Bud Cunmmings's garden is a triumph of hard work over blackberry vines, papmas grass and poison oak. (Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel)

Bud Cummings in his garden near the harbor. (Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel)

Arana Creek number six flows over the hand placed rocks in Bud Cummings' garden. (Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel)

Bud Cummings and his labor of love. (Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel)

Bud Cummings's garden is a triumph of hard work over blackberry vines, papmas grass and poison oak. (Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel)