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Garden: Paula's Butterfly and Bee Garden
Completed redesigned and replanted 7 years ago, this series of garden area covers two-thirds of an acre, with a view of Sausalito across the water. New stone walls were recently added to terrace the SW facing hill. The growing season begins with irises and then moves on to roses (100+) and then to dahlias. Other highlights of this pie-shaped property include a woodlands garden, 18 fruit trees, a redwood greenhouse, a succulent garden, an antique water pump collection and garden sculpture.
The garden features flowers at the warm end of the spectrum: apricot, orange, hot pink, red and burgundy with smaller doses of blue-purple and chartreuse.
Although the Zone 9b garden rarely sees frost conditions, Paula and Dennis Jaffe contend with less than ideal soil and climate challenges. Morning fog, clay soil, extreme wind and Southwest facing tiers with unrelenting sunshine are a few of the problems. The water shortage is also an ever present consideration.
Drip irrigation waters 100% of the plants with the lawn sprinkled by MP rotaters. Several compost areas and a worm farm provide the planting beds with a constant supply of natural fertilizer.
Garden: Limn Co Roof Garden
A two-level garden rising from the ground to cover the building and reach toward the colorful flowers hanging down from the roof.
Garden: Harvest Inn Tulip Garden
The Harvest Inn's grounds are showered in tulips of every color combination. The flowers, vines and hills in the distance create a lovely setting.
Garden: The Abkhazi Garden
Abkhazi Garden is a dynamic work of art within a discipline imposed by the site. A unity of execution is evident in the layout of buildings, paths and plant material. Forms and materials were selected to express one overruling idea, the rhythm of the natural landscape. The house, summerhouse and garden shed, modest in size and construction, complement this landscape. The intimate paths show a human scale appropriate for the private world the Abkhazis wanted to create for themselves.
Some rhododendrons are over 100 years old, their gnarled trunks as attractive as their flowers. Trained mature conifers cascade down the rock faces, and carefully pruned azaleas provide living sculptures. Each season, naturalized bulbs carpet the garden in sheets of colour. Choice alpine plants are sited carefully in natural rock crevices. (Source: The Land Conservancy)
Garden: Posies and Pies
A tiny organic patio garden full of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. The trailing ground veggies live in hanging baskets and I am training them to hang off the eves. The plants also provide shade for my apartment in the hot sun.
Garden: Posies and Pies
A tiny organic patio garden full of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. The trailing ground veggies live in hanging baskets and I am training them to hang off the eves. The plants also provide shade for my apartment in the hot sun.
Garden: Edith Morley Park Community Garden
The Community Garden is located at Edith Morley Park, 615 Campbell Technology Parkway. The approximate ½ acre garden site has 39 - 10x20 garden plots. Community garden plots are available for Campbell residents who want to have a garden to plant vegetables, herbs or flowers, but don't have a suitable site where they live. Plots are issued on a year-to-year and first-come-first served basis, with a limit of one plot per family. There is a $30.00 annual fee. This covers watering costs and upkeep of the garden. Currently, there is a waiting list. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please contact Diana Johnson at (408) 866-2145 between the hours of 7:00 AM and 3:30 PM Monday thru Friday, or email gardens@cityofcampbell.com .
Garden: Oakland Community Garden
The legendary Carnegie Museum now has a beautiful garden, plotted and planted by volunteers, along side it. Marigold first lady, Vinca sun devil extreme orchid are the flowers planted.
Garden: Inner Sunset Garden
A soon to be fire escape garden...I'll post pictures as it grows. Fow now enjoy some nice pics from a recent hike!
Garden: Rose Circle Community Garden
In Atlanta, residents around the Rose Circle area have a place to grow their own produce: the Rose Circle community garden. In 2007, squash blossom, pumpkin, zucchini, tomatoes, cabbage, bean and cabbage plants, fennel, herbs and flowers, tall vines growing on trellises, and various garden beds were grown in their little piece of earth.
Garden: Ben Granger's Homebrew Hops Garden
This Brooklyn backyard is filled with green conelike flowers dangling from Humulus lupulus, a vigorous vine winding skyward in the tiny backyard. A half-dozen vines had already wound themselves about 20 feet up the sturdy cords Mr. Granger had attached to the top of a metal ladder that was strung with a clothesline and pulley, for reeling laundry in and out of the second-story window. (Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/garden/02garden.html )
Garden: Fairview Christian Church Garden
Fairview Church Garden was on the Kansas City Urban Farms and Gardens tour for 2009, July 28! We are a community vegetable garden(using organic practices), Youth Garden 50 x 50, supported by the Missouri Extension office and Missouri Master gardeners, some raised bed areas with flowers and vegetables, 4 plots for local gardeners, roughly 20 x 20 with main garden about 340 x 40, growing tomatoes, mostly hierlooms, (cherokee purple, amana orange, carolina gold). We also have Peppers(bells, jalapenos, anahiems, cherrys), Eggplant, Kale, Swiss Chard, Corn, Potatoes(purples, pontiac, klondike), Greenbeans, Squash, Cucumblers, Okra(burgandy), Kohlrabi, Broccoli, Cabbage, Sweet Potatoes, Beets, Onions, and Garlic. Whewwww.... we have a few herbs...Dill, Chives, Parsley, Basil(green, christmas, red) Horseradish, Mint(chocolate and apple), lastly Borage. Flowers such as marigolds, zinnias, petunias, and nasturtium.
Garden: Dallie & Karlie's Garden
We have an acre of land with 10 gardens. The winters are long but we still manage to grow lovely flowers and shrubs......
Garden: Boxes and Pots
The yard is in an older area and had been let go for a few years. My garden consists of 3 square boxes and 3 long planters plus several pots of vegetables, herbs and flowers. Vegetables are peas, carrots, cucumber, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, lettuce, radish, onions and tomatoes. I planted rhubarb in the yard as well. I also have 2 small flowerbeds. I also have most of a garden plot in one of the community gardens. I haven't been in it for about a week so I'm not sure what's going on with it. Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, peas, beans, carrots, onions, beets, turnips, cucumbers, squash and pumpkin. If I get much of a crop I'm going to have to buy another freezer! I'm quite excited to see how things do. I planted several things that I never have before.
Garden: Carol's Garden
I like to plant whatever catches my eye. I have two perennial gardens featuring oriental poppies, lilies, hostas, astibles, columbines,daisies,blackeyed susans,purple cone flowers. Just to name a few of my favorites. One garden gets full sun all day. The second gets the morning sun only and shade from the house for the rest of the day. Due to the fact that I'm on the lake I have to plant species that can tolerate the wind.
Garden: My Favorite Place In The World
I have no grass on my front lawn, just a mixture of all kinds of flowers from lupins, shasta daisy, monarda, day lillies, all in a rainbow of colors. My back garden is tamer with raised beds, roses, holy hocks against the house, clematis, and morning glories climbing the fences
Garden: Tyre Gardens
I grow fruit in veges in my front yard, and have goats and chickens out the back. I used to have my garden out the back, but gardens and goats and chickens aren't a good mix lol so starting from scratch. I use tyres for my raised beds, I'm trying to demonstrate how to garden cheaply, with minimum effort and maximum results. I'm just starting to put my first veges in again now, and would like to grow enough to be able to take fresh produce to the local farmers markets....we'll see. I also love flowers, I'm a rough and ready gardener so nothing looks too pretty or perfect, but I hope to create an abundance of fruit veges and flowers in my little space,
I'm really into recycling, I think nature sets a perfect example there and I just try to follow it.
