A Visit to Keela Meadows' Garden

This past Sunday I visited Keela Meadow's garden. She is just north of me in the Eastbay, across the bay from San Francisco. She is an artist, garden designer, writer and colorist supreme. She goes places with color that few would dare go, and pulls it off with incredible results. The art pieces are all her designs, as are the pots, plant choices and paint. I first met Keela when she gave a demonstration on putting together plant choices for pots you paint yourself, when I got her to sign my copy of her newest book: Fearless Color Gardens: The Creative Gardener's Guide to Jumping Off the Color Wheel.This is a really, really small lot but there are at least six areas that feel separate unto themselves without feeling cramped.

You can find the biography Timber Press did for her latest book here:www.timberpress.com/author/keeyla_meadows/1477 and her own website is here:www.KeeylaMeadows.net

The most noteworthy aspect of her garden, among many, is her bold use of color

... in her choice of plants:

... in her use of paint:

especially on her house

but also on her pots

and other structures

... in her choice of paving materials:

such as the tiled area beside the house

or this glass near the studio

or this serpent near the dining area

... in her choice of outdoor furnishings and architectural details:

such as this bench

or this dining table

such as this outdoor shower and roof top seating

and this gate

... in the creation and use of her sculptures:

But I couldn't help also noticing some very nice textural elements in the garden as well: