brugmansia - Illustration by Helen KrayenhoffOn your next visit, take a walk over to our side courtyard to see the tropical border. This garden is a mixture of flowering plants in a jungle setting. Bamboos, Palms, Angel’s Trumpets and Gingers form the structure, while brilliantly colorful exotics ramble and twine throughout. Water conserving it is not; but so far it has only required average garden water. The rest of the courtyard area is comprised of warm climate trees and shrubs around a Spanish style fountain patio.