Another Mystery Garden

I've enjoyed passing this garden in Fife every day for the last 20 years. It's on a road that once ran through the middle of growing fields which are rapidly being replaced by apartment buildings and warehouses.  The sweet and modest old homes along the road keep vanishing but there are a few that remain.  There's always something interesting going on in these beds but I've never seen anyone working outside. 

You can't see it in this picture but behind the rose bushes at the back there is a large plot of tilled soil which I'd imagine is a vegetable garden.  Behind that there are quite a few Monkey Puzzle Trees (Araucaria araucana) in huge pots.  They're a mystery but may be progeny of the Monkey puzzle tree in the garden next door.

The street is very busy, the shoulder is tiny and there are no sidewalks so one has to pull into the driveway to investigate.  I didn't actually enter the garden but took snapshots from the side of the road.

I remember watching this project go in many years ago.  That Alberta spruce was tiny. 

Okay, so to knock on the door to hopefully meet the gardener, I did have to approach the house and may have taken a few pictures from there as well.  On the other side of these hedges is an orderly fence with a lovely gate and a walkway to what once was a neighbor's garden.  When the properties here go on sale, they're usually purchased by developers as the zoning has changed.  The homes are either demolished or just left to fall apart. 

A view just to the right of the back door.  I so wanted to walk in and explore.  On this warm afternoon, the fragrance of roses filled the air.  Impressive was the fact that they were very well grown with no black spot whatsoever, unusual in our climate.

There was no answer when I knocked. 

The neighbor on the other side of the house is obviously a plant person as well. Notice the pots of epiphyllum on the porch spending the summer outdoors. 

One day,  perhaps we'll learn more about these two gardening neighbors who've added joy to my commute for so long but for now, it's a mystery.

Have a great weekend all!