Get ready for a full tour of the garden. We will start at the fountain and look from right to left toward the hills. Then we'll turn around and look from left to right toward the valley. See? No walking at all. Just enjoy the tour and don't get dizzy! There will be some close-ups of the iris because we all need to stop and smell the... Well, you know.
We're standing in the center of the garden looking toward the driveway.
You can see the hill in the background, the greeting station for our visitors and the paddock fence of one of the stables. |
This is one of many barns on the property. It houses some of the smaller equipment for the ranch, including one of our transports: a golf cart. |
The fountain again, with more of the paddock fence and just in the left, a brief glimpse of the roof of the house.
The house and a bit of the greenhouse on the left. The solar system is a way, besides growing iris, to participate in the "Greening of America". |
The greenhouse. Remember what it looked like in the fog? Notice how the iris have grown and are filling the beds. |
We are back at the fountain and looking over the hills toward the valley.
You can see more of the paths and the lower portion of the driveway on the left |
Can't you just imagine walking down this path and stopping for a closer look at the iris? |
It looks like that's Gary doing some work in the garden. |
You can just see the bench. It used to be so easy to see, but the iris have it surrounded now. |
Now we can see the bench and the city of San Jose in the distance. |
I see the fruits of Gary's labor. These new beds weren't planted two years ago. |
Last stop - the patio. The greenhouse is to the right, so we have made a complete circle of the gardens. We could have a seat and relax with the tea, coffee and lemonade provided to visitors to the garden. Next time, I hope you can visit in person. We would love to welcome you.