Next NPA stop, Dave Peterson's Bombdiggity Gardens

Yes I am still working my way thru last June's Study Weekend open gardens up in the Seattle/Bellevue area. Today we visit Dave Peterson's Bombdiggity Gardens...From our event booklet: "Welcome to Bombdiggity Gardens! It is finally time to share my garden after recent completion of terrace walls and patios that make the steep parts more accessible. My front entry garden is designed to provide flowers during the cold dark Seattle winters (more gardeners should do this!)."...
Dave mentions flowers, but of course I focus on the foliage...
Love that purple oxalis, I haven't seen a patch this nice anywhere but Austin, TX!
Astilboides tabularis
Autumn fern (I think?), Dryopteris erythrosora with arisaema foliage.
Crambe maritima, aka sea kale.
"The rear garden ascends steeply through a series of terrace walls and steps that have been completed over the last 5 years."
Darmera peltata
Up, up, up...
"Prostrate rosemary and Cotoneaster dammeri help soften the walls. The stairs wind between Italian cypress, and upper walks connect to a series of seating areas, each providing a different level of shade for human comfort, while also providing different microclimates that allow for different plants. There are a number of spots to stop, sit, and take in a different view of the garden and the territorial view to the east."


Iris confusa at the base of the bananas.
We're almost to the top now...
And we've arrived!

Looking down on the house and garage...
What a lot of work carving out these garden spaces must have been, nice work Dave!