This small garden I designed and installed was originally a simple lawn. I sheet mulched the lawn and transformed it into a compact bouquet with lots of blooms and pops of color, including orange marmalade bush, yellow monkey-flower, and purple 'Rozanne' geranium. The centerpiece is a 'Little Miss Figgy' fig, a dwarf variety well suited to a small garden. English lavender and California fescue border the front of the garden along the sidewalk. I also installed drip irrigation.
Hyacinth Avenue — East Oakland
A plain lawn, turned into a compact bouquet of blooms.
In this garden
- 'Little Miss Figgy' fig
- Orange marmalade bush
- Yellow monkey-flower
- 'Rozanne' geranium
- English lavender
- California fescue
