In 2015 when Elliott and Anna Brandwene discovered this garden in Sebastopol, they instantly recognized its unique qualities, even though it was much larger than anything they had ever imagined caring for.
A cherry tree frames a view of grasses and the fall colors of Japanese maples.
An intimate, stylized landscape has carefully placed rocks and a stone path through a dry lake. The setting sun highlights the different colors and forms of this exceptional composition.
The rounded clump forms of The Lomandra echo the distant mountains.
A grove of stately Cryptomeria japonica.
This article appears in the October 2017 issue of SFC&G (San Francisco Cottages & Gardens).