“Schizophrenic exuberance:” Enchanting Planting's private garden in the East Bay
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting the personal garden of landscape designers Shari and Richard Sullivan in the East Bay . Shari and Richard are the principals of Enchanting Planting , the landscape design and construction company they founded over 30 years ago. Richard is also an inveterate plant nerd with wide-ranging interests as well as a passionate cactus grower and hybridizer. Many of you may already follow him on Instagram (@enchplant1) . The Sullivans bought their ~1 acre hillside property over 20 years ago. While many areas of the garden continue to evolve, they do so against a backdrop of mature trees that provide almost total privacy and frame distant views of Mount Diablo and the Briones Reservoir . As you will see in the 60+ photos below, this is a stunning space designed to keep the outside world at bay and provide a sense of peace and tranquility. At the same time, it functions as a living lab where Shari and Richard can experiment with ...