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Garden Tour: east side

1. East side, looking south toward upper lawn and the front entry. Cobbled pathway is overlaid
with fine mulch. All rocks in the garden, over 2000 in number, were brought up by hand from
the neighbouring ravine.

2. The vinyl-clad 'white shed' on the edge of the east ravine. The roof is made of hand-cut
cedar shakes.

3. Winter-flowering viburnum. Its pink flowers in winter issue a beautiful scent.

4. Heather bed on the east side. Vertical tree on right is an Irish yew.

5. The dinosaur sits on a single oddly-shaped rock, which has a bulbous base and a flat top.
Not two rocks, but one! I did once know the name of such an oddity but have since forgotten.

6. A pathway edged with rocks, leads around a filbert bush to the north side. Volunteer sword
ferns line the embankment to the right.

7. The pergola sits between the east and central parts of the garden.

8. The pergola sits between the east and central parts of the garden. The white-flowering plant
on front right is an oak-leaf hydrangea.

9. The pergola, looking eastward, with a decorative gate.

10. The main ride, looking west.

11. Fairy door at the base of a cottonwood tree. Our granddaughters sometimes find candies and
messages from the fairies hidden behind.

12. Pathway on upper part of east ravine. Filbert bush at centre, skimmia at right. The massive
boulders in the foreground, piled up during house construction, were later rearranged by hand.

13. A cast-iron chair (picked up for free on the roadside during 'clean-up week') illustrates
the size of boulders piled up by the excavator. The bush in the background is a skimmia.

14. View of the church from a cottonwood tree on the east side. The ornament on the tree is a
'woodwose,' or 'wild man of the woods,' an image from medieval times.

15. Glowing in the evening sunlight: the flowers of white phlox, perennial sunflowers and
ligularia.

16. Pathway leading from the west side down into north ravine. I made it wide enough to take
my lawn tractor.

17. Tree trunk on side of north ravine.

18. View of the church from pathway on north edge of ravine.

19. Steps leading up from lower part of the ravine.

20. Moss pathway below church, looking east. Overhanging branches are filbert bushes.

21. Lower section of moss pathway below church.

22. Upper section of moss pathway below church.

23. The 'main ride' looking east, toward the pergola. Red tulips in foreground, barberry bush
in the right foreground.

24. Concrete paver pathway leads from 'main ride' up to sundeck. This was my first attempt at
landscaping.

25. View from the sundeck, looking north-east.

26. View of the 'main ride,' looking east.

27. View of the 'main ride,' looking west.

28. View of the 'main ride' looking east toward pergola. To its right is our greenhouse, where
seedlings are started and tomatoes grown.

29. View from path above the 'main ride' looking north-east.

30. Clematis in full flower on post alongside 'main ride.'

31. Steps leading down to north side, made using large flat-surfaced boulders dragged up from
ravine. Bush on right is a Winter Fire, which features red branches in winter.

32. Birdhouse on edge of main ride as seen from path to the east.

33. Japanese maple in front of church, the leaves of which turn bright orange in the fall. The
tree was a gift from friends who had to move house. The flying pig was a gift from our son.

34. Metal archway leading to circle lawn.

35. Metal archway as seen from the west side.

36. Foot of 'main ride' leading down to circle lawn. The tall flower to the right is a yucca.

37. Steps from 'main ride' leading to upper part of garden. White and purple flowering bushes
to both left and right are Rose of Sharon. Red flowers are bee-balm.

38. Ligularia plants (dark leaves), with winter fire behind, to the left. In the foreground,
with drooping pink flowers, is a bleeding heart.

39. Looking from sundeck eastward toward pergola. Hostas in foreground, with red flowers of
day lilies behind, then Rose of Sharon flowering bush.

40. View eastward from the garden swing, toward main ride.

41. Another view from the garden swing, looking northward toward the church.

42. Flight of steps leading from circle lawn up to sundeck area. None of these boulders were
cut; all were dug up from the sides and bottom of the ravine, having a naturally flat surface.
Plant to the right side with white plumes is a giant goat's beard.

43. The church. Tree to the left is a cottonwood, tree to the right is a katsura. They keep
the church interior cool in the summer. The windchime is a memento of a holiday in Cuba.

44. The church as seen from circle lawn. Ornament above the door is an old cinema film reel.

45. The church front, looking north-east. The ornament in front (a framework with a chrome
ball surmounted by a frog) was won as a prize in a photo contest by a local garden store.

46. Pathway from church running eastward. Behind bluebells is a bed of Solomon's Seal, with
white flowers.

47. East side of church, looking west, with katsura tree at centre. Plaque on the side (below)
reads "Sherwood Letterpress 1984" and was made by myself for my home-operated
printing business.

48. West side of church. Sapling in front is a vine maple.

49. View from inside church of steps leading down to moss pathway. These were built to imitate
the ebb and flow of water on a beach.

50. Inside the church, west side.

51. Inside the church, east side.

52. View toward the east from inside the church. Ligularias are in the foreground,
a cottonwood tree in the rear.

53. Angel ornament on east side of church. Climbing vine in foreground is virginia creeper,
the leaves of which turn brilliant red in the fall. The rough cedar walls of the church
were made from telephone pole offcuts.

54. The gazebo from the west side. Built from scratch with no plans -- it just 'happened.'
A favourite place to sit and relax!

55. The gazebo from the east side.

56. The garden shed in which tools are kept. The lookout tower at the top is a recent addition.

57. The garden shed. Ornaments on the side are mostly Victorian-era cast-iron oven doors.

58. The garden shed as seen from the west side. A stained-glass window catches sunlight.

59. View from the lookout tower, northward.

60. View from the lookout tower, looking to the north-east.

61. View from inside gazebo, looking south.

62. View of gazebo from upper pathway alongside house.

63. Gateway to the circle lawn as seen from the west side.

64. View from path to toolshed, between trunks of white-flowering star magnolia. Steps run up
to pond feature.

65. Steps on west side leading up to pond feature.

66. Pathway leading from west side to front of house, made from chunks of broken-up concrete.

67. Pathway on the left side. Shrub on the left is a philadelphus, which has beautiful white
flowers in May, with an intoxicating scent. Flowers on right are big-root geraniums, growing
happily in the shade of a western red cedar tree.

68. View of gazebo, looking northward. Light-coloured tree to the left is a variegated dogwood;
dark-coloured tree to the right is a viburnum.

69. Evening sunset to the west.

70. Metal bridge over recirculating water feature, with a small pond at its foot.

71. West side as seen from pathway above tool shed.

72. Golden Rain tree on west side.

73. Front (vegetable) garden, showing pathway made from broken concrete fragments.

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