Search

the Book

buy

Hey There! I’m Rochelle Greayer. 

rochelle

meet

REgister now!

A Free Master Class

THE 7-STEP SYSTEM TO DESIGN A

Gorgeous
Garden

STOP WASTING MONEY ON ALL THE WRONG PLANTS  

Mix & match plants like a pro!

Join the Course Today!

I’m a garden designer on tv and IRL. I’m also an author and entrepreneur who thinks she can save the world by teaching everyone a little something about landscape design.

An Oregon Coast Garden Gets An Unrecognizable Makeover

March 11, 2011

This Oregon coast garden created by Mosaic Gardens is full of beautiful ideas.  There is nothing typical about this design.  It is is full front back and all sides garden renovation that takes a weedy lot and transforms it to a haven that you’d hardly recognize.

Lets take a tour – starting with the front garden.

You’ll see that that building has great views of the ocean from the front and side, so it makes sense to frame the view with a lush beautiful garden.

A single-story house with a newly constructed terraced front yard.
This is more the During than the ‘Before’. The gardens’ structure has been created with some small retainingwalls, steps, and a way to access the sidewalk that isn’t through the driveway. It is always best to work in layers when beuilding a garden. This is the hardscaping layer and completeing it first will make sure that you don’t have access issues later that will cause other parts of your gardne to get torn up.

A lush residential garden with a variety of flowering plants and shrubs in front of a house with the street number 662.
The After for the Front garden. It is now lush and able to creat eprivacy for the side garden. The hardscaping is softened and there is mystery created by the fact that you can’t see everything anymore.
A well-maintained garden with a variety of plants and shrubs leading to a house with the number 662.
After – The gravel driveway and strias to the side of the house.
Stone steps leading into a lush garden with a variety of flowering plants and shrubs.
After – A close up of the stacked stone stairs and the knee wall that retains the front yard planting.

The Backyard Stock Tank Water Garden

A stock tank, cited in the center of a stone edged circular gravel patio frovides both a focal point and a reason to travel to this area of the garden.

Remember if there is no reason to go to a place- then you will never go there. Something like this provides an excellent reason to walk through and actually enjoy the garden.

Circular metal fire pit centered within a patterned stone patio.
Before the plants go it – A sunken gravel patio has great structure and will let the gardners grow a water plants.
Metal container used as a pond with water lilies and surrounding garden plants.
After: Water lilies grow in the stock tank pool and the planting fills in all the awkward corners.
A serene garden with a variety of plants and a small circular pond, demonstrating lush landscaping.
In the foreground there is potted succulent and evergreen garden. Lots of special plants look great when diplayed together in a variety of pots whose color make a cohesive palette. The pee-a-boo view of the water garden below is the perfect way to beckon you deeper into the garden.
Circular garden pond surrounded by well-maintained plants and pebble paths.
After – The stock tank water garden from above.

Other Details of the Garden:

Catching my eye are the over-sized arbor over the ‘L’ shaped bench.  Typically you might see a narrower arbour over a single bench.

The planting is striking and bold, combining well known plants but in slightly lesser favored varieties.  (like the yellow Kniphofia and the fresh green Japanese maple, as opposed to the typical red)

A metal garden swing with overgrown plants in a lush green setting.

The L-shaped Bench and Arbor

Designed by Mosaic Gardens

Kniphofia and Purple leaved plants make a beautful tapesty of textures.

Creeping thyme grows over the stone stairs.

A winding garden path lined with assorted plants and flowers.
Lush garden with a variety of plants and a stepping stone path leading to a wooden arbor.

An Arbour Made of Birch Trees.

The Birch tunnel.

oregon coast garden by mosaic gardens
Stone steps leading to a garden path surrounded by lush greenery and potted plants.
The view from the sunken garden back to the potted container garden area.

The Vegetable Garden and Orchard

The Andy Goldsworthy-esque stone sculpture in the gravel courtyard (that is also an orchard) is a strikingly simple art feature.

A stone sphere sculpture placed on a gravel surface with trees and a corrugated metal fence in the background.
A garden pathway flanked by lush corn stalks on one side and dense greenery on the other, leading to a round stone sculpture.

Storm-damaged backyard with fallen branches and debris along a stone pathway.

The Before of the Backyard

Ogawa Kazumasa

Cherry Blossom

Ogawa Kazumasa

Dog in a residential backyard with plants and a wooden deck under construction.
A serene garden path with stone steps flanked by lush, colorful foliage and leading to a wooden pergola.
A dog standing in a disorderly backyard with construction debris and a dismantled wooden structure.
A serene garden pathway bordered by lush plants and a large decorative pot.
A large, round terracotta planter at the end of a garden path, surrounded by assorted green plants and a metal fence.

And the elegant bowl in the circle patio. And the use of purple leaved plants through out to give a unifying style.  So many things to admire…what is your favorite?

REgister now!

A Free Master Class

THE 7-STEP SYSTEM TO DESIGN A

Gorge-
ous
Garden

  1. Pam Thomas says:

    They are all my favorite. Gardening is one of many reasons I loved living in the Northwest for 10 years.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Does Your Garden Need a Makeover?

Learn my 7-step system to design and build a stunning garden anywhere in the world.



SIGN ME UP!

Join my Free Class!

Understand the 5 mistakes everyone makes when creating a garden. (Save yourself time, money, & headaches and get much better results!)

See how to work directly with me (but at a DIY price!) to
design and create your own gorgeous garden.