Garden: Outdoors and Houseplants
I love to garden both inside and outside. I recently started a 24 x 20 garden spot. I am growing tomatoes, green peppers, pumpkins, zucchini, winter squash. I also love to grow flowers in my yard primarily perennials.
Garden: My Garden of Dreams
My flower garden is a mixture of different perrenial plants some of which are 6 roses, 2 peonies, 2 group of daylilies, a magnolia and more. My front garden is similarly beautiful both in the spring and summer. Just watching my plants grow and produce fragrant flowers make my day complete.
Garden: Hillside Garden
My gardens are maninly perennial..........I have a particular garden that is of all Wild Flowers and it really is the backdrop to a beautiful front yard.
Garden: Vickys sunny patch
A vegetable garden in the front, some flowers and trees for the landscaping, a work in progress, just like any other garden.
Garden: Sandy's Piece of Heaven
This garden has been in the making since 1989 and has had to adapt to increasing shade. It is mostly a perennial garden that keeps changing all spring, summer and fall. After daffodils and tulips are done, each season is dominated by one or several showy perennials: peonies and penstimon in June, lilies and shasta daisies in July, dahlias and phlox in August, asters and chrysanthemums in September. Every season also has minor players like coral bells, astilbe, delphinim, foxglove, lady's mantle and many others. I look for a range of colors and textures My preference is for flowers that are suitable for cutting .
Garden: My little paradise
My backyard has an old pear tree, some flowers, tomatoes, lettuce, a water feature, a bench, a table with 4 chairs, a bird feeder, a bird house, a Japanese stone lantern, some solar lamps, a solar water fountain, etc.
Garden: My Life is a Garden
My Garden is very eclectic. It is an English garden with garden trinkets hidden among flowers and foilage.. there is rocks and creeping jenny, creeping thyme and sweet woodruff. My garden dazzles the senses!
Garden: Temenos
Front, back, side and patio gardens, a fair amount of shade. Flowers (working toward mostly perennials in the beds), some herbs and a vegetable or two.
Garden: My Eden
Mostly Raised Beds, Some sunny spots, some shady spots mostly partial sun. Mostly veggies a few grapes, berries and flowers
Garden: farm garden
I grow Veggies, Flowers and Fruits. Right now my hollyhocks are about 8 feet tall, if I don't get out soon my weeds will catch up.
Garden: Flowers & Gifts by The Garden Girls
We have a gardening business that is ten years old. About a dozen women of all ages go out in teams of two and tend gardens all over Simcoe County in Southern Ontario.
Garden: Weedin & Feedin
Large lot garden with fenced yard,pond and garden shed. Multi color flowers(perenials) and shrubs, roses and rock borders, one small rock garden. Space for dogs and cats and children, and anyone who likes to weed.
Garden: Praxis Permaculture
We live in an 1940 log house on 4.5acres, originally built from trees on the property by homesteaders on Gabriola Island. Some of the trees and flowers are here from the 1st owners, some new.
The property is a mix of native species forest (fir, maple, garry oak, arbutus, yew, cedar, pin cherry, alder); meadow; fruit (apples, plum, apricot, peach, blue-, straw- and raspberries); specimen trees & shrubs (japanese maples, liquid amber, mock orange, forsythia, lilac); perennial flowers & vegetables.
We have a fenced (from the deer) area around the house with raised beds and lots of rock walls and stone paths. Water - or the lack of it - is our main issue. We have no lawn and I cut the meadow grasses with a scythe.
We see ourselves as stewards of this property in which we want to encourage as much of the native species as possible. We work with a forest gardener to manage the treed areas (thinning dying and dangerous trees, planting new ones). We have a naturally wet area on the low point on the property and want to restore the it as a wetland with native plants and trees.
Our property is home to many species of insects inc. butterflies and bees, birds, snakes, tree frogs, deer - and we have planted species of flowers especially with them in mind. We try to grow heirloom varieties and have had heritage chickens in the past.
This year, for the first time, I am attempting to grow mushrooms by inoculating alder logs with white oyster and shiitake mushroom spawn.
Garden: Mom's Cottage Gardens
For a few short months each year, my Mom goes crazy with her flowers! The cottage wouldn't be the same without her gardens :)
Garden: An Cala
A work in progress with outdoor living as well as bushes and trees in all colors, flowers second.
It is a southwest facing fairly windy site with loads of deer and jack rabbits.
The birds are great- they love certain plants as well as the feeder and bath.
Garden: Snakehaven
A variety of different gardens covering collections of lilacs, perennials, shrubs and annuals for cut flowers.
Garden: Little Garden in the valley
at the moment, I have a few planter boxes on balcony, flowers and tomatoes. plus indoor plants, not many atm, broken arm
Garden: Mark's Roof Garden
This is the 6th year for my roof garden. It is a work in progress as I experiment every year with different plants. This year I have tomatoes, peas, herbs, flowers, grasses and 4 small trees.
Garden: Place de Mira
Started it 8 years ago when moved in. My first garden, so I am practicing with different themes. I have a Japanese, Mediterranean, Wildflower, English Country. The flowers are all white and mostly perennial. The grass is left as it was, full of clover, the white flowers blend in well.
Garden: Sheila's Garden
Was a lovely Japanese garden when we bought the house, but I've planted bulbs and a Rowan tee and a contorted willow, as well as lilies and roses and all sorts of non-Japanese flowers, so it doesn't look quite the same as it used to!
Garden: MY OASIS
TONS OF FLOWERS, PERENNIAL & ANNUAL. SASKATOON BERRY {3}, TOMATOES, YELLOW BEANS & HERBS. SMALL POND W/ PUMP.PATIO,HAMMOCK AREA AT BACK . NO GRASS AND 6" FENCE WITH LATTICE ALL AROUND. VINES ,CLEMATIS,MORNING GLORY,ROSES,STRAWBERRIES. LOTS OF JEWEL TONE COLOURS WITH SOME WHITE FOR NITE. FRAGRANCE FROM STOCKS,LAVENDAR,ROSES&NICOTANIA. LOVE TO GARDEN, IS MY PASSION .....
Garden: My Garden
I have flowers in my front yard and flower boxes in the backyard. Hanging baskets in both front and back.
Garden: Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny
There are two parts in Monet's garden: a flower garden called Clos Normand in front of the house and a Japanese inspired water garden on the other side of the road.
The Clos Normand land is divided into flowerbeds where flower clumps of different heights create volume. Fruit trees or ornamental trees dominate the climbing roses, the long -stemmed hollyhocks and the coloured banks of annuals. Monet mixed the simplest flowers (daisies and poppies) with the most rare varieties.
The central alley is covered over by iron arches on which climbing roses grow. Other rose trees cover the balustrade along the house. At the end of the summer nasturtiums invade the soil in the central alley.
In this water garden you will find the famous Japanese bridge covered with wisterias, other smaller bridges, weeping willows, a bamboo wood and above all the famous nympheas which bloom all summer long. The pond and the surrounding vegetation form an enclosure separated from the surrounding countryside.
