Pat Brookes: Froggwell garden

Saturday, August 1, 2015

My favorite Garden

Froggwell garden is the opposite turn off of 525 at Double Bluff Rd. Turn one way and you will go to the beach, turn the other and you head to Newman Rd and Froggwell. Newman Rd is also the home of the Earth Sanctuary. Lots of good things in one small area of Freeland.
This weekend, Froggwell is open to the public for its annual Forgers Art Show. Just to go to the garden is a wonderful experience, to enjoy art is even better.
This detailed sketch was done by me sitting at the top of the path looking over this Fairy tale home with beautiful gardens. You can rent it for a wedding or private event.

From the top of the hill

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

BZZZ,

Like the bees, I have been busy, sketching, painting, monitoring a three day class, then working in the garden replanting a section where we lost a tree.

Last week was the busiest I have been in a long time. Dreama Tolle Perry, a very colorful artist from Paris, Kentucky came back to Whidbey to paint at Whidbey Island Fine Art Studios. I have painted with her in the past and really enjoyed the experience. This year Cary asked me to monitor her class. This allowed me to paint with the group and enjoy the "Dreama" experience once again. I will be posting the paintings I did in her class soon.

After that, our church St. Augustines, put on their annual Trash and Treasures sale, so I worked at the church for three days helping buy and sell the goodies. This was the place I sent some of my stuff from the house and studio cleaning frenzy that I posted about last time.

The garden was screaming me, me, me, so my pal Al came and we chopped down a number of trees which Ted took to the composting place. The garden girls and I also spent a couple of days cleaning and mulching beds.

The one thing I gave to myself was Friday afternoon to rest and sketch with the sketchers!!! Here is a compilation of recent sketches.