Roger Raiche 1 Maybeck Twin Drive
Planet Horticulture Berkeley, CA 94708
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The Maybeck Cottage Garden: An Evolution in Garden Style.
March 2002, Cal Hort
Beginnings
1. View west across San Francisco Bay.
2. View of the cottage (1926) from Maybeck, The Family View, by Jacomena Maybeck.
3. Gate to cottage, Oct 88.
4. Front patio and breakfast nook bed, Oct 88.
5. View towards front door, Maybeck Cottage, Oct 88.
6. View looking back towards front gate, Oct 88.
7. View from front lawn to west lawn, Oct 88.
8. View of deck and abandoned back hillside, Oct 88.
9. View of deck and west face of house, towards front lawn, Oct 88.
The UCBG Experience
10. View across native area, June 88.
11. Coastal Beds, Apr 88.
12. Mixed shrubs and herbaceous material, Aug 88.
13. Cedars' Globe Lily, Calochortus raichei, The Cedars, Sonoma Co., June 00.
14. Vitus californica Roger's Red.
15. Variegated Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden.
16. Pot of Cedars cultivars: Epipactis gigantea Serpentine Night, E. g. Serpentine Candy, and Carex mendocinensis Cedars' Gold, May 01.
First Plantings at Maybeck Cottage (Cottage Phase)
17. Breakfast nook bed, new plants, Nov 88.
18. Front lawn borders, new plantings, Dec 88.
19. West lawn hill (Helictotrichon Hill), Nov 88.
20. Back hill, behind shed, Sept 90.
21. Back hill, east end, new plantings, Oct 89.
22. Breakfast nook bed with Stipa gigantea and Verbena bonariensis, etc., July 90.
23. Same, with pots, May 92.
24. Same, looking southwest, June 93.
25. Front lawn and border plantings, June 92. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
26. Front border with Polystichum californicum, Iris douglasiana X, and Phormium Sundowner, Apr 90.
27. Front border with Miscanthus, Aster, and Macleaya, Sept 89.
28. Same, July 90.
29. Front lawn joined with west lawn, July 91.
30. Same, with Stipa gigantea and Hemerocallis Corky, June 93.
31. Lawn borders with various grasses, Sept 93.
32. Front border with Bambusa multiplex Alphonse Karr, Neomerica caerulea, Exbucklandia populnea, Astelia, etc. Sept 93.
33. Front Border with Acrobats urn, with Astelia, etc., July 93.
34. Lower walk, July 91.
35. Helictotrichon Hill, with Amaryllis belladonna, Sept 91.
36. Mediterranean Hill, May 91.
37. Mediterranean Hill, Aug 92.
38. Mediterranean Hill, with Lavandula stoechas, Fremontodendron San Gabriel, and Iris hybrid. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
39. Looking west, Mediterranean Hill, with lavanders, bearded iris, poppies, etc. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
40. Looking east, with Calamagrostis foliosa, Helictotrichon sempervirens, and Teucrium fruiticans Azureum, etc. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