Garden: Franks Gardens
I enjoy growing many types of perennials such as lilies, roses and cut flowers and enjoy growing vegetables and fruits in our edible garden patch.
Garden: Little Patch o' Green
A little raised bed garden in the open sun. Has a little of everything growing from flowers to vegetables; annuals to perennials;common to rarities.
Garden: Bianey's garden
Mixed Vegetables, a few flowers,berries a little on the wild side. We manage to supply a lot of our own seasonal vegetable needs.There is always something new
Garden: The Van Steenbergen's Garden
It used to be lovely and then no matter what we did the grass started dieing and drying out. The flowers burn because the sun is too hut and there isn't any shade. The veggies are thriving!
Garden: Parc de Bagatelle
In 1905 Bagatelle was sold to the City of Paris.
Just prior to its redevelopment, Bagatelle was a strange sight. A landscape where rivers, paths and beds of flowers, created in the XIXth century, softened the surprise effects of the pre-romantic gardens of the Count d'Artois without detracting from its spirit.
From 1905, the J.-C.-N. Forestier, the Commissioner of the Jardins de Paris, succeeded in retaining the garden's style whilst at the same time redeveloping it.
In order to make the public more aware of the growing popularity of horticulture, J.-C.-N. Forestier created temporary and permanent collections of horticultural plants.
He built the famous rose gardens, the iris garden and the presenters, designed a pond to improve the presentation of aquatic plants and water lilies which were so dear to the painter Claude Monet. In 1907 he organised the first international competition for new roses.
Exhibitions, concerts and various cultural events are periodically held in the castle and the magnificent Bagatelle gardens. (Source: http://www.v1.paris.fr/EN/Visiting/gardens/parc_bagatelle.asp )
Garden: Brain on low
Small suburban backyard. Contains small (15' x 5') ground garden. I put in a small area of mulch with roses, spirea, and clematis. Also have a stepping path with Indian sandstone stones with thyme growing between them. In the front have a small area which used to be lawn and I have torn out (ran out of room in the back!) with an assortment of flowers.
Garden: Mother Earth's Community Garden
We are the first community garden in Fort Smith. We grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers, but most of all, we grow friendships. We plan on starting an orchard this fall. We have just about completed our children's garden and are getting ready to build our own greenhouse from recycled wooden windows. Our composting area will be completely reworked this fall.
We show movies in our garden and have all types of parties. We have our own firepit and kitchen area with a regular grill and a cooking pit. We showcase the arts and our artists. If you are in the region, come downtown to the garden. We're located at the corner of North 9th and D Streets and our gate is always open.
Garden: Lisette's garden
My back yard garden is a little garden for tomatoes ,wax beans, carrots ext.I have shrubs and a couple of parianials in my back yard too.I planted trees and flowers in the fron yard too.I got bird houses and water supply for them and bird feeders in the front.I really enjoy my summers .
Garden: Raspberry Hill Gardens
As early as 1980, When I would toss hay bales over the fence for the calves and horses that pastured on this hill, the beauty of the view would catch my breath. I would then take a few minutes and lean on the fence and just enjoy and dream of a beautiful garden. I could envision blooms of all colors. As I wound along the path of life, my dream began to unfold. I began in 1998, the hillside became home for many residents of beauty and many hours of enjoyment and contentment. It is tiered with 4 levels of trees, shrubs, flowers and berries in abundance! I have created my own private park! It hosts many visits from friends, neighbors, or people just wanting to enjoy the beauty. It is a garden of life, as time passes, the dream unfolds even more.
Garden: good vibes
Lots of perenials and self seeding flowers with a few pots and annuals for variety and all seson blooms.
Garden: Georges Garden 2009 -summer-
Located on the Corner of Munroe Ave & Weedon St.
I have a mix of everything growing from plum trees, apricot trees, cherry trees, apple, and pear. If you look closely up close, up you can see the variety of perennials and annuals all worked together in the beds.
I have grapes;vine, morning glories, and hibiscus flowers, blue-hydrangea. I love to plant from seed and always have a display show for my drive buy audience that always stop and looks at my blooming showcase. I do grafting, and also like to start new cuttings.
2009-summer is not the greatest show. =Very Wet and not so much flowering this year.
Garden: 'Firefly Gardens'
Part natural wild, part cultivated. Home of a sculptor who loves garden masks and hidden creatures. Also has 3 huge black walnut trees which shade the back.
Garden: Webgardener's plot
Raised veggie beds in the side yard, growing in homemade compost. Front Yard has flowers and some containers
Garden: Charmaine & David's Secret Garden
28 years of planning, refining, moving, adding - you know! A work in progress! We have fountains, several well established lovely maples, a couple of impressive Trumpet vine trees (yes! trees!), Day lilies, Roses, Herbs, Passion flowers, Hibiscus, Hosta, Ferns, Clematis, Honeysuckle ....... you get the idea! If we love it we try to grow it.
Garden: kellys flowers
hanging baskets, flower beds, tomotoe plants,bell peppers,rhododendroms, roses
Garden: Greenbank
about 300m2 in size, had drainage installed & renovated, in working progress. Have Kitchen garden, flowers, trees, and lawn among the 60m2 patio area that will include Clay Pizza oven and decking area.
Garden: Hailea's Garden
Just a few little flowers in the back yard. I have lots of shade, so a lot of hostas.
Garden: Tracee's Sunshine Coast Garden
This gentle garden is a combination of flowers, herbs, vegetables and a patch of coastal rain forest. I believe in companion planting as an effective way to deter pests and hand weeding opposed to herbicides. Relaxed gardening is part of my method, you win some, you lose some. The important thing is that you have fun and enjoy the journey. Gardening is Life.
Garden: Midleton Community Gardening
This is a previously neglected area in front of a parade of shops which is being "renovated" by a volunteer group from the Midleton Transition Town Project. We are a group of like-minded people with an interest in global issues such as Climate Change, recycling and encouraging self-sufficiency by growing your own herbs and vegetables. The object of the gardening excercise is to increase awareness and interest in growing herbs and other beneficial plants in addition to providing colour and interest to an uncared for area.
The shoppers and other local people are free to help themselves to seeds and to take and use the herbs, flowers etc. in the hope that they will develop an interest in growing their own produce.
Garden: A little bit of everything
I have multiple gardens and lots of giant evergreen trees. A variety of bushes and many many sq. ft of flowers I have all types of sun from full shade to full sun.
Garden: Angie & Terry's Garden
A large variety of perennials, annuals, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, herbs, etc in my front and back yard.
Garden: Back Yard dream
pond,fountains,vegetables,annual and perennial flowers, fruit, paths and rock walls, Trellis and decks, firepit and benches....Beautiful!
Garden: Kellys' Country Aire Garden
My Garden has raised beds and a greenhouse. I have herbs, veggies, seeds, friuts and berries, flowers, grass and hedges. Full sun and Full Shade. A bit of everything. We use NO chemicals or commercial fertilizers. We compost. My kids and pets play everywhere. It's not always at its prettiest, and I neglect it sometimes, but it's mine and I love it. I get to share my bounty with family and neighbors, and growing my own food makes me feel good. I also have a greenhouse and started trying a technique to smother weeds with newspapers and cardboard this year...liking the results! When my kids are bigger I expect there will be even more to offer.
