I wanted to share with you some beautiful "English garden moments" that I encountered while on a tour last week of the lovely Spanish home "La Casa Pacifica" in San Clemente, California. This old and gracious house is built on a cliff above the Pacific Ocean and is nestled in a Monterey Cypress grove. Next week I will write a blog post on visiting this house and gardens. But for now here is some garden inspiration for your weekend.
Walking through a garden on a beautiful spring day is one of the great pleasures in life. It is always exciting to see what the gardener has done and to find inspiration to take back home. I couldn't wait to wander through the charming garden retreat at "La Casa Pacifca." What a surprise to discover that this property includes a romantic English style garden. The homeowners are enamored of English gardens and go to the Chelsea Flower Show in London each year in search of new ideas for their garden. They installed a brick-walled double-axix garden directly imported from the grounds of the Chelsea Flower show and it is really something to see.
Roses growing on a brick wall and little garden rooms with cozy nooks to dream in...These are some of the elements that give this garden poetry and magic. I can see myself with a cup of tea and a good book settling in for the afternoon. This is a garden lover's dream.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh my Sunday, I am having a bad case of garden envy right now. I can't wait to hear more about your visit. Enjoy your weekend. Bonnie
ReplyDeleteSunday, this looks like a fabulous preview to all of the beautiful gardens that you mentioned were on the tour. I cannot wait to see more.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are having a wonderful weekend, Elizabeth
How lovely to see. I'm so enjoying the English Garden Moments in our garden. Hope you have a lovely weekend.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading and seeing more pictures of La Casa Pacifica, Sunday. These are lovely. I'm intrigued by the two (or are there three) varieties of Clematis in that pot. We have a ways to go before the roses and clems start blooming, but I spied one little rosebud today in my walk about the garden here.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and I adore the sculpture - do you know anything about it? I have always loved sculptures outdoors.
ReplyDeleteOh those clematis are stunning - never seen them that big before!
ReplyDeleteStunningly beautiful! I'm completely envious.
ReplyDeleteTruly breathtaking! I look forward to your post with more information on these beautiful gardens.
ReplyDelete~Emily
The French Hutch
WOW!What an amazing garden!The flowers are so pretty!And the yard is perfect!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful! Thank you for that lovely tour. I love Spanish architecture. I just planted two climbing rose bushes again a trellis last weekend. I not talented in the garden but for some reason this year, I just decided to take off. Planted gladiola bulbs, zinnias, cosmos, and lots of pots of herbs.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post! I've been busy pinning!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these lovely images.. I'm totally in garden mode..
Jan
Can I call this garden my own?
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