The Garden of Rebecca and Laird Harris Brenneman

"The garden is first encountered along the sidewalk, where a lush planting strip wand a row of fragrant roses invite the passerby to look and linger."

The many beautiful iris caught our eyes as the roses weren't quite ready to greet us yet. 

"a slightly sunken front garden features several large trees, under-planted with a variety of shroubs and perennials."

Notice the clematis (Josephine) climbing the apple tree in the upper right. 

Gorgeous rhododendron.  Pink and orange who could beat that combination?

The plants were all well labeled. 

Here we are going around the side of the house.

And down to the upper level of the back garden which features a couple of towering conifers.  Heavenly!

Simple and beautiful color and texture combination. 

On one side of the large circle patio areas is a rock staircase, on the other is this way cool ramp.  I wouldn't want to try walking down this ramp on an icy day but for most of the year, it's perfect.

Lots of great destination points in this garden invite us to explore further. 

Always good advice!

Rebecca and Laird create their own iris hybrids and have a test garden where they evaluate candidates for introduction.  Is this one incredible or what?

More beauties.

Another destination seating area.  I wonder how much time these clearly-obsessed (a good thing in my book) gardeners have to sit.  I didn't notice a weed in the garden.

The staircase on the other side of the ramp.  

In the upper left, the terraced beds are the iris trial area.

O.K. there were so enough gorgeous iris in this garden to make up their own post.  Do you know what euphorbia that is with pinky red blooms?  They make good bed mates!

  'Oxymoron' is sure swell!

After this staircase, there is a wood staircase and decks at the back of the house.

 Oops, one more iris for fun. 

Looking down from the deck.  On the left are Rebecca and Laird sharing their wisdom with a visitor.

 Looking down on the side garden that we walked through earlier.

The many levels, plant layering, great use of paving, and presence of a nearly 100 year old towering conifer give this garden a feeling of being expansive when in reality, the area is a little under 7,000 square feet.  What a treat to see this beautiful place!  Thank you Rebecca and Laird for opening your garden!