tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76097580594081154232024-03-18T15:27:43.745-07:00Fiddlehead GardensDesign, Consultation & CareFiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-59668391753833572402019-01-24T15:49:00.002-08:002019-01-24T15:49:58.336-08:00Fiddlehead Gardens Awarded Best of Houzz 2019<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 54px;">
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-57402779220191876982017-08-31T10:44:00.000-07:002017-08-31T10:44:13.876-07:00Modern Kensington<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>A modern take on a beautiful Kensington garden</b></div>
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A family with small children were having difficulty utilizing their small patio space and bi-level garden.<br />
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The small lawn offers a wonderful play space surrounded by screening trees for added privacy. The low water grasses, pin cushion shrubs, kangaroo paws, & hydrangea 'limelight', add a soft yellow, green & sage color palatte to this gorgeous modern backyard.<br />
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-17890470280375912662017-08-24T14:20:00.000-07:002017-08-24T14:20:42.838-07:00House on a Hill<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Welcome to this 2014 El Cerrito Garden that has matured into a hillside treasure!</b></div>
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We chose a Pepper Tree, with it's handsome & slight weeping form, as the focal point.</div>
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The surrounding plantings include low water natives, succulents & non-natives</div>
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com191tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-52123142410556529922017-08-13T13:01:00.001-07:002017-09-20T14:29:32.605-07:00Trestle Glen<div style="text-align: center;">
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The goal of this home owner was to decrease the lawn size, while maintaining a small play area for their grandchildren and dog.<br />
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Low water salvias, ground covers and blooming perennials helped to echo the existing garden plantings.<br />
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The patio stone has just been cut and is in the process of being set and leveled with sand.</div>
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-56157134975921926942017-08-13T12:54:00.001-07:002017-08-13T12:54:50.107-07:00Color Blocks<div style="text-align: center;">
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-22515024596173943132017-08-13T12:51:00.000-07:002017-08-17T14:21:35.252-07:00Oakland Gardens<div style="text-align: center;">
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This Oakland family desired to have an outdoor space that could accommodate both adults & children.</div>
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We connected the hardscape with stepping stones and plantings, which increased function and flow to their garden.</div>
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We enhanced privacy by creating a natural screening along the fence line. Low maintenance/low water plantings were included to add pops of color. Lastly, we installed a raised bed vegetable garden that helped add the finishing touches to this marvelous outdoor space. (<i>Vegetable garden not pictured</i>)</div>
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This recently designed and installed Kensington garden has finally realized its potential! From the top tier patio, the homeowners can overlook the garden and spy a view of the Bay. </div>
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This No-Mow sod from Delta Blue Grass is a low water alternative to traditional sod. The small lawn will provide a play space for young ones. The blueberry hedge on the west side of the lawn offers instant refueling when energy runs low. </div>
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Below the lawn is a veggie bed planted with espaliered fruit trees and stepping stones for easy access.</div>
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The patio situated just off the kitchen offers a large area for entertaining. To soften the wall of the house, decorative pots run along the opposite side of the veggie bed.</div>
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Stone steps with decomposed granite treads lead from the patio area up to the lawn.</div>
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A mix of brick, concrete and ivy was holding the hillside up.</div>
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DC hauling took care of the demo courtesy of the EXCAVATOR.</div>
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Post excavation. The crew spent one entire day moving stone from the street to the back garden. </div>
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Dry stack walls being constructed.</div>
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The homeowner of this Italian inspired villa in the Oakland hills was looking for a planting plan that reminded him of the great gardens of Italy. </div>
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This small version of a 'Grand' Italian garden is planted with a hedge row of Olive 'Little Ollie', Phormium 'Black Adder' Lomandra 'Seascape' and Aeonium.</div>
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The sunken patio was made using left over pre-poured concrete pavers set in decomposed granite. The raised concrete beds are planted with Mexican Sage.</div>
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-27860822752184650182016-06-06T16:25:00.000-07:002016-06-06T16:25:03.348-07:00Moroccan Modern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This fun garden design project called for a contemporary fell with inspiration from the home owners love of Moroccan culture and color. The photos above feature a Navajo flagstone patio, blue pergola with 3"x3" slats on the back and roof to provide a respite from the sun and a small grill canopy of clear corrugated plastic to allow the grill master to stay dry in the rain.<br />
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Along the edge of the patio and decomposed granite walkway are two "L" shaped veggie boxes and a perennial garden just beyond the boxes.<br />
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To increase storage space a multi-use she-shed was incorporated into the design. Suddenly bikes and camping gear have a place to be stored and easily accessed. The steel lined dg path extends to a side gate that leads to the front of the house. </div>
