Grow a Garden With Love and Imagination

A California dream garden

receive to Frank Villalpando ’s garden in Sylmar , California .

My backyard is about 10 years old . When I was in grammar school , I used to do gardening with my grandfather at homes in Encino , Sherman Oaks , and then eventually Beverly Hills . My ideas come from those homes I exercise on . My passionateness came from those great homes that had been landscape 20 to 30 years ago . you may see the vision of the masses who possess them then , and the vision of those who own them now .

Everybody has a pet plant . I know lots of plants , from my ‘ Mr. Lincoln ’ rose to my ‘ First Prize ’ rose . The odour in the blossoms can freshen up any room .

There are plenty of difficulties in the garden , from bad weather to using the wrong mulch . But just like anything , you have to do trial and error , not lose Bob Hope , and go back to basics . There are good year and uncollectible years , but balance is the headstone . The most important matter are proper watering , improve the dirt constantly with amendments , and exercising a set of love and a lot of imagination .

Looking out from a shaded seating area area into the garden , which is a saturnalia of vivid colour and flowers .

Frank ’s heavy oeuvre clearly has paid off with the abundance of fragrant flowers on this pink wine . Ca n’t you almost smack it ?

A utter daub to sit and enjoy the sweetheart of the garden .

Steps draw with blooms receive you up and into the garden .

Plenty of container help soften the edges of the hardscape .

This garden is for sure a paradise , and you could tell how much love , imagination , and unvoiced work Frank has put into creating this beautiful space .

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