Garden: Marge's Garden
Flowers and vegetables in my front yard; hated mowing grass. A work in progress.
Garden: The next step, more to come..
garden mums, small shrubs and bee balm..corn flowers..lavendar..
Garden: CONNIES GARDEN
MY GARDEN HAS A MIX OF EVERYTHING , ROSES BLOOMING FLOWERS , EDIBLES , HERBS AND ALL KINDS OF TROPICALS PLUS HUGE FERNS!
Garden: Peace on Earth
My flowers & foliage are a scrap book of people , places & events significant to our life. I like for them to have color & invite beneficial bugs, birds & people to enjoy and share their beauty. Photographing the blooms & bugs is a large part of the joy the garden shares.
Garden: relaxing place
I build it from scratch, create a creek to supply water faling in the pond & a creek from it to return the water underground to the top, add flowers over the year & change some once in a while
Garden: overgrown cottage garden
created gardenrooms, small kitchengarden, greenhouse, fragrant flowers/bushes. Some healing plants
Garden: Meadowlark Acres
Over 36 beds with flowers, veggies, herbs & shrubs. Very informal with stone walkways edging most of the beds. I make jellies and herb breads with the fresh picked produce and we have a small market store at the property. Very much a spring/summer/fall garden with lots of color.
Garden: Monnie's Garden
Suburban garden. I love flowers - grow as many type of lilies as I can lay my hands on. Have small veggie area about 16' x 8'and this year grew broccoli, cauliflowers, french beans, cucumbers, celery potatoes,peppers and chilli peppers. We grow apples - (wonderful crop - we are eating them at the moment) and soft fruits raspberries, red and black currants.I have a grass garden and a lavender bed. Wouldn't be the most well organised garden in the world but I Love it. I will try anything.
Garden: Our Garden
We're building a garden from a scrap waste patch behind our cottage that the landlord was going to concrete.
We're taking a very slow, permaculture approach because we've discovered that from where we're starting, we have approx. 6" soil which is a mix of waterlogged mud and heavy clay, onto the old, C16th cottage floor. We're spending little bits on the garden as and when we can and we're cultivating cuttings from local hedgerows and plant-swapping.
Our initial plan is to cover as much of the breeze-block wall as possible with flowers and then build raised beds (ideal as I have spine injuries) from the rubble that we've pulled out so far, in which we can far easier manage the soil quality.
Last year we had success with carrots; onions (bedford champion); lettuce (lollo rosso) raspberries; roses; cucumber; lavender; and various herbs. We have also introduced a laburnum as a standard and have a little patch of lawn chamomile that's struggling valiantly.
This year, we've decided to take a side-step in direction and focus more on growing berries and dedicating the rest of the garden to our birds. We're also hoping to attract more butterflies and bees - especially as there are swarms literally vanishing in our area & we'd quite like to bring some back and maybe start a colony of our own.
Garden: Heifer International St. Francis Peace Garden
A lovely garden with flowers and herbs that provides the kitchen with food. Lots of butterflies and ready access to fertilizer.
Garden: Tillie's Flowers
Tillie's flowers and birds January - September 09
entrance, front, and south side is all cement
moss roses, begonias, ferns, zinnas
backyard is 15 x 30 with another litte rock extension on the north side
morning glories, moon flowers on the fences
four o clocks and zinnas in grassy area
marigolds, zinnas, moss roses, sweet asylumn, honeysuckle in garden area
marigolds, trumpet vine, morning glory vine in rock area
bird pictures start in January with the hawk - gold finches in March - cardinals and indigo bunting in April
Garden: Rocky Top
My garden is about 3 acres, with mixed sun and shade, trees and flowers and surround by forest. I have wild and tame flowers, and am working on a raised bed veggie/fruit garden. I am still building the raised beds. Last winter, I transplanted some wild black raspberries and they are doing well in the new spot. I hope to get a nice blueberry patch going too. I am also trying to build a Victorian Romance Garden with old varieties of roses.
Garden: Garden of Mixture
My garden I would like to have color all year round. Love flowers with lots of perfume.I have roses lots of Aqualigias.
Garden: Disaster zone
No money - no garden. Love to have a beautiful garden full of trees and flowers
Garden: Peaceful Waikanae
A garden was created out of a plain grass lawn a year ago. My aim was to create a place of peace and tranquility so I planted white flowering trees, white flowers and shrubs.
Garden: 2500m2 amateur
A large lawn surrounded by flowers, waterhole. Volleyball court. Fruits and berries. A small greenhouse.
Garden: Kingfisher's Nest
Like Herbs, but try everything that wants to grow here. As long as it's green and produce flowers I'm happy.
Garden: New Gardener willing to learn
small townhouse garden with sand for soil, mix from veggie garden to mix flowers, like it wild
Garden: GRACIAS DIOS
An eclectic mixture - front garden cottage style, informal plantings of flowers, fruit, herbs and trees. Back garden still much a work in progress but will be wonderful when completed.
Garden: Small
Small garden with macrocarpa hedges down two sides. Has to accomodate swingset, trampoline, playhouse, veggies and flowers.
Garden: Agape
from roses to flowers and cactus to ferns and palmtrees. What a mixture! need guidance on expanding and building a winning garden.
Dream of having a big farm with lots of plants and giving away half to underprivilegded so they can enjoy it!
Garden: Preston Raised Vegie Garden
Just over 16sqm(?) distributed in four equal sized sleeper-raised garden beds on the Southern side of the house - conversion of the original driveway. Loosely-based on the Square Foot Gardening principles, each bed has a varied collection of seasonal produce at any one time, including flowers and herbs. Watering is almost solely achieved via laundry greywater, soil is kept productive via a combination of a ~50ltr worm farm (converted stone basin) and two compost bins (one stationary, the other rotating).
Garden: Rocky Top
I have a 3 acre yard/garden with large trees, flowers, a spot I am working on for my veggie/fruit garden. I am growing rose of sharon, forsythia, lilacs, roses, hostas, lilies, pink flowering almond, wildflowers, daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, etc... I have blackberries, black raspberries (both wild), strawberries, blueberrry bushes, Jerusalem artichokes, sedums, wild purple phlox, tame phlox, grapes, pears, peaches, cherries, and many others. The rest of my place is mostly wooded.
Garden: south loirston
Half an acre flowers ,shrubs lawns trees greenhouse polytunnel containers in courtyard
bulbs soft fruit roses and hanging baskets
Garden: Laura's backyard gardens
I have several flower beds and a raised vegetable bed. I love to garden but I just do it the way it pleases me. By this I mean that I don't follow any of the landscaping "rules". I enjoy sitting on my deck or garden bench in the summer months and sharing my backyard with my friends and family. Our four grandkids, little great neice, nephews and friend's children are a treat to have in the yard. I spend time hiding little items like bunnies and things for them to find as they spend a sunny afternoon with me for a playday. Planting flowers with fun names like "Turtle's Head, Pussy Toes and Snap Dragons are a fun way for me to teach them about flowers and the joy gardening can bring.