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'Orange Cross' Kangaroo Paw hang out along the back side of the pergola. A great foil for the Moroccan Blue.</div>
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-68246969752123288202016-05-23T19:15:00.002-07:002016-06-06T16:31:46.302-07:00Strike a Pose<br />
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Striking plants I've come across in local gardens and nurseries. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A custom corten steel planter created for screening. Planted with <br />
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Penstemon mixed with Variegated Plectranthus and Aesclepias and Nasturtium.</div>
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-27373634087236248052016-04-18T16:31:00.000-07:002016-04-18T16:31:18.493-07:00Step it up!This lovely Kensington garden got a face lift with some new hardscape, lighting and bird friendly plantings.<br />
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The above 'after photos' show the new Bitterroot stone step and Connecticut Full Range flagstone patio. The plantings surrounding the patio reflect the low light woodland nature of the property. Also visible are the drip irrigation lines waiting for their mulch covering as well as 'Contempo' path lights from Hinkley Lighting.<br />
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These 'before photos' show the concrete patio that isn't visible in the 'after' shots. The view and access to the lower garden is much more inviting to people and birds alike.<br />
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-52556709079461179822016-02-01T16:33:00.002-08:002016-02-01T16:34:20.736-08:00Inspired DesignThis Berkeley Hills Garden is a work in progress. <br />
The design worked with the existing retaining walls and hot tub enclosure with the goal of creating a usable patio and play space for the home owners growing family.<br />
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Existing raised beds were faced and capped with Mangaris, a south american hardwood. </div>
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Here you see the steps leading up to the hot tub enclosure are no longer closed off from the remaining patio space.</div>
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-70482225691078922252015-09-14T12:46:00.000-07:002015-12-07T17:36:20.287-08:00All Grown UpThis San Francisco garden makes us appreciate winters in our moderate climate. A recent renovation in 2015 converted the lawn area into a patio space surrounded by herbs and blooming perennials.<br />
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After a single growing season, our Bay Area gardens come to life with flowers and foliage attracting beneficial insects, birds and bees.<br />
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This Berkeley cottage garden designed in conjunction with Planted Earth was installed about 3 years ago. <br />
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com115tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-6793767008562985412015-07-05T15:47:00.000-07:002015-07-05T15:47:31.903-07:00Woodland RetreatThis recently completed Oakland project called for low retaining walls in the back garden to support the sloping landscape and prevent soil build up from the existing Cedar and Oak trees.<br />
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The primary viewpoint and experience of this garden will be from the deck above. The goal was to create a woodland sanctuary for the local bird population will adding color and interest in the shady conditions. I used bright leaf color and different textures to create contrast that would be visible from above.<br />
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In the front we planted the existing redwood terraced boxes with native and low water plantings such as Correa, Verbena and Euphorbia. In the lower planting space a dry creek bed was added to break up the planting space. </div>
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-69194841584424465192015-07-05T15:25:00.000-07:002015-07-05T15:25:26.628-07:00Garden Face Lift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This small Berkeley front garden got a face lift by adding permeable flagstone walkways and plantings suited to the local planting conditions.</div>
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By eliminating the strictly linear front walkway we were able to create planting spaces that felt more naturalized. The flagstone path leads from the driveway to the side entry and connects to the main pathway leading to the front steps.</div>
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-87070905356378095592015-05-03T20:44:00.002-07:002015-05-03T20:49:07.071-07:00The Lawn is GoneThis garden in Oakland was planted in spring 2014. The lawn was converted into a native garden enhanced with non-native succulents and drought tolerant perennials.<br />
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The lush and cheery feeling this small garden evokes encourages bees, butterflies and birds to stop in for pollen and nectar from flowering perennials. Coyote brush, Yellow current, Sticky monkey flower, Coral bells and Santolina are among the native perennials in bloom. <br />
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-51510862253617561962015-01-12T14:48:00.002-08:002015-01-12T14:48:30.897-08:00North West State of MindOn a recent trip to Seattle I felt inspired (and incredibly small) amidst towering Redwood, Cedar and Fir trees throughout the city. <br />
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Despite the grey I found some bright spots.</div>
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A lone Pine bonsai at the entrance of the Japanese Garden located in the Arboretum.</div>
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-11494960443550644442014-11-21T13:30:00.000-08:002014-11-21T13:30:27.652-08:00Straight and NarrowThis garden redesign posed us with the challenge of turning a narrow space into usable patio space that could accommodate a future ping pong table and a seating area that overlooks the garden space.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working with concrete we designed a patio space that transitions into the ping pong area Between each pad are 31/2" cut outs to accommodate wooly thyme ground cover. The planting space along the fence contain Podocarpus screening trees.<br /></td></tr>
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More to come this spring...Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-74840161778405596782014-11-21T13:19:00.000-08:002014-11-21T13:31:10.468-08:00Material GirlThis garden redesign project in El Cerrito makes the most of all the wonderful landscape materials we have available to us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you see the materials used in the garden: Steel containers on the deck and patio, south american hardwood deck, concrete stepping stones and landing, decomposed granite patio and cedar veggie box and hot tub.<br />
