speaking engagement details
Seattle Garden Club, 10/16/07
Wednesday, 17th October 2007
Seattle Garden Club
10/16/07
From Heronswood to Windcliff
Dan Hinkley
www.danieljhinkley.com
My second garden called Windcliff, a property named by the first residents of this land, is five acres in size and on the end of a dead end road near Indianola, WA. The property was purchased in 2000 and though some garden structure existed, our gardening approach did not commence until 2002. Construction of the house and 'garden proper' began in early 2003 and we moved to the property in early summer of 2004. This presentation is meant to illustrate the attempt to design a house and garden as one entity while using the lay of land and sense of place for its inspiration. I have listed some of the major plant species illustrated in these slides, however as this is primarily a design focused talk, not all are listed.
Slide List
1-4. Introduction
5. Yellow Island, Orcas Archipelago
6-7. Winter at Heronswoood
8. Yellow Border, Heronswood
9-10. Carpinus espalier at Heronswood
11-12. Perennial Borders, Heronswood
13-15. Combining children and pets with plants
16-17. Mt. Roberts, Juneau, Importance of Foliage
18. Snow on Puget Sound, Kurt Solmenson
19 Bainbridge Island from Windcliff
20. View of entrance into property
21. Puget Sound
22.. Existing house and landscape
23. Vantage of property.
24-27. Pacific Madrone, Arbutus menziesii, as primary driver
28. Trachycarpus fortunei
29-30. Existing Property
31. Map of Project
32.36. Initial Planting, Phase I
37-44. Marine Invertebrate Influenced Craft-asian Style
Pebble mosaic, Jeff Bale; Light Fixtures, James Minson
45-47. Privacy. Eucalyptus neglecta, Eucalyptus glaucescens, Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’, Pyracanthua ‘Gold Rusg’
48-49. Phase II underway, Cortaderia selloana
50-53. Phase I revisited, Lobelia tupa, Embothrium coccineum
54-55. Construction 2003-2004
56-58. Aerial Overview
59. Glimpse in the upper ‘arboretum’
60-70. Construction of terraces, pools, rills and falls
71-72 Planting and growing 2004-2005
Subjects in upper terrace
73. Aloe striatula
74. Aloe polyphylla
75-76. Fasicularia bicolor and Dyckia ( Bromeliads )
77. Opuntia imbricata
78. Opuntia macrorrhiza
79. Yucca pallida
80. Yucca aloifolia ‘Variegata’
81. Salvia involucratra with Sophora microphylla
82. Agave americana var. protoamericana with Salvia elegans
83. Caesalpinia gilesii
84-85. Phormium tenax.
86-98. Construction of water works and bog. Typha minima, Typha javanica Vareigata, , stone pillows by Marcia Donahue
99. . Infinity Pool, stone head by Marcia Donahue, Yucca rostrata
100-104. Birds and Bird Dogs in the garden
105-109. Framing/Hiding. Genista aetnensis, Lobelia tupa, Solanum x crispum ‘Glesnevin’, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Imbricata Pendula’
110-111. Geranium robustum HSA 142, western fire terrace with rill, overplanting
112.. Agapanthus x praecox
113. Agapanthus Loch Hope
114. Agapanthus Blue Leap
115. Agapanthus inapertus ‘Graskop
116. Agapanthus seed heads with Lobelia tupa in late summer
117-118. Gladiolus garnieri
119. Eucomis pole-evansii
120. Beschorneria ‘Ding Dong’
121. Melianthus majar ‘Antanow’s Blue’
122-123. Convolvulus cneorum
124. Fabiana imbricata var. violacea
Grasses
124. Stipa gigantean
125. Stipa tenuissima
126. Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
127-128. Panicum virgatum ‘Amber Wave’
129. Paniicum virgatum ‘Northwind’
130-133. Cortaderia fulvida
134. Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila’ ( planted too closely )
135. Molinia caerulea ‘Strallenquelle’ ( planted too closely)
136. Molina caerulea ‘Skyracer’
137. Ichryolepsis verticillata ( Restio)
138. Rhodocoma capensis ( Restio)
139-146. Northside Courtyard Plantings, Ceramic Bamboo, Marcia Donahue; Metal Bamboo, Mark Bulwinkle Beesia deltophylla, Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’, Disporum cantoniense, Schefflera alpinia, Schefflera taiwaniana, Schefflera delavayi.
147-150. Prayer Flags and Conclusion