These may be for Lavender but I love them. Thank you!

Breezy- Thanks for the pictures! Your garden is beautiful and I can tell you live in western Washington. What lovely trees and greenery in the background. Are those cedars in the last picture?

I can see why you wanted more windows...and didn't want to lose the french door in the new dining room! The secret path is great...I'm guessing your little boy loves that part of the garden :)

You got a lot of snow, too! We have about 8 inches, but it's drifted around, so it's 3 inches in one spot and 14 in another. It just quit snowing and the blizzard warning expired about ten minutes ago. Typical February weather in eastern Washington...and it sounds like you're getting more of it, lately, over there, too!

Have you finalized your remodel plans? I love your marble for the island (I think I forgot to comment on that post!) Anyway, I look forward to seeing all the progress on your beautiful remodel...and spring garden pictures!!!

Anyone can look! Thanks Adrienne. And you're welcome.

Lavender--You're welcome too! The conifers in the last pic are Doug firs. Notice DS's collection of cones on the flagstone patio. He doesn't gravitate to my secret path for some reason. He likes the new kitchen garden with all the paths better. It might be because he finds all kinds of tasty things to eat on his wanderings there.

Wow, I just noticed how much moss is covering the small brick patio out
the French doors in the first pic! I'm a great moss grower, that's for sure!

Keep warm!

Just beautiful, Breezygirl! Some very nice design. Wish you lived next door. :)

Thanks Rosie. I wish you lived next door too instead of my nasty neighbors who once called me names yelling across our yards while I was having a conversation in my driveway with a city water official. Real classy.

Wow! What a beautiful view Breeygirl! You're lucky you have such a great garden between you and your nasty neighbor - I only have about 12 feet and a sparse evergreen between me and mine!

Thanks Rachel. And I LOVE your kitchen!

I should have mentioned that we built every structure you see, and we planted every single plant (trees included) in that yard except the two very tall conifers. The "before" pics are awful!

I LOVE the view from your kitchen window. I like how serene it feels with the subtle pops of yellow. Unfortunately my kitchen is up higher then gardens and I don't have a super nice view right now, but I'm wokring on expanding my gardens out into my yard, so hopefully soon I'll have a lovely view as well.

I love the soft golds in the spring after I've been sun-starved for months. When those plants fully come to life around the kitchen, all of the visible soil is covered. The golds fade a bit mid-summer to make way for the daylilies and for the blues and purples of the hydrangeas. Good luck with your gardens. We've been working hard for about 10 years to reach this point. It's soooo worth the work in the end. Good luck!

Breezy, I need to re-landscape my front yard this spring. Maybe you could make a trip to Denver and help me figure out what we should do! If you don't plan landscapes professionally, you should! Wonderful gardens and landscaping! Thanks so much for sharing.

Hi Flwrs. Never been to Denver! I would love to be able to grow Agastaches like you can there. I'm not a pro. Just have a passion for plants, and I live in one of the world's best gardening climes. My grandparents used to breed Begonias in underground greenhouse tunnels under their yard. It was amazing. I still remember the hummusy smell to this day. I guess that's where I fell in love with plants! Anyway, thanks for the compliments!

What a great reminder to think of views out the windows. Good inspiration for us! Thanks, BreezyGirl!

You're welcome Florantha!

Lavender--I forgot to answer your question about our plans. I'm making the final decision on the placement of the new deck door this weekend. I hired our ex-contractor, who does very good work, to do the framing NEXT WEEK!!! I can't believe I actually HIRED someone to START work!!! I've been waiting so many months to get started. I need one more quote on the windows before I order just to check pricing, but couldn't get to that at the end of this week with all the snow and two fussy kids. This weekend I also need to finalize my cab/drawer layout so I can get final quotes by the end of next week. Hurray for forward progress!

Adorable gardens!