Garden: Frary's Fresh Flowers
Gaining experience - want to grow flowers for a living. Heathers, roses, primroses, tubs, climbers
Garden: Binky's Garden
A garden of food self-sufficiency, flowers and chickens still under development.
Garden: Jardin Mary El Preferido
Our Garden is a long time traditional nursery we have fruit plants and many other species
we are in about 2000 feet above the sea level
Directed to the lovers of the nature who want to learn to cultivate plants and to enjoying the nature
misiòn:
To offer to them the oprotunity of estimating, knowing and loving the plants and to enjoy the nature, to love to it ,understand it and to preserve it
Garden: Elsham Ave
Several garden beds in a lawn - beds are edged with black rock.The plants are mainly perennial flowers , or shrubs.There are two large spruce trees as well , and one bed is under one of the spruces with elephant's ear and cannas.
Garden: JARDIN DE EVA
I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAIN AND IS VERY HUMID BUT
IDEAL FOR ORCHIDS,IMPATIENS AND LOT OF
DIFFERENTS FLOWERS AND FRUIT TREES
Garden: Quinta Quijotito
An organic garden, mostly raised beds, containing culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, flowers and vegetables.
Garden: Tranquility and peace
Mostly indiginous with English style flowers mixed. Open grass and full flower beds with a number of trees. Not a big garden, middle of the range. Some areas are in full sun but most in shade.
Garden: El Fuerte Haven
Our backyard is huge so we have everything from full sun to full shade. We have avocado, guayaba, naranjita, mango, papaya, lime, mandarin, orange and plum trees. We also have tons of flowers and lots of shade plants. The garden overlooks the El Fuerte river so it is a very peaceful place to relax.
Garden: Giardino delle fate
Still to create and start due to house and ground work. It will be full of flowers in spring and summer and rich of red leaves and berries in autumn and winter.
Garden: kilmagoura
my garden is a small cottage garden with lots of flowers and a few shrubs. I also have a backyard with a lot of pot plant. flowers in my gaden are foxgloves, peoneys, delphs. lots of types of daffodils , dalhias and pot marigolds and lupins. Shurbs are bullidia, varegated elder and old rambling roses. The cottage was built in around the 1910s so olld fashoined plants suit with the odd modern plant such as a gum tree cut down as a shrub.
Garden: Los Marcelinos
Our garden was hard fought for out of scrubland surrounding a ruined cortijo and an olive grove. The planting progress was mostly trial and error at first but once we found what our terrain was suited to - mostly by digging out the plants which didn't overwinter in this mountainous region - everything we planted did very well. The garden is spread out to the front, sides and rear of our home, with front and back marbled patios and pool area bordered with an assortment of planted bushes, trees, flowers, cacti and potted plants. We are quite proud of what we have achieved in the 9 years we have been living here both with our garden and the restored cortijo. I look forward to meeting likeminded people who enjoy the challenges and joys of gardening in Spain.
Garden: my shangrila!
backyard garden landscaped w/ flowers mostly perennials and tropicals species gathered from friends and garden catalogs.
Garden: my garden (very mixed)
I had restraining walls put against a hilly, crumbly rocky area from which I removed some old trunks (others, well underneath are still there. The worker used local stones in a rustic way to create four levels. I had a large area left at the bottom where I planted fruit trees, salad, basil, strawberries in hedge form, The middle level is a kind of long planting box used for herbs, large succulents, annuals, some flowers from bulbs. On the top level I planted blueberry and blackberry bushes. The bottom most level is used for the vegetable garden and other fruit trees. There is also a planting area around the perimeter of the property-a two family house where there are forsythia, lavander, roses, lantane, gladioli, spring bulbs mostly already there.
Garden: Keren's urban oasis
I replaced all of my grass - front and back yards - with flowers, shrubs, trees, ornamental grasses and interesting garden decorations, including a flagstone patio and a drystone wall in the back. It is an interesting blend of sun and shade, so the plants are incredibly varied and different, and I'm always adding, moving or removing to so it is always changing.
Garden: Mweya Lodge
Campo garden in mountains between Guaro and Monda, Andalucia. Fully fenced. Part untended, part to veg, part to flowers and shrubs. 22 olive trees, 2 lemons, 2 mango and 10 almonds. Good waterin system to much of the land. Ground VERY stoney so hard work when initially cultivating. Easily taken over by clover if neglected.
Garden: in progress
4 years to get some sort of order, split into 3 parts 1,edible,2,flowers and lawn 3, small fruit orchard
Garden: Winston Smoyer Memorial Community Garden
The Winston Smoyer Memorial Community Garden boasts nearly 100 individual garden sites that are tended by individual gardeners, who enjoy planting fresh flowers and garden vegetables. They also enjoy getting together once a month for informative monthly meetings and workshops on gardening.
The Garden is named after Winston Smoyer, a retired Alhambra High School teacher, who was one of the most arden Alhambra Community gardeners in its history. He loved his plot, and provided friends with a never-ending supply of fresh vegetables, including some of the largest zucchini known to Alhambra. He was also a community activist, serving as long-time President and Curator of the Alhambra Historical Society, member of the Board of the Alhambra Day Nursery, member of the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce (where he won the Chamber's prestigious "Citizen of the Year" award), and other community organizations.
Garden: Controled Wild
Our garden is not what you would called a manicured wonder. I use no chemical fertilizers at all and do the very basic pruning and trimming just to keep thing from going completely wild. The reason we like it this way is because of the the wild birds that visit our backyard daily. Not to mention a few hedgehogs and hawks. I plant flowers in the spring to give it color and add a few veggies here and there hoping they will thrive and grow some herbs in pots. I like to leave some leaf litter and such in behind the shrubs and trees near the fence to give the birds places to look for goodies.
Garden: home garden
a large garden all aroun the oue and closed in by fences and hedges with mostly perennial plants, spring bulbs, bushes, roses and a few trees. There are terraces but it is flat all round the house. I try to hav some flowers in evry part of the year so we have some colours but my favourie plant is the clematis then delphiniums, phlox, and roses. It's hard work but my husband helps a loy with the hedges ,trees and grass but I like to se to the flows and bushes.
As it is half-way up a hill,the babk of the gard has a lot of shafe wgere the ortensia grow really well. I hope that thy allow pictues on here becaus it's noy asy to escibe a garden.
Garden: to plan for the future
I add what I like. I change seasonal flowers that are aranged around the fruit trees, I TRY to grow my one Veges
Garden: Nancy's Garden
Containers with herbs, wild strawberry, lemon tree, tangerine tree, green plants and flowers.
Garden: paradise
this garden is full from conifers(cedars abies piceas)trees,deciduous trees and shrubs,annoual and perenial flowers and the last two years structures for birds(geese ducks pheasants ets)and dogs
Garden: Ina's garden
There is a swimming pool in the middle of it, many roses, sunflowers,a little tree, herbs and seasonal flowers like tulips, snowdrops, daffodils and many others.
Garden: Country Garden
Large, very difficult to grow anything successfully in. Would appreciate any practical useful tips. I love flowers but all I get growing really well over here are weeds. I even have difficulty getting the olive trees to give a good crop. HELP!
Garden: My experiment
I'm planning on the first garden to consist of (in order of rows)...
