Getty Center Garden

Robert Irwin designed the Getty Center Gardens.  He had these words carved in stone on the plaza level looking down toward his design:

"Always present

always changing

never twice

the same

never

less 

than

whole."

Autumn Visit to the Getty Center

In different outdoor areas of the Getty Center, sculptures from the collection of Fran and Ray Stark are displayed.  This group is in a garden beside the entrance to the tram.  The first sculpture is "Mother and Child" by Henry Moore,

"bronzenightshirt" by Peter Shelton",

"Running Man" by Elisabeth Frink,

"Large Metamorphic Venus" by William Turnbull,

"Bronze Form" by Henry Moore,

and "Tent of Holofernes" by Isamu Noguchi.

My Neighbor's Garden

My neighbor's garden has

gravel  and brick

and stone walkways and stairs.

In the shade of an Australian Pepper Tree ( Schinus molle) is a stone bench.

Pots of Pelargonium peltatum sit on the stairs.

Iris and a Crape Myrtle tree

are mixed with succulents.

Garden Visit

The front garden is terraced,

and entered on stairs.

Giant Staghorn Ferns are mounted on trees.

Found and rescued elements are everywhere, the gate, pots and even the ferns.

In the back is an Asian themed garden with a fountain,

stepping stones and a lantern,

a red bridge,

ferns and shade plants

with a tiny pagoda.

Visit to a Greenhouse

The Monarch

I have been wanting to pull out the Zinnias in my garden, it is the end of their season and they are looking a little bedraggled.

But then the Monarch arrived 

and spent a long time

going from flower

to flower. Perhaps to get nourishment before migration.

I like to think it is one that lived on the Milkweed in my front yard.

Some White Flowers

All blooming in my garden now: Iceberg Roses,

Sweet Alyssum and Santa Barbara Daisies,

Lemon Verbena,

Tuberous Begonia,

and Mandevilla.