intensity of the color palate ranging from deep purples, to bright yellows. I was amazed with the variety of the different shades of red! Planting in the garden is like painting with a living medium. What a joy!
Take time today to look at nature. See how many shades of green you can identify. Notice how we may think of leaves as green, but they may also have yellow, red, orange, and brown. And notice how all the colors work together beautifully to create the vital art which surrounds us.
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Beautiful garden I love all the vibrant colors and the different shades of green. Most people are to busy in like nowadays to stop and smell the roses. But I will make it my business to stop and take the time out to appreciate the beauty of nature that embodies the world we live in. Thank you for your site.
A truly remarkable garden. I am currently constructing a small waterfall landscape in my backyard, and the colorful plants you showed would look great. It is truly relaxing to see a colorful garden, which is why I am building one. Thank you for sharing your pictures. They have helped decide what to use in my landscape.
It amazes me how nature is a piece of art itself. Nature decorates our surroundings. We don’t even have to pay ridiculous amount of money for it; we just need to learn how to care of it. The color, shape, smell and beauty that we obtain from plants and flowers produces a stress free momentum. It takes such a creative and passionate artist to create such a magnificent garden.
It amazes me how nature is a piece of art itself. Nature decorates our surroundings. We don’t even have to pay ridiculous amount of money for it; we just need to learn how to care of it. The color, shape, smell and beauty that we obtain from plants and flowers produce stress free momentum. It takes such a creative and passionate artist to create such a magnificent garden.
It amazes me how nature is a piece of art itself. Nature decorates our surroundings. We don’t even have to pay ridiculous amount of money for it; we just need to learn how to care of it. The color, shape, smell and beauty that we obtain from plants and flowers produce stress-free momentum. It takes such a creative and passionate artist to create such a magnificent garden.
Very nice piece of art created from a garden. I believe flowers and plants bring brightness and happiness in ones life. Your pictures are beautiful.
I love Gardens. I saw a poster advertising a Garden Tour here in Bakersfield. I think it is on May 1st. I was excited when I saw it, but I am not sure I will pay the $20.00 to attend when I can just as easily seek out nature on my own. There is something majestic about gardens, but sometimes seeing nature in the wild is mesmerizing.
Lovely garden. It is nice to see popel appreciating the nature that surrounds us. It amazes me how many people don’t see the beauty in our front or back yards simply because they don’t think to really look there.
I enjoy the uniqueness. Nature is beautiful in itself, but most take it for granted. It is nice to see one appreciate the beauty that nature can bring.
This is very interesting and that the garden looks great and that it is something that you should look at.
Today I went shopping around for some flowers for my new home. We (my fiance and I) have a half moon shaped dirt area in the front yard yelling at me everday for flowers to be planted. I finally purchased what I thought were the most beautiful, bright colored flowers in the nursery and delicately placed them into the ground. I must say how beautiful the yard looks now with the array of color from these small, simple flowers. It is nice to know that someone else really appreciates a nice garden and takes time to enjoy the beauty.
I really liked your garden. The flowers are very colorful and eye catchy. We have roses in our garden, but i always wanted to expland it. Looking at your garden gave me a bit of insperation.
Wow, these are such beautiful gardens. It makes me want to go plant flowers.
Beautiful garden. I love all of the vibrant colors. we are currently working on re-doing our back yard and this gives me some ideas.
I am always so amazed at how beautiful nature can be. This flower picture captures the real essence of natural beauty. My parents have always been into gardening and even take the time to water their garden everyday. My Mother claims to know when her plants are sad because she senses their feelings. I hope to one day raise my own garden.
I have always found the beauty of nature absolutely amazing. Some of the prettiest colors I have ever seen come from nature. It really is like art.