1. Bush beans
2. Bean herbs (bohnen kraut)
3. Tomatoes
4. Lauch (onions)
5. Karrots with Dill mixed in
6. Onions
surrounded by the veggi garden will be certain flowers, Marigold, Ringelblumen that help with the bugs and soil.
On a second level (terrace) I plan to plant more Tomatoe plants surrounded by Lavender and Echinicea.
Garden: Always bloom
Lots of flowers that bloom at different times during the summer. Most of my gardens are very simple, more wild flowers than rose type gardens. I base most of my design on color and a cutting garden. The key to any good garden is to cut, cut, cut; it keeps plants healthy and blooming. Another important factor is the soil - always prepare your soil before planting. Love to work the ground, I think I am a farmer-girl at heart.
Garden: Guardian of Nature
Small vegtable garden 6x6
small alpine garden... 2 years old
English style garden and shade gaden in backyard
small flower garden along interlock walkway.
Many small projects to still complete. Less lawn more flowers :))
Garden: Zion 2
electic mix of vege and flowers also like the unusual likeorchids and carnivorous plants.
Garden: michelle garden
large back garden with lots of flowers in summer time , try to build up on evergreen for the winter months, beautiful pergola to sit in with south faceing sun.take pride in looking after my garden as i find it very theraputic, have two fire stoves to light up which i enjoy very much when reading a book.
Garden: Our Lady of the Lake
Three acres of tropical trees, plants and flowers. We have the fragrant Ylang-ylang trees surrounding our outdoor breakfast nook. Just in the front yard are: Voyager palm, Royal Palm, Breadfruit tree, Nimm trees, platinos, year-round flowering Musiendas, Elephant foot palm, gardenia plants, Lluvia de Oro plants, orchids, laurels (around the pool), 3 Allspice trees, countless vivid red, orange and yellow Banderas Espanol, hybiscus everywhere, fragrant Azucenas, bougenvilla, Miami palms, fan palms and assorted trees and flowers that I cannot recall the names. There are several tall, skinny cypress trees near the fountain, several cypress trees that look more like Christmas trees than cypress. The entire garden is bursting with bright, vivid colors and a walk-about the garden assails your olfactory senses with myrid of fragrances. Needless to say, the garden calls out to the hummingbirds and doves, plus a multitude of other flying aves. Pictures are forthcoming. Welcome to my Garden.
Garden: Our Lady of the Lake
Three acres of tropical trees, plants and flowers. We have the fragrant Ylang-ylang trees surrounding our outdoor breakfast nook. Just in the front yard are: Voyager palm, Royal Palm, Breadfruit tree, Nimm trees, platinos, year-round flowering Musiendas, Elephant foot palm, gardenia plants, Lluvia de Oro plants, orchids, laurels (around the pool), 3 Allspice trees, countless vivid red, orange and yellow Banderas Espanol, hybiscus everywhere, fragrant Azucenas, bougenvilla, Miami palms, fan palms and assorted trees and flowers that I cannot recall the names. There are several tall, skinny cypress trees near the fountain, several cypress trees that look more like Christmas trees than cypress. The entire garden is bursting with bright, vivid colors and a walk-about the garden assails your olfactory senses with myrid of fragrances. Needless to say, the garden calls out to the hummingbirds and doves, plus a multitude of other flying aves. Pictures are forthcoming. Welcome to my Garden.
Garden: Our Lady of the Lake
Three acres of tropical trees, plants and flowers. We have the fragrant Ylang-ylang trees surrounding our outdoor breakfast nook. Just in the front yard are: Voyager palm, Royal Palm, Breadfruit tree, Nimm trees, platinos, year-round flowering Musiendas, Elephant foot palm, gardenia plants, Lluvia de Oro plants, orchids, laurels (around the pool), 3 Allspice trees, countless vivid red, orange and yellow Banderas Espanol, hybiscus everywhere, fragrant Azucenas, bougenvilla, Miami palms, fan palms and assorted trees and flowers that I cannot recall the names. There are several tall, skinny cypress trees near the fountain, several cypress trees that look more like Christmas trees than cypress. The entire garden is bursting with bright, vivid colors and a walk-about the garden assails your olfactory senses with myrid of fragrances. Needless to say, the garden calls out to the hummingbirds and doves, plus a multitude of other flying aves. Pictures are forthcoming. Welcome to my Garden.
Garden: Our Garden
Sometimes struggling but we try very hard.
Small and in a combination of pots and beds,, vege's and flowers
Garden: Oasis on Bay
Frontyard is mostly flowers and some berries.Deer can access this area (for now). Backyard is vegetables, greenhouse, flowers and berries.Deer cannot access unless someone leaves the gate open.
Garden: Seaside garden
I have raised gardens at the back with vegetables. the front is in mostly flowers trees and bushy plants.
Garden: vegetables, pot plants and orchids
Most of my garden is made up of pot plants, I live in Australia and there is a big push for gardeners living in Australia to grow Australian Natives, but I have to say I'm not a great fan, I love to grow Orchids, Rhodedendrons, ferns, gardeniars, I like plants that have lovely flowers, but I also like the weird and the wonderful plants, unfortunantly we are in the middle of a very long drought and that makes gardening here a bit difficult, especially for me as most of my plants are very water hungry, I also have a very productive vegetable garden that my friends are all happy about as I grow so many vegies that I could'nt possibly eat them all myself.
Garden: v. stumpfeldts individual garden
our garden is planted with differnt kinds of flowers, a japanese bambootree at the boundary, a nice pine trees too, flowers planted in different styles of flowervases/pots,.........
Garden: Gradinutza
A little garden in the backyard of our block of flats. 3 years ago, together with our neighbours we starded to plant flowers in this tiny green spot. I hope we will have many roses this year!
Garden: carolyn's patch
We have lots of fruit trees and lots of flowers and plants... We have a garden every year also.
Garden: my garden
just a back garden with grass and flowers with a small pond.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Garden: marshgarden
lots of edibles, flowers, flowering shrubs in a newly estabilshed order.
My ambition to grow grapes, the blueberry and blackcurrants are thriving.
Garden: flowers garden
At my house I have front, side and back garden containing many evergreens, climbing roses, rhododendrons, hyendreas. heathers, thistles, bulbs of fragrant lilies, tulips and at the back garden some hanging flowers...
Garden: Magpie's Nest
Garden generally made up of cuttings and plants from friends & family.... giving me a patchwork of plants, shrubs & flowers which remind me of my fellow gardening friends
Garden: My Little Piece of Mind
It's a mix of flowers, herbs, some vegetables and roses in the cloud forest of Central Guatemala.
Garden: My Little Garden
My garden is a little bit of everything. Although there is a lot of space to work with, I've tried to bring some of home (Minnesota) to my garden for my children. It has western grass in the middle, edged by small planting spaces that I've created with brick borders. There are two lilac trees, to remind me of the smells of spring when I was a boy. I grow seasonal berries, like strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries in some of the individual plots, and vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, broccoli, garlic, cucumbers, cabbage, etc. In others I grow flowers, such as roses, tulips, daffodils, and so on. And I also raise herbs, lavender, marjoram, thyme, basil, rosemary and mint. All together, I average about 150 different plants, either potted or planted in the soil.