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The challenge in working with so many materials is blending them together so they look and feel coherent in the garden space. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The concrete stepping stones lead to the cedar hot tub. In the distance is a mounded planting space with a dg path leading to a seating area. The plants chosen for the mound are meant to draw birds, bees and butterflies that can be enjoyed from the small seating area in the corner.</td></tr>
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-42266029622900413452014-09-08T16:23:00.000-07:002014-09-08T16:24:36.693-07:00Sheet Mulch 101We have done several sheet mulching projects that have resulted in beautiful low water gardens. Below are some instructions for doing this on your own.<br />
What you will need:<br />
Cardboard - <a href="http://www.urbanfarmerstore.com/" target="_blank">Urban Farmer</a> sells 1000 square foot rolls of cardboard for about $100.<br />
Mulch - This can be ordered and delivered in bulk from your local supplier. We frequently work with <a href="http://www.americansoil.com/" target="_blank">American Soil and Stone</a> or <a href="http://www.acapulcorock.com/" target="_blank">Acapulco Rock and Soil</a>.<br />
Hose access<br />
Pruners or scissors or knife to cut cardboard<br />
Containers or wheel barrels to carry mulch<br />
Shovel & Broom.<br />
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First calculate cubic yards of mulch required. <br />
If your area of coverage is 10'x10' and you want to put down 6" of mulch your cubic foot calculation is 10x10x.5=50. Divide that number by 27 (there are 27 cubic feet in per cubic yard) 50/27=1.85 yards of mulch.<br />
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Roll cardboard out over area being sure to overlap seams<br />
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Add mulch and water in and voila you've sheet mulched! <br />
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In the image below we have sheet mulched around a newly planted bed. <br />
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We used 1/4" clean fir bark for the path and Forest Floor mulch for the beds. Both are American Soil products.<br />
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-69808510102111019612014-08-08T19:03:00.000-07:002017-09-20T14:53:48.795-07:00Plums & PotsThese Prune Plums are absolutely beautiful on the tree. They are growing successfully in an El Cerrito garden. They are much sweeter than the Santa Rosa Plum. <br />
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I posted a photo of these lovely pots after they were refreshed in May. Here's an update.<br />
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-55623176291823153662014-08-08T18:57:00.000-07:002017-09-20T14:52:10.927-07:00Natives vs LawnThis small Oakland garden has been transformed from a thirsty lawn to a low-water native planting bed. <br />
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Planted in addition to the existing Japanese Maple are Baccharis pilularis, Mimulus, Carpenteria, Penstemon, Ribes, Crasula, Phormium, Helianthemum, Agave and Beschorneria.<br />
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Natives are always a great option for perennial planting areas. Especially when planted with Mediterranean, African, Austrailian and Succulents.</div>
<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-68432923988345313232014-07-17T17:30:00.004-07:002017-09-20T14:51:03.121-07:00Garden UpdateThis Albany garden was installed this spring. The home owner sent me these photos of the garden after his return from a stint of travel. <br />
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The flowering perennials and grasses are filling out and in full bloom. In the foreground you can see Lavender 'Provence' and Lomandra 'Sea Breeze'. Toward the fence there is a citrus and Salvia confertiflora that will eventually hide the tree stump.</div>
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Here you can see a walkway of wooly thyme in full bloom leading to the patio. In the back ground off to the left are Gaillardia and Penstemon 'Garnet'. Against the fence are the transplanted roses coming back to live and Kangaroo Paw. In the immediate foreground is Hesperaloe parvifolia.</div>
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<br />Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-13479643270995309892014-06-17T19:12:00.001-07:002017-09-20T14:49:03.467-07:00Signs of Summer<div style="text-align: left;">
As we approach Summer Solstice our gardens reflect the drought conditions by a shortened growing season. Many late summer blooming perennials have already popped and/or seem to be smaller than usual.</div>
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This photo taken in May captures a variegated Yucca in bloom.</div>
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This mature Manzanita reveals what's beneath its beautiful chocolate outer layer.</div>
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These photos where taken in April. This Berkeley low-water garden is already in full glory.</div>
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Fiddlehead Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610043672359883743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609758059408115423.post-48488678239472261112014-05-25T14:54:00.003-07:002017-09-20T14:49:25.576-07:00Growing upVertical plantings are a great option for small areas that need a little green or great way to augment an existing planting.<br />
Last week we installed Wooly Pockets on a fence that is the primary view point from the home owner's kitchen. The location gets full direct sun and is quite exposed. The natural inclination is to plant succulents but the past few winters have been cold enough to kill succulents that are unprotected. Here I used a combination of natives, drought tolerant succulents and South African plants that can stand up to the heat and take a little bit of cold.<br />
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As the plantings and trailing ground covers fill in the pockets will hardly be noticeable.<br />
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Below is a vertical planting that was installed almost a year ago. The planting was used to fill the area above the water feature adding a lush feel in this tropical inspired garden.<br />
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