It's a foliage paradise at the Heldreth's

We begin the tour in the front garden next to their driveway. This part of their garden is known for it's Jurassic proportions. Tetrapanax papyrifer is underplanted with petasites.
Laura recently painted a koi hopscotch pattern on the front sidewalk. She's talented like that.
Arching over the sidewalk is Datisca cannabina, false help.
I've walked to the other end now and turned around.
One more look at the petasites and Datisca cannabina, before we walk up the driveway...
Next to the garage is a Cornus sanguinea 'Compressa', a plant I love and have given up trying to grow.
Before we cut to the back garden (to right of the above photo), let's go check out the rest of the front garden and the view from the house side (as opposed to the street side), where there is more petasites.
And a sweet water garden! Who would have guessed?
Laura and Charlie love a good stock tank as much as I do, they however have not given up on the idea of filling them with water.
To my back (in the shade and impossible to photograph) are a pair of comfy chairs where Laura and Charlie can relax and enjoy their garden out of sight of passersby.
Variegated brugmansia and Acanthus mollis.
Near the front door is this sweet shady vignette...
Autumn fern? (Dryopteris erythrosora)
H for Heldreth? Home? Happy?
In addition to multiple stock tanks you'll also see a lot of repurposed metal in this garden. The Heldreth's are regular visitors to the BBC Steel remnant yard in Canby.
Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress' and metal next to the back gate...
And once you pass through, stock tanks!
It occurs to me now that I should have counted. How many tanks are there? More than my 12? No, I guess not, a quick mental tally says four, but I might have missed one. We've jumped to the far end of the back garden now, the shade shack in the distance (I think that's what they're calling it)...
Looking to the left.
And walking around the tank/pond/water feature...
I think that's Anemone 'Honorine Jobert' providing a green screen, or maybe not? It seems a bit tall to be that.
Don't you just want to hang out here?
What's in the Hover Dish?
I like the rusty metal container within the container.
More metal providing a screen to the side of the seating area.
Looking out across the back garden...
Have you noticed the repeated shape of the large funnel-like planters? They're actually freeway light fixture shades that Laura and Charlie have repurposed. They've also shared a few with others. You'll see one in my garden as a table and in another garden blogger's garden (or two) as a planter.
Let's explore more...
I love a good patch of Adiantum venustum...
And green on green is always a good combination.
Seriously, is this garden not an absolute foliage paradise?
The bent light-fixture planter reminds me to share an unfortunate incident that occurred a couple of years back, one that's hard for us visitors to the garden to see, but is still raw in Laura's memory. Multiple branches from the towering Douglas Firs that border the back of the property came crashing down in a late winter (early spring) storm. They were chest high, layered on the plants and containers.
They rebuilt, digging and relocating plants from a friend's garden who was moving, and rescuing what they could from their own garden.
If I hadn't known I never would have guessed.
Pyrrosia!
Pyrrosia sheareri, P. hastata and P. lingua.
I loved the light and shadow patterns through this piece of metal.
I wonder how often they relax in the hammock? Hopefully often.
Just a couple more photos. A wide shot of the garden off the covered patio at the back of the house.
And cropped a bit to showcase the Magnolia macrophylla to the left of the palms. What a beautiful garden you guys have built, thanks for sharing it!