41. Mediterranean Hill, looking towards Yellow Garden. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
42. Mediterranean Hill, with Echium wildprettii, May 92.
43. Yellow Garden, with Miscanthus and Robinia Frisia, Aug 91.
44. Yellow Garden, Oct 91.
45. Stipa tenuissima and Calceolaria Golden Nugget. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
Urns, Pots, and Pipes
46. Front patio with containers. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
47. Water urn with Glyceria maxima Variegata and Azolla, Apr 94.
48. Rosmarinus officianalis Pinifolius and Muscari in front of bubblestone wall, Feb 95.
49. Urn with Echeveria shaviana Whimsical Moon against background planting of Phormium Rainbow, Oct 94.
50. Pot with Yucca rostrata, Stipa gigantea background, Oct 94.
51. Deck pot plantings against background garden, June 99.
52. Various pot plantings, May 99.
53. Mixed pots with Pelargonium Vancouver Centennial. (Photo by Marion Brenner.)
54. Mixed annuals and perennials in pots, May 98.
55. Calla California Sunshine and Agropyron magellanica (?), June 99.
56. Urn with Acer japonicum Oregon Fern and Lysimachia Outback Sunset, May 98.
57. Iris, Coleus, and Pelargoniums, Oct 96.
58. Tradescantia Blue and Gold, with Oxalis spiralis Aureus, etc., Mar 00.
59. Mixed foliages and urn, Sept 97.
60. Variegated aloe, pelargonium, and sedum, with Aeonium, July 95.
61. Urn with Fuchsia, Hibiscus acetosella, Helenium amarum, etc., Dec. 01.
62. Urn and Bambusa Alphonse Karr, May 97.
63. Agave americana medio-picta-alba in urn in front border, May 94.
64. The bottomless urn maker.
65. Verbascum undulatum Aureum, Crocosmia Solfatarre, Begonia boliviensis, etc. (Photo by Marion Brenner.)
66. Mediterranean Hill with Yucca Blue Boy, Brunsvigia slateriana, etc., Dec. 01
67. Dry corner, Strybing Arboretum entry garden just planted, March 98.
68. Acer shirasawanum Aureum, Angelica pachycarpa, Podophyllum plianthum, etc., May 01.
69. Back meadow with ceramics, June 99.
70. Spanish tijana, or olive oil urn, with Sonchus X, Phromium cvs., Cyathea medularis, Himalayacalamus falconeri Damarapa (= Drepanostachium hookerianum), Oct. 01.
Found Objects, Rebar, Sculpture, Etc.
71. Rebar shrub, by Tom Chakas, with Clematis cirrhosa, Oct 95.
72. Carved head, by Marcia Donahue, on pillow of Acorus gramineus, in Head-in-the-Hole Spring.
73. Carved brick, by Marcia Donahue, and found objects, in Sulfur Spring.
74. Used tool sculpture.
75. Urn with Agave bracteosa and Echeveria Afterglow, with old shovel. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
76. Blue coat hangers.
77. New lawn paving and hortisculptural whimsy, Dec 95.
78. Dead Lawn Mower, hortisculptural whimsy, just planted, Dec 95.
79. Same, with Phormium Jester, Oct 96.
80. Same, July 97.
81. West lawn with paving and Loma Prieta Fountain (hortisculptural whimsy), June 96.
82. Same, with Knifophia northiae, Xanthorrohea quadrangulata, and Phormium Sundowner, Oct 97.
83. Loma Prieta Fountain, with Agropyron magellanica (?), Xanthorrohea, and Phormium, Oct 96.
84. Loma Prieta Fountain, with Oscularia deltoides. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
85. West lawn replacement paving, with Kyllinga monocephala in cracks. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
86. Rebar arcade and pavement with Humulus lupulus Aureus. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
87. Broken concrete pavement of new 'deck' with pipe bamboo sculpture by Mark Bullwinkle, May 01. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
