A Summer to Remember in Michael and Don’s Oregon Garden

An update from a glorious garden in central Oregon after a major bucket-list event

Hi GPODers !

Today we ’re returning to a garden we ’ve find updates on for over a decade ! Michael Follose first shared his Oregon garden in 2011 ( Michael ’s Garden in Oregon ) , and return his first update in 2019 ( Returning to a Garden After Almost a Decade ) . gratefully , we did n’t have to wait as long for the next update that came along a twain of yr ago ( change in Michael ’s Garden ) , and today he ’s back with a reflection on an exciting bucketful - tilt issue from last summertime .

My name is Michael Follose . Our property was purchased by my grandparent in 1937 and I ’ve lived here for 49 years . My husband and I have get off three late submissions to GPOD . Since our last submission in 2022 , we were select to be on the 2024OSU High Desert Master Gardeners Garden Tour . Being on this tour has been on my bucket list for ten . It was exciting to have more than 350 people touring our garden in one 24-hour interval . This tour is held in different towns in our tri - county area and is typically hold up in the largest city ( Bend , OR ) and is seldom halt in rural communities like ours ( Powell Butte , OR ) . Don created laminate QR codes for our most strange plants that directed participants to detailed information about them in the Garden.org site .

Although I started over 250 of our annuals from cum in our glasshouse ( foxglove , Verbena bonariensis , snapdragons , cosmos ) , we bestow to those with many misstep to baby’s room . ( Fun fact : you could fit 10 flats in a Prius . )

I start an Instagram report at the beginning of 2024 to document a lot of the work that we did in the garden:@mylifetimegarden

I ’m absolutely in love life with Don ’s QR codification plant recording label . What a simple and in effect way to give hoi polloi more information and memory access on some of your favorite plant in the garden . And an excellent pick to tag this beautiful Korean burnet ( Sanguisorba hakusanensis , Zones 4–9 ) , I ’m sure they would be getting endless questions about it otherwise . This might be the kind ‘ Lilac Squirrel ’ ( S. hakusanensis ‘ Lilac Squirrel ’ ) , ably named with its bushy , pink blooms that resemble squirrels tails .

Though how do you possibly pick favorite when your garden are absolutely packed with mythological plants ? Fantastic foliage and even more fabulous flowers seem to be never ending in Michael and Don ’s landscape painting .

Stunning planting and sublime quietude from every slant . The gentle phone of fall weewee and the orange glow of sunset make for an ethereal background .

I inquire if Michael started this sea of petunias from come or if they were all hauled to his garden via his Prius ? Either way , an impressive feat to get this bold and hopeful carpet of one-year bloom !

Also exemplified in the garden pond exposure above , Michael and Don have managed to rival even the most vivacious and colored sunset and aurora by mime the same colour palettes in their bed and border . Another urine feature film provides more tranquil piddle sounds while pay confabulate birds a water informant .

It really feels as though every last detail was call up of and each plant is a perfect companion to its surroundings . Even when stand alone , this smart pink dahlia pop off of the shining gamey sky behind in such a gorgeous and complimentary way .

But the magic come about when you ’re able-bodied to take a step back and look at a all-encompassing conniption . A fence can really make or burst a garden , and the selection of a light and buttery jaundiced was grand . A little more exciting than your typical white picket fence while adding some more color and not clashing with any of the colorful flowers that surround .

Of course , flowers and hardscaping are not the only elements that Michael and Don carefully think . Various Tree and bush also provide interesting colors and structure .

Lupine are normally a show - stopper in any garden they line up themselves in . Of course , not all get to be paired with a picturesque , nose candy - topped mountain in the background so this planting is particularly wow - suitable ( though these Sunday - loving plants often educe from mountainous region and several grow as wildflowers in mountain vale ) .

One last photo shows that every possible in of their property gets a hardy dose of color from bounteous blossom . Where patios or paseo are take , conjure up bed sum up extra growing space .

Thank you so much for this sensational update on your garden , Michael and Don ! And felicitation on your successful garden tour , I ’m for certain envious of the 350 + visitors that sire the enjoy your unbelievable space in soul . If you ever open up your garden to the populace again , transport a note to GPOD and I ’ll book my trajectory out to Oregon 😉

And I have sex that many appendage of the GPOD community of interests graciously open up their private gardens for local gardening groups and tours . If you host a group in your garden last yr , we ’d love to get a line how it went!Consider following the directions below to submit your photograph via email , or send me a DM on Instagram:@agirlherdogandtheroad .

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