Marcia's Garden

My small urban garden has, over the past 45 years, become mature—that is to say, way over my head. It is an oasis, and a California world of its and our own. Unusual subtropical plants still intermingle with sculptures in steel, stone, and ceramic which Mark Bulwinkle, Sara Floor, Ted Fullwood, and I have made. Cevan Forristt helped me create a raccoon-proof koi pond. A collection of bantam chickens has the run of the garden by day and sleeps in the Poultry Pagoda (Chicken Kremlin) by night. I have added a "beach," a faux eroded landfill of pebbles and shards. The ex-driveway is now the Big Beauty Garden, where strong colors and bold foliage embrace a beatific 10-foot-tall ceramic female figure. The "National Collection of Bambusa ceramica" continues to increase in size and varieties. The garden never holds still.

This garden's estimated size is 3,000 sq. feet.

Open Days 2024: Saturday, October 19
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.