88. Phallostachys schlongissima Rainbow Warrior, ceramic bamboo by Marcia Donahue, Sept 98.
89. Detail of same, with Phormium Marcia's Purple as background, June 99.
90. Upper garden gate, by Mark Bullwinkle, June 99.
91. Mathiasella bupleroides, Phormium Ed Carmen, and variegated Symphytum with steel bamboo by Mark Bullwinkle, May 01.
92. California Snowman, by and with Marcia Donahue, Apr 99.
93. Same, June 99.
94. Same with Dahlia and Cordyline, Oct 99.
95. Festive Snowman, May 01. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
96. Ceramic grotesque, by Gladding, McBean (for City College in NYC), June 97.
97. Ceramic grotesque, by Gladding, McBean, with Macrozamia communis, May 00.
98. Ceramic grotesque, with Echeveria, Calceolaria Kentish Hero, Oxalis gigantea, etc., May 01.
Architectural Phase
99. Rust Patio, newly installed, Jan 92.
100. Rust Patio, May 92. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
101. Rust Patio, May 92.
102. Rust Patio, May 93. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
103. Rust Patio expands to Rust Garden, Feb 94.
104. Rust Patio with pots, Apr 97.
105. Rust Patio, May 98.
106. Head-in-the-Hole Spring, end of west lawn, just installed, Jan 93.
107. Head-in-the-Hole Spring, May 93. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
108. Head-in-the-Hole Spring, close up, May 93. (Photo by Saxon Holt.)
109. Same, Oct 98.
110. Same, with Vitis californica Roger's Red, Chondropetalum tectorum, Cordyline australis Red Star, etc., Nov 99.
111. Sulfur Spring, just completed, Mar 95.
112. Close up, Sulfur Spring, May 95.
113. Sulfur Spring, with Sonchus palmensis, Cupressus sempervirens Swane's Golden, etc., Oct 95.
114. Sulfur Spring, Nov 99.
115. Detail, stepping stones across basin of Sulfur Spring, Nov 99.
116. Approach to Sulfur Spring, Nov. 99.
117. Firepit Terrace, just installed, Feb 96.
118. Same, with Sonchus palmensis, S. ortendahlii, July 96.
119. Firepit Terrace, and blue hangers, May 98.
120. Detail, Firepit Terrace, with Asparagus desiflorus Meyers and fluorescent cups, Apr 99.
121. The Maybeck Madonna, just installed, Mar 97.
122. Same, Nov 97.
Miscellaneous Garden Vignettes
123. West garden with Vitis californica Roger's Red, Cordyline cvs., etc., Nov. 98.
124. Pelargonium Charity, Phormium Marcia's Purple, Dec. 01.
125. Saurauria madrense with rebar rail.
126. Kniphofia northiae, Xanthorrhoea and Yucca rostrata.
127. Cussonia paniculata, Yucca aloeifolia Marginata and pots on new 'deck', Nov. 00.
128. Lapageria rosea, Chilean bellflower, Sept. 01.
129. Astelia woodland, Nov. 99.
130. Phormium Guardsman with Salvia africana Aurea, Puya, etc.
131. Urginea maritima and Stipa arundinacea, July 97.
132. Fall view of Head-in-the-Hole area at sundown.
133. Ribes sanguineum glutinosum January Thaw and Aristolochia californica, Feb. 02.
134. Pavement with Trifolium cvs., etc.
135. Head-in-the-Hole Spring with Chondropetalum tectorum, etc., Dec. 99.
136. Yucca rostrata, Phormium, etc.
137. Variegated Beschorneria yuccoides in bud, Mar. 01.
138. Same, Apr. 01.
139. Same in flower, May 01.
140. Mathiasella bupleuroides.
141. Same.
142. Upper garden walk with Pelargonium Crocodile, etc., May 01.
143. Urn with Acer palmatum Trompenburg, Pleioblastis viridi-striata Chrysophylla, Rhodochiton atrosanguineum, June 99.
144. Late light on planting of Yucca aloeifolia Marginata, Dahlia (Strybing form), Cassia, Cupressus sempervirens Swane's Golden, C. macrocarpa Saligna Aurea, Cordyline Red Star, Oct. 01.
145. Brahea armata in late light, March 02.
146. Trachycarpus wagnerianus and Musella lasiocarpa, Dec. 01.
147. Rebar sculpture with Rosa Phyllis Bide, Cortaderia sellowiana Goldband, etc., Jun. 99.
148. Aloe polyphylla and Iris chrysographes.
149. View across upper garden from Mediterranean Hill with Xanthorrhoea, Rosa, and Ensete.
150. Neomarica caerulea at end of day, Jun. 01.
151. Heliodiceros muscovoides in flower, Apr. 00.
152. View toward Sulfur Spring, Nov. 99.
153. Mediterranean Hill with various Agave, Yucca Blue Boy, and Brunsvigia slateriana, Feb.01.
154. Blue bamboo, Himalayacalamus hookerianus (= Drepanostachium falcatum) and Pelargonium tomentosum, P. Persian Queen, Dec. 01.
155. Detail, Firepit Terrace, Apr. 99.
156. Kniphofia northiae and Yucca rostrata, May 00.
157. Spanish tijana and Cyathea medularis, Dec. 01.
158. Plectranthus and Cordyline.
159. Podophyllum pleianthum, Oxalis spiralis Aureus, etc., May 01.
160. Gladding, McBean grotesque through the windows.
