Dawn Landscaping maintains the landscape at Confluence Church in Auburn, CA. Confluence Church is in Placer County at 1101 Auburn Ravine Rd. and has the main sanctuary building, the gym, and Legacy Christian School. SPRING FLOWERS: 2000 Daffodils at entry slope 2022 2023 2024 Front entry 2026 Lawn pathway tulips – 2024 After tulips are…

Autumn is a second Spring When every leaf is a flower – Albert Camus Here are some fall colors for 2024 at Dawn Gardens: Sugar Maples (Acer saccharum) Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) Sierra Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria ‘Grace’) Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria ‘Purpureus’) Golden Spirit Smoke…

The Station Public House is an outdoor restaurant in Auburn, California maintained by Dawn Landscaping. It was opened in 2020 and because of COVID it was the only restaurant allowed to be open in Auburn for several months since it was an outdoor restaurant. Tulips and purple Primula obconica We try to keep flowers in…

Most conifers are evergreen but a few are deciduous and have beautiful fall foliage. This is a pleasant surprise to most gardeners. Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) is native to the SE US and grows in the swamps. Bald Cypress knees in the water serve to exchange air into the roots, otherwise…

Many summer bulbs are native to South Africa where they get rain in the Winter and lots of sun in the summer. At Dawn Gardens they are planted in February so they get the advantage of the winter rains and bloom in the warm season. Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ Tiger Flower (Tigridia pavonia) Crimson Flag (Schizostylis coccinea)…

In August of 2024 I traveled to Portland Oregon to visit several gardens hosted by the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon. Then in July of 2025 I visited Bountiful Farms. ROZENBOOM RESIDENCE Gene Rozenboom is especially interested in dwarf conifers and Japanese Maples. The dwarf conifers are beautiful and very slow growing so they need…

Near the town of Sonoma in Sonoma County California is a beautiful horticultural paradise and event venue that has been designed by Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective for Sunset Magazine. The test gardens show beautiful, edible, low water gardens as well as bee plants, Mediterranean plants and flower garden plants. The garden is divided…

Plants with yellow or golden foliage make good accents in the garden. Here are some in Dawn Gardens in Grass Valley, CA: Golden Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina ‘Laciniata’) summer and fall photos. Golden Rockrose (Cistus ‘Little Miss Sunshine’) Variegated Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica ‘Variegata’) Golden Box Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida ‘Baggesen’s Gold’) Vicary Golden Privet (Ligustrum…

DAWN GARDENS IS FOR SALE After living at and planting Dawn Gardens for 25 years it is time for me to sell and let someone else take over and have the pleasure of living here. It is a quiet and peaceful place and every window in the house has a beautiful view. Click this link…

As a garden ages and the trees get taller the garden needs more shade plants. Shade is defined as morning sun and afternoon shade or filtered sun all day. Most of these plants will burn if they are exposed to afternoon sun. GROUNDCOVERS AND PERENNIALS: Lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia) Coral Bells (Heuchera ‘Forever Red’) (See more…