How fun for me, an invitation to meet another gardener and her garden! Pat has been creating this garden in McKinley Park for the last 15 years. The first thing I notice is the generous flagstone path. Wide paths have a way of making you feel welcome, don't you think?

Her sun border has some great perennials, like this Bee Balm. Hummingbirds love it!

Ferns in containers are a great way to garden under a large shade tree, especially one with gnarly surface roots like a Magnolia!

More perennials ... this one looks to me to be the tall spiky Liatris, with another hummingbird favorite, California Fuchsia,

and a Black and Blue Salvia. Salvias attrack hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Do we see a trend here?

Away to the back yard for more horticultural bounty! Here we have a nice mix of tomatoes and other veg in containers,

and, some member of the squash family with a variety of annuals and perennials.

(Rosalind Creasy would be proud!)

Did I mention the bamboo? Of course there's bamboo! I love the sophistication of these colors and and the variety of shapes.

The bamboo grove extends to 5 neighboring yards and was here before Pat bought the house. She's created a pathway so she can get in there and control it.

What's a garden without some funky homemade art projects? Boring!

... a closer look. I love rusty tin things, and this would be a project any of us could do!

My visit is over. Thanks to Chris, a Facebook fan, for inviting me over to see her mom's garden. I really enjoyed it.

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