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Garden of Dr. Mardi Darian


Phil

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Definitely, thanks for bumping up an awesome thread! Even with some of the photos missing…(the strategical use of rocks around his Wodyetia x Veitchia and the catwalk…..Oooh that catwalk must be super duper awesome!), I instantly love the good doctor's work and probably would not have known how priceless he truly is, without this thread!

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There are several mature Wodyetia bifurcata in my neighborhood--that helps determine my zone, right? :blink:

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  • 2 weeks later...

Wow... I can't believe there is a Deckenia nobilis!

There isn't. Pretty sure it is A crinita.

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Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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  • 4 years later...

what an incredible thread, thank you Phil. great photos of a legendary garden, i wish i could have met Dr. Darian in person... quite a legacy!

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Group,

I'm lucky I saw this response. 

Mardi's wife, Cheri, still owns the property as far as I know.  The garden still exists.
Most of the unusual cycads have been sold but almost all of the palms remain.
I think the property is still for sale.  Cheri's stumbling block in selling it is that there are structural issues with the house.

The garden has not been on tour since Mardi passed.

Phil

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Jungle Music Palms and Cycads, established 1977 and located in Encinitas, CA, 20 miles north of San Diego on the Coast.  Phone:  619 2914605 Link to Phil's Email phil.bergman@junglemusic.net Website: www.junglemusic.net Link to Jungle Music Palms and Cycads

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Let's hope the place gets sold to a palm lover or at least someone who respects the horticulture and effort put into making the unique place.

Life is too short. Imagine if we lived for a thousand years what Mardy would have done with that place.

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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