Garden: McCrory Gardens
McCrory Gardens harbors a wide variety of flowers, trees, shrubs and grasses. The gardens comprise about 20 acres of floral botanical gardens and 45 acres of arboretum (a place for the scientific study and public exhibition of many species of trees and shrubs).
Source: http://www3.sdstate.edu/Academics/CollegeOfAgricultureAndBiologicalSciences/HorticultureForestryLandscapeandParks/McCroryGardens/Index.cfm
Garden: Memphis Botanic Garden
Memphis Botanic Garden strives to enhance lives by connecting people with plants and by increasing awareness and appreciation of our environment. Our 96-acre property includes 23 specialty gardens, which provide an in-depth look into various families of plants, flowers, and trees.
Source: http://www.memphisbotanicgarden.com/index.cfm
Garden: phokea
lemon tree, fig tree, plum tree, cherry tree, peanut tree, almond tree, olive tree, gardenias, hybiskus, hortance, avocado tree, roses, basil, mint, tulips and other flowers, and vegetables and herbs depending the season
Garden: International Peace Garden
Since 1932, nestled on the U.S. and Canadian borders of North Dakota and Manitoba in a symbol of friendship, lies a “One of a Kind” International Peace Garden. Reflecting pools and dazzling colorful floral displays of over 150,000 flowers splash across the grounds of the Formal Garden’s terraced walkways.
Source: http://www.peacegarden.com/
Garden: Casa Caroles
Private garden set on 2 terraces. Variety of fruit trees, olives, almonds and borders of whatever flowers and shrubs I like the look of. Some irrigation using grey water.
Garden: Rollandet Community Garden
The Idaho Falls Community Garden is about growing - growing flowers, growing vegetables and fruits, and growing a community of people who can share their love of gardening while taking good care of our small part of the earth. The Rollandet Community Garden is one of the IFCG's three gardens. It offers wheelchair accessible raised beds.
Source: http://www.srv.net/%7Eklack/Garden/about.htm
Garden: Choko's Vegies and flower garden
Colourful flowers growing at the front yard and variety of vegetables growing at back yard. Pleasant atmosphere watching bees, butterflies, squirrels and all buzzing, flying, etc etc. hmmmmmmmmm relaxing:)
Garden: Mökki
It's a modest summer cottage garden with some flowes, apple and plum trees. The soil is originally sand but we have brought clay for flowers.
Garden: Nadia's Haven
The garden has grown over the years from a few beds to what now covers most of the property. There are Lots of perrenial beds & flowers, shrubs trees, fruit trees etc throughout the property.Wildlife & birds love it, My neighbors admire it.
Garden: Edible
We have a number of pots with various plants, fruit tree garden as well as a raised garden for growing vegetables. I wanted to be able to have flowers so have a few planters that I grow flowers in. I have been growing from seed as well which has been interesting.
Garden: A little bit of heaven
Large areas of gravel with borders of seasonal flowers, a swimming pool and small trees
Garden: rose garden
Different roses of all colours.
Flowers the bloom for long periods of more then once,preferably perinial.
Garden: Anne's Garden.
My garden is a mixed garden, with flowers, shrubs, trees, - ornamental, forest and fruit trees - vegetables and other interesting plants. It is in an acre of land that had been plantes with larches, oaks and sycamores mostly. Besides being a multy featured garden it also has a wild side to its nature. It is quite varied in plane as it is slopy but also flat on some areas.
Garden: Hungarian Heaven
1/3 acre in Hungary. Continental climate is a challenge. Top area is ornamental with shrubs and flowers, brick patio and path, with areas of lawn. There is a large walnut tree in the middle of the lawn and other large trees round the edge such as Mock Acacia and Willow. The lower half is wilder containing old fruit trees, small vegetable patches, a wildlife pond and conifer bed plus other interesting trees such as Catalpa, wild olives, Ginkgo, Laburnum, Rhus Sumach and others.
Garden: The Nest
Veges- carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, peas, courgettes, silverbeet, beetroot, spring onions, cauli, lettuce, chillis, ruhbarb.
Flowers- calendula, peony poppies, hollyhocks, portulacas,
Herbs- basil, parsley, chamomile, wild thyme, mint, chocolate mint, sage,
Garden: Putiki Paradise
I am renting a beautiful place on the banks of the Whanganui river.
I have a couple of vege plots and there are a few established fruit trees here...I'd like to grow as much fruit , veges and flowers as possible without spending too much money!
Garden: Kotikari
Flowers: from shadow to moderate daylight
Kitchen garden: all easy-to-grow vegetables and herbs
Soil: Muddy, keeps water
Problem: keeping the growth alive during the winter
Garden: Solet's tiny chaotic patch
I inhereted this garden two years ago. The previous owner attempted to create a nature garden. In the end it became chaotic with too many weeds and a broken pond. I am trying to bring more order without losing to many plants. I would like to create an English Garden-feel with preference to pink, white and yellow flowers. One day when I have enough money I will replace the pond.
Garden: Ben's lovely garden of flowers
in my garden, I did plant lots of flowers, some vegetables...I plan to do re-organise my garden or make it looks tidy, plant more vegetables this summer (2010), hope to get more ideas from friends here...thanks!
Garden: SUSAN PATCH
Many veggies, beetroot, spring onions, runner beans, cos lettuce and pumpkin. Strawberries, raspberries & rhubarb. Flowers that don't require a lot of water.
Garden: Now Beginning
Now I begin to make my garden.
I want to grow fruiets, vegitables, and flowers. But I don't have enought time... so it will be slow.
I want to learn about gardening!!
Garden: Alan and Ivans Garden
We have a mixed garden of fruit,vegtables and flowers.We are currently getting the plots ready for the years growing by manuring and digging them over.
Garden: Twin Valley
A large perennial garden with many different types of plants that I have collected on our trips away. I get and pleasure from sharing my flowers and plants with friends. Time just flies when I am in the garden and I enjoy it,
Garden: Lauren's garden at the mill
I have a vegetable garden as well as a small pond in a more natural setting. I have flowers, roses and bulbs. I would like to expand and grow different types of flowers especially around my stream.
Garden: Mien toentje ('My garden' in English)
I have a front- and a backgarden. I garden eco-friendly and have lots of life in the garden. Lots of birds, butterflies, insects and other species (hedgehog) and of course, lots of flowers.
Garden: Scottish cottage garden
Cottage garden with lots of flowers, herbs, fruit & veg. Home to kids and pets so a long way from perfect but i love it.
Garden: Mary's jungle!
Surrounded on two sides by tall hedges. Rather heavy soil. Lawn and flowers mainly although we do grow a few veggies too. Puppy and grandchildren 'help'. We have a playhouse and swings
Garden: my tiny garden
i grow different kinds of plants in my garden like flowers,cocktus some herbs etc. during summer i plant vegetables like eggplant,okra,green pepper and tomato.i really enjoy harvesting them when they're ripe..
Garden: My Garden
A steep, Welsh woodland garden on the side of a mountain (my lawn is higher than the roof of my house).The soil is acidic and the area damp and I have problems with rhododendrons, ferns, foxgloves and ground elder. I grow flowers, fruit and vegetables. The garden is bordered by 4 other overgrown, uncared for gardens which makes life very hard as I seem to spend most of my time cutting back other people's overgrowth!
