Pacific Northwest Gardening: Planning Party at Outta's , 1 by outtamygourd

outtamygourd wrote:
Okay...here are some pix to correspond with the "map." Note that the property slope downward to the northwest. We are on a rise and the north end of the property drops off to the flatland below. The house, as you can see, is set on the extreme south east corner. This was done for the sake of the water view.

So, here's the southwest corner, coming down the drive. At the bottom between the pile of scrap wood and the charred remains, there will be a raised bed circle, maybe 10' or so in diameter, which will hold the Cornus kousa 'wolf eyes' as the main focus. Just to the right of this is one (the main) entrance to the QAW. There is a small drainage which runs from the south under the drive and "empties" on the east edge of the path. Not a significant source of water and definitely no bog potential...there's one of those on the southeast corner. DH is going to line the path with cut log and it will be barked. I have planted 30 aquilegia to line it on either side.

This message was edited Apr 20, 2008 7:48 AM