Wednesday, October 2, 2024

The Brindley garden, one of the final stops on the Puget Sound Fling

After leaving the Heckler garden on the afternoon of the last day of the Puget Sound Fling in July, my bus headed for Windcliff.  Even our small bus faced some difficulties winding our way through narrow streets as we approached and we were initially dropped off next door before walking to Windcliff.  The boundaries between Windcliff and the Brindley garden next door were somewhat porous and, as the official Fling photo was set up at the latter location, I ended up going back and forth between the two properties, on one occasion looking for the bottled water kept on the bus.  My photos became jumbled in the process and although I think I've sorted them out, I can't be certain of this.  Rather than jump into coverage of Windcliff, I'm covering the Brindley garden first.

Both properties sit on the Salish Sea in Indianola, Washington with views of the Puget Sound, as well as downtown Seattle in the distance.  The Brindley garden was designed and planted by Shayne Chandler in 2010 on a referral from Dan Hinkley.  From the drive leading to the house to the view overlooking the Salish Sea, it's a beautiful space.

I'll start with the driveway area.

I think this photo was part of the Brindley property but it could be part of the drive headed into Windcliff

A lovely display of Japanese anemones (Eriocapitella hupehensis)

Artichokes fronted by Shasta daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum)

A path approaching the house

A wonderful seating area surrounded by colorful flowers

I loved this composition of peach dahlias and gladiolas, with some burgundy hollyhocks thrown in

I'm now unsure which garden this Hydrangea and noID Lomatia belong to


Ditto with this mass of what I think is Lobelia tupa

But this is most certainly the front of the Brindley home

More peach-colored flowers, in this case bordered by Persicaria 'Painter's Palette', a plant I wish I could grow


Clockwise from upper left: a noID Cordyline paired with Persicaria 'Painter's Palette', noID peach lilies, and a noID Persicaria ground cover I saw in a few Puget Sound gardens

Monarda didyma underneath a pretty tree (probably Cercis canadensis 'Flame Thrower')

Shed fronted by what may be another Cercis and backed by what I remember thinking must be Sedum in full flower


As I recall, moving beyond the shed led me into the back garden.

Back garden with a raised patio

A good view of the back of the house through what I'm guessing is Stipa gigantea

An impressive mass of red Crocosmia close to the house

As Loree Bohl of danger garden says, there's always an agave

A very colorful sculpture offered a focal point

Top row: Echinops
Middle: Eryngium and what I think might be a Hebe
Bottom: some kind of buckwheat (Eriogonum)

noID Yucca with particularly pretty flowers

Flinger viewing the sea behind a curtain of red-flowered Phygelius

Another view through a mass of Crocosmia



I enjoyed reviewing my photos of this garden and wish I could make another round in person.  As with virtually every site we visited on our Fling tours, I didn't feel I thoroughly covered the Brindley garden.  I didn't manage many wide shots, which might have helped the reader with the overall orientation of the garden.  If you're interested in another perspective, check out Pam Penick's post at Digging here.


All material © 2012-2024 by Kris Peterson for Late to the Garden Party


14 comments:

  1. The garden looks lovely, and the views! Do you know what groundcover is creeping around the agaves, the color is nice. The Persicaria adds such a pop.

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    1. I was rushing so much to get photos at that point, I don't think I even looked at the groundcover closely, Tracy. Maybe snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum)?

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    2. Ooh! I know this one because I stopped to admire it too. It was the largest patch of Tanacetum densusm ssp amani I have ever seen. Truly one of my top favorite, if short-lived, silver leaved perennials. The intricate feathering on the leaves is worth a million $$$.

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    3. Thanks for the ID, Jerry! I've grown Tanacetum parthenium but I'm not at all acquainted with T. densusm.

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  2. Consumed by the mania of plant shopping at Windcliff, I completely missed this garden (and the group photo! disgraceful!) so thank you for the coverage! So cool to have a neighbor with a passion for gardens too.

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    1. I'm glad I could share it with you, Denise. I think Pam's coverage is better, though. I felt as though I zoomed through the Brindley garden and it deserved closer attention.

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  3. You got 10x more than I did, which was maybe two or three photos. For some reason I dawdled in the Windcliff garden. I also missed the plant shopping mania at Windcliff, and the group photo. And all the TikTok dances (thankfully, on that).

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    1. I missed the dances too, HB, although I made it to the group photo. I think a lot of us were tired by the time we reached Windcliff and Brindley. I haven't looked at my Windcliff photos since I downloaded them but I think I missed a lot there too.

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  4. Having had the luxury of visiting this garden in the past, I didn't make it a priority for my time during the Fling and I logged only 39 photos (3 times that many at Windcliff, which I had also visited before). On events like this it must be somewhat frustrating to be that "other garden", when you've spent time making yours look tour-ready.

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    1. I expect that's true, Loree. But if you live next door to Windcliff, that's got to be expected. I was surprised at how much I appreciated the Brindley garden when I reviewed my own photos. I snapped away but didn't take time to really enjoy the space when I was physically present :(

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  5. Based on what we were told as we left the bus, I had everything perfectly timed in my head, just the right amount of time at Brindley, slightly longer at Windcliff, and then time to browse the nursery. All of that was thrown out the window, though, due to a miscommunication about our schedule. I still loved my visit at both places and ended up with three lovely plants. Once again, you've captured many of the things I missed about this garden. I was especially excited to read that this garden was designed by Shayne. I've met him a few times and I enjoyed seeing something he had put together.

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    1. I wasn't acquainted with Shayne Chandler but looked up his site online - impressive! I'm glad you were able to take home some plants from Windcliff. I deliberately avoided nurseries at every location, not wanting to be tempted to check my luggage for the flight home, but it would have been interesting to have at least taken a peek...

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  6. Despite an initial frustration at being on the last bus to head toward Windcliff (someone had to be - ha!), I was immediately consoled with this beautiful garden and spent a good deal of time exploring it. You captured several of my favorite scenes, Kris.

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    1. You did a much better job covering the Brindley garden - and Windcliff - than I did but thanks Pam!

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