38th Annual Garden Tour

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es, including New Zealand Flax, Little Becca Flax Lily, Lilac Beauty Lily
Turf, Silver dragon Lily Turf,
Dwarfed Lily of the Nile, and Mondo Grass span the front garden for
the home of Jaydene Davis at 537
Grand Avenue. White impatiens
border the front of the garden designed to allow filtered privacy, yet
still inviting access to the wide front
porch. The north and south ends of
the porch open to small private gardens: the south garden contains azaleas and alyssum spilling over stepping stones leading to a raised deck
for viewing the stars, with the south
end opening to a fern grotto with
stepping stones accessing an outside
deck designed for entertaining.
Gretchen and Victor Robinette
are the proud owners of the home at
921 Indiana Avenue. There were a
few aspects that the owners strove
for in their garden that were quite
important to them. These are seclusion, a piece of Asia - which they
came to love while living in
Malaysia and a garden to delight the
senses. The garden is three and onehalf years old. In designing this current garden the owners wanted a retreat from city life and privacy from
the townhouses at the west side of
their property. The garden features a
variety of bamboo that rings the
property. This provides a cool retreat in the summer as well as privacy throughout the year. All of the
roses in the garden are highly scented as are the Asian lilies, gingers,
Pikake and Stephanotis. The Redwood deck at the back of the house
is where the Robinettes spend many
hours with family and friends. The
deck and garden are the center of
their lives at home. The garden is
maintained and “updated” by the
owner, Gretchen Robinette.
In addition to the Garden Tour,
South Pasadena Beautiful holds an
annual meeting in June. The
keynote speaker for the 2008 annual
meeting will be Alexander Robinson, the author of a new book on
green architecture in buildings and
landscape. The meeting is open to
the public, and will be held on Monday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the South
Pasadena Library Community
Room.
Sponsored by South Pasadena Beautiful Inc.
38th Annual Garden Tour
Bring a plant for the plant swap
at 921 Indiana Avenue
The Garden Tour is FREE to the public
Sunday, April 13, 2008, from 1pm to 4pm
(RAIN DATE IF NECESSARY IS APRIL 20)
Participating homes are:
#1 - 530 Sterling Place
#2 - 704 Sterling Place
#3 - 537 Grand Avenue
#4 - 921 Indiana Avenue
MIKA
COLOR
323-254-4116
mikacolor@aol.com
6000 Monterey Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90042
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