From commentor Mike in Oly:
Last spring my husband and I visited a local garden / nursery, the Old Goat Farm in Enumclaw, WA.
A beautiful garden created in a clearing in the woods around the main house.
So many amazing plants, garden art, and cute farm animals to see and enjoy.
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If I kept a travel bucket list (but I’m an aspiring agoraphobe), the Old Goat Farm would be on it!
What’s going on in your garden (memories / indoor / planning), this week?
VeniceRiley
Ugh. My garden is slowly becoming a dog destruction zone, and has been frosted over for days. Makes the poops easier to pick up though!
Spanish Moss
So beautiful! I have always loved moss.
Our yard is mostly shade or partial shade, and ferns grow like weeds. Maybe I should do something like this with part of it.
raven
We (she) has all the delicate plants in the house. This year she made wreaths from her “money plants” instead of the “popcorn tree”. She was part of a sale with a painter and potters and didn’t sell many but now she will use them as gifts. I guess it’s gardeny because she grew them!
Lapassionara
What a lovely place. A nice contrast to the bleakness here in the St Louis area.
OzarkHillbilly
Beautiful.
The rains have slowed me down, so I’m still cleaning up. Making progress tho.
Charluckles
It’s bulb time. I am hoping to making tuberose my summer experiment. But I have no idea where to source bulbs. My go to places don’t carry them. Anyone with experience?
raven
@Charluckles: Here ya go. My wife buys them for the garden club, bags em and tags em!
Charluckles
@raven: Thank you. But I don’t see tuberose on there. It’s a relatively uncommon bulb. Brecks and it’s associated businesses have some but I try to avoid that conglomerate. There are some small independent sellers but I have no idea if any of them are worth while.
raven
@Charluckles: Oh, sorry. Amazon shows a selection.
kalakal
That’s a lovely garden. Thank you for showing it to us
Charluckles
@raven:
No worries. I do believe that you helped me when I first started down the bulb path a few years ago. I just happened to read that tuberose has one of the most pleasant fragrances in the botanical world and now I want to try it.
Ken
Interesting idea there, with the pillars and planters made of (I guess) livestock fencing, and filled with cobbles. The mossy tall pillar is beautiful — is this an area that gets frequent mist or fog?
MagdaInBlack
@Ken: I was quite taken with those planters. I’ve filed that idea away in my someday garden plans.
Gvg
@Charluckles: Brent and Becky’s, old house gardens, southern bulb company and I am pretty sure plant delights from time to time. I have not bought them from there, I just buy from my local nursery and sometimes have been given some. They are pass along bulbs in Florida.
delphinium
What a lovely place-looks like it could be part of a fairy tale. Like the goat statue in the first photo.
Light snow here now which is supposed to turn to rain later today.
opiejeanne
Mike in Oly, that looks like a great day trip for us next spring.
Have you visited Flower World in Maltby? It’s another unusual nursery with large, parklike grounds. I’ve seen people bring picnics to the large lawn area.
oldgold
The photographs of The Old Goat Farm garden give the impression of serenity, like a Vincent Van Goat painting.
As an individual approaching the spring time of their
goatage dotage, I am sensitive to the concept of old. As such, I wonder why all goat farms are referred to as old? Aren’t there any young goat farms? Just kidding.sab
What a kovely place. Seriously, that old goat with the coffee mug has made my week and its only Sunday.
sab
@sab: In case anyone wondered what kovely meant, me being the “typist” that kovely should be lovely.
sab
My shady garden is being overrun with bracken ferns, and I am cheering them on.
Miss Bianca
@oldgold: YOUNG goat farms? You’re kidding, right?
WaterGirl
Mike in Oly, what an amazingly beautiful place. I want to go to there and never leave.
Kristine
I love those photos. I can feel the sun on my face–we haven’t seen sun in NE Illinois for DAYS. Thanks for posting.
WaterGirl
@raven: If you are willing to ship me two (at my expense) I would gladly buy two of those!
munira
Those plant stands with the rocks are really interesting. Lovely photos.
Charluckles
@Gvg:
Thank you
Mike in Oly
@Ken: It’s the PNW so for more than half the year things are pretty damp, and there’s occasional fog and mist the rest of the time too. The rocks in cages was by necessity – the ground here is mostly those old stones so to make deeper beds for plants the rocks had to go somewhere. That particularly tall one is also a fountain with water flowing from the top, that is why it is so mossy and bright.
Mike in Oly
@opiejeanne:
@opiejeanne:
I have not been to Flower World but will add it to my list for spring road trips. Thanks for the tip!
Mike in Oly
@opiejeanne:
I have not been to Flower World but will add it to my list for spring road trips. Thanks for the tip!
pieceofpeace
I’m bookmarking your pictures for when I need a break from the craziness and this looks to be the spot for me, to simply hang out and gawk for a bit.
Lovely place, thanks.
Motivated Seller
Incredible that you get so much rain to support all that moss. I’ve been trying for years and all I get is a couple patches here and there. Jealous.
Do you recall where you got the goat statue?