Indah Bulan At Home... our garden

FIELD NOTES:

Potted Boston Fern for our shady garden In creating our own garden, we actually do not have much time, but we do enjoy creating garden rooms for ourselves and our guests. By creating these outdoor rooms, we have been able to double the amount of usable space we have. By being smart about what these rooms are used for, we eliminate redundant uses. For instance, having a place where I can close myself off from all distractions helps me listen to my own spirit and just relax. When ever I am in my meditation garden I am always at peace... and therefore, ready to help others create their own spaces.
As a landscape architect, I am particularly interested in using plant materials to solve problems. Planting deciduous trees provides us with a shady summer and a warmer winter. It is just logical to do our part in conserving energy. For more information about Green Gardening visit our Organic Page. Every little bit helps. These trees also provide year round change to the garden, from Fall color to interesting branching patterns, to the anticipation of spring buds... and then summer shade! We have used evergreen plants to screen unwanted views and to provide year round privacy. Our garden is always in transition, we love to experiment with water especially. We have eliminated about 30% of our grass, and this Fall we plan to eliminate another 40%---eventually ridding ourselves of this water thirsty expense.

Hope you enjoy the photos below! More to come as it grows.

Our Alfresco seating area	I painted a game table for summer!	Beautiful Iris foliage
peaceful sound and visuals	Front Garden and Lexie	Spring color, front garden
Fountain made from found art	Sunlight on kangaroo paw	Altar / Totem in the garden
Entry Gate to Back Garden	Lexie's spot!	Spring Flowers
Snowball Viburnum	My all time favorite bloom	White Climbing Roses
Our new friend in the garden, Bunny	Chandelier over dinning table	Birds are welcome in our garden
iron chandelier	Fall natural lighting	Sweet
The colors of Fall	Snowball Viburnum in Fall	Beautiful Fall Foliage
Fall snowballs!	Fountain in outdoor seating area	Stephanotis blooming
Beautiful Echium in bloom	Spring Color	Yellow leaf road
Path to Back garden	Path detail	Path and Vegetable Garden

Field Notes 2011: Busy year for us, so we did not do too much in our own garden, except enjoy the garden when we had time. Our only project was to add a path system from the drive to the back garden. Finally we have a sunny spot for our vegetable garden. This year, we have tomatoes, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, basil and thyme. We also, expanded the front planting bed--removing even more water thirsty grass. This new planting area will be filled with the most beautiful succulents we can find. We have a new friend in the garden, a black rabbit, who we call "Bunny". She is quite friendly, and although she/he loves to dig, we are enjoying having Bunny in the garden. We have had a delightfully cool Summer this year, so we have not had to water the garden much at all. The plants all seem to be enjoying the cool summer.

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~ Spring 2008 ~

Spring Flowers---no pesticides!	Beautiful Water Wise Salvia!	Alfresco dinning
Bird Bath, Miss Ellie likes it too!	Bird Bath	Planting for a hot corner
Front Door Garden	Beautiful Water Wise contrast!	Marche' our natural defense from snails!
	Edible Garden... Figs!	Spring Flowers
A mirror we made to reflect the cool shady garden	Michael in the garden	Edible Nastursum
Beautiful and Edible Pomegranate	Shug, Ellie and Marche'	Roses and Daylilies
Shady Garden	Another view of the Shady Garden	Shady Garden

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~ Spring 2007 ~

Spring at Casa del Arroyo!	Beautiful old-fashioned bearded Iris	We love to mix CA natives in the garden, here is a beautiful Heuchera or Coral Bell
Three Roses in the garden	Water for our birds, and the sound is so peaceful--not bad to look at either!	A mixture of lovely colors and textures---all water wise!
A peak at the front door	Ellie and Miss Shug on their patch of grass!	Spectacular California Roses!
Casa del Arroyo Mail	More Roses!

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~ Entertaining Areas ~

One of my prized ferns!	The sound of look of water moving...	Casual sitting, painted sofa
Sitting Garden; An area where we enjoy coffee, cocktails and entertain our friends. Notice the color of the arbor... our favorite color in the garden---Black Iron!	Sitting Garden; The sofa from our old office was painted to give it new life, now it will last a few more years!	Vintage Japanese lanterns provide a stylish accent, and soft light in the evening.
Sitting Garden; Trellis Painting in Progress, notice the change in color from natural to Benjamin Moore's "Black Iron". Black is a magical color in the garden, once the trellis is painted it will not only be softer, but more architectural.	Sitting Garden; Another view	Sitting Garden; A trellis covered refuge with a comfortable place to sit, and an outdoor chandelier.
Entrance to sitting garden; there are also two other ways to enter this garden, which is perfect for entertaining.	Alfresco Dinning room; Chandelier one of two from a church in Carmel, vintage wrought iron table and chairs, hand-painted fabric on chairs by Indah Bulan.	Sitting Garden; Before

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~ The "Papiary" ~

Papa Dixie is on guard!

Mother Pixie on her nest

The "papiary"

We occasionally find birds that need help, so we built a place for them--- now we are watching nature in progress. We have three white Doves (Trixie, Dixie and Pixie). Dixie and Pixie have started a family. That's Dixie (the papa looking at you!) We are so excited!

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~ The Birds and The Bees! ~

A stylish birdhouse, from the Redwood Forrest area.	We need the bees----no more chemicals in the garden!	Our first birdhouse... home to 3 generations of birds!
We love bird houses... this is one I made from a Gourd we grew.	A visitor in our garden	God takes care of the birds, what makes you think He won't take care of YOU!
Sweet Ellie	The Fish Pond	Even our Goldfish are having babies!

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~ Meditation Garden ~

Meditation Garden; Color-Black Iron, this is one of our favorite colors in the garden for depth and elegance.	Meditation Garden; At our old place, we had a view of downtown Los Angeles, this is a mural of a global skyline.	Meditation Garden; In this garden, there is a feeling of seclusion, and the water fountain provides a restful sound.

Small pond; a complete cycle of balanced life--recirculated water, plant life, and thriving gold fish.	We have a few surprises in our garden like this water feature that is hidden in a grove of bamboo. The frog recirculates the water, and makes a lovely peaceful sound.	Another view of our small pond
Garden sculpture adds character. This is St. Francis holding a bird, in honor of our love of birds.	Garden sculpture... Dragon, which symbolizes protection from evil spirits and recirculates energy with his curved tail.	Garden sculpture... just a sweet moment in the garden.

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~ Fun in the Garden ~

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