A lot has happened in the garden since the demise of Posterous. Over the next few months I will post on what will be current developments and there will be some catch up posts.
The main developments have been:
- Development of a kitchen garden
- Construction of a glasshouse - mainly for propagating and overwintering of tender plants
- the second season of the exotic beds - with more plants
- the loss of 66% of the lawn - waiting to be planted
- The building of a level change wall - creating a defined area for Japanese style garden leading to woodland garden
- Clearance of the last 20m of garden (except for the remaining trees and shrubs) in anticipation of woodland garden
- Creating slate-chipping paths around the garden
When I see as this list I realise how much work has been done - and moreover how much fun is going to be had now that most of the hard landscape work is over. The previous 2 years were mainly about slate paving on the terraces and the recreation of the terrace beds close to the house. From now on it is mostly about the plants.
Currently there are eight areas of distinct planting:
- A terrace close to the house which is mainly about exotic/hot planting ( the terrace faces due south)
- A trad mixed border on the eastern boundary
- A rose garden at the southern/eastern side of the garden
- A kitchen garden around a detached garage to the east of the house
- A prairie style bed on the western boundary
- A large shady area on the southern perimeter to become a woodland garden
- An area with my attempt at a Japanese sensibility
- A gravel area with Mediterranean plants
And there is a small wildlife pond. Some of this is going to change over the next few years - especially as I have removed most of the lawn.
Sue looks after the beds at the front of the house.
Over the next month the paths will be completed and I will concentrate on the Japanese area.