Garden: Sharma's Garden Russin
It is a private garden, with pine trees, fruit trees, seasonal flowers, hanging baskets and a salad and vegetable patch. The area is about 2000 m2. We arre particular about keeping the lawn and hedge pruned, keen for nice flowers all around the year. Three wisterias adorn the walls. Need help to plan the work in the garden.
Garden: Luinelen's garden
We have just moved in and the garden is under snow so I don't really have much of an idea what is already there. I'm going to grow edibles (veggies, herbs, berries, fruits) and flowers (probably somewhat in cottage garden style).
Garden: Sue & Tom's Garden
We grow a wide variety of vegetables, flowers and fruit trees. We pretty much feed ourselves vegetables and fruits from the garden (organic and spray-free) most of the year. Looking to do more. Involved with seed saving and loving it!
Garden: Traditional cottage garden
I grow heirloom vegetables as well as flowers, herbs and fruit trees.
Garden: Clarice's Garden of Paradise
I have a large garden with various ranges of plants, flowers and trees. I have planted my first vegetable garden and have been quite successful with it.
Garden: Clarice's Garden of Paradise
I have fruit trees, various other trees, a variety of plants and flowers. I have started my first vegetable garden which has grown quite well.
Garden: maria´s plot
trying to grow organic vegetables but the soil is poor and would like a much prettier garden full of flowers but I get too much sun and too much wind.
at the moment i´m growing broad beans, lettuce, onions, leeks, artichoke, trying to grow spinach and fennels but these last two are not doing very good.
Garden: Avril's Somerset levels garden
My garden is very wet which presents lots of difficulties. I also have rabbits which eat everything. I garden by trial and error and love surpises when new things come up that I haven't planted. We are surrounded by trees so in the summer it feels lush and green. I love wild flowers. We have primroses, celandine and wild orchids in the spring and foxgloves in the summer.
My gardens has odd soil but is seems to be very fertile. It is neutral in pH but is comprised of clay, loam and alkaline peat.
Garden: Urban oasis
A mix of fruit trees, veggie patch, flowers for butterflies and trees/shrubs for birds. Lots of space to relax and recreate in. I love this space!
Garden: Sheila's Garden
I grow flowers and vegetables...
I look for things that will survive the hot summer with sometimes drought conditions and severe winters!
Garden: Debbies tub city
I am doing my best to grow vegetables in containers as cannot get down to dig and plant in ground. Also back garden on a slope which not helpful but not big enough to terrace. Hve massive side garden which I hope to Landshire for help with the heavy work in it. Front garden is mainly just flowers and shrubs
Garden: Tabor work-in-progress
When I bought my house I inherited a wonderful yard with many mature trees and shrubs. I'm working on adding lots of bright beautiful flowers. I love the idea of good fresh healthy food just outside my door so I've been adding raised beds for fruits, veggies and kitchen herbs.
I have many excess plants and shrubs as well as rasberry and strawberry starts. I'm always up for plant swaps. I'm still a little green at gardening and would enjoy the insights of other gardeners trying things out in lovely Portland.
Garden: Hennie's Garden
Wild Flowers, Rock Garden, succulent varietal, trees, vines, ground cover, needs lots of work, on granite hard to dig deep so have to use built-up garden beds which tend to stay too moist. grass needs work. trying to cultivate rock wall growth and hummingbird/butterfly favorites.
Garden: Lake Forest Park sun/shade mix
Flowers, fruit trees, vegetables, and shrubs coexist with a few large trees.
Garden: Patti's Pad in the Valley.
Today,I started to get the ground ready for gardening. I put in some flowers Tulips purple, red and Pink. I am getting my seeding plants indoors for the spring. Im planting zuccinni, tomatoes, beans, herbs, and more.... I love plants, veggies, flowers and Native plants.
Garden: Soulful Gardening
Veggies, Perennials, Annual flowers, Perennial veggies, watergardening, bulbs, shrubs, ROSES, and tropicals. Wanting to continue to learn more about all these plants and growing in Colorado. Also want to plant fruit trees this upcoming season.
Garden: Perrenials
Just getting started, different perrenials plots. Will number each one. Would like to get cutting flowers.
Garden: Hina's Garden
I am growing herbs and flowers in flower beds. I also have rock garden I need ideas for that. I like colorful garden with low maintenance.
Garden: Starting from scratch
Have a blank canvas just grass and gravel. I am planning shrubs and flowers to attract birds, bees etc to the front and some veg and fruit to the rear.
Have dug out 5 flower beds each planted with spring bulbs and a shrub to the rear but have another 5 to go!
Garden: Jule's Little Garden
Trying to reclaim/establish the garden of a foreclosure. Yard has been neglected for quite a few years, I'm a Virginia gardener getting used to CO, missing the dogwoods, azaleas, boxwoods, magnolias and rhodies. Anything I can learn would be wonderful! I did learn that roses and lavender to great out here. Need to get busy with grass first, then flowers and herbs.
Garden: Jen's Garden
My garden is a combo of trees, shrubs,flowers and veggies. The landscaping was done in the early 1980s and continues to evolve. The location is the high plains above the South Platte river.
Garden: Alexander's Garden
Memorial garden dedicated in loving memory to Alexander John Buryiak. Garden maintained by John Peter Buryiak and a team of volunteers from 60 Cooper Street Co-Op. Crocus, Daffodils and Hyacinth in the spring. Muscarii, Allium and Lilies come next. Sunflowers, Morning Glories, Cosmos and Four-O'clocks round out the growing season. We've tried various other flowers, but these seem to be the ones that grow best in our soil. This link http://homepage.mac.com/frangelika/Personal9.html takes you to a page my wife created about a month after Alex passed. Then it was a dream, now is is real. Stop by and show some love!
JPB
Garden: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
http://www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org/index.html
The garden surrounding the Dyckman Farmhouse is a wonderful retreat from the bustle of Broadway. Although we no longer have the extensive acreage of the original farm, there is a garden of just under 1/2 acre.
The garden includes a small reproduction smokehouse built as part of the 1916 restoration as well as a Military Hut. In the early 1900's, Reginald Pelham Bolton, a historian and amateur archaeologist, uncovered the remains of more than sixty huts used as shelter by British and Hessian soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Bolton documented his discovery and then in 1916 he excavated a chimney, walls and floor and reconstructed them as a full hut within the park of the Dyckman Farmhouse.
The hut sits in the midst of a formal garden, a feature of the 1916 landscape. The formal garden edging and paths were recently restored thanks to the work of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and the Historic House Trust. Volunteers and staff at Dyckman have replanted the formal garden beds with historically appropriate flowers will that bloom through several seasons
Garden: Montgomery Bricolage
Tomatoes & other miscellaneous veggies, all organic and all in PH-challenged clay soil. Also some flowers and a compost pile maintained by plenty of slack.
Garden: Organic culinary& medicinal garden
I grow a range of vegetables, brassicas, legumes,1 chia plant, yet to flower, goji berry, tomatoes, potatoes, berry fruit and a few heritage fruit trees, plum, peach, 3types, herbs, - a vriety of medicinal and culinary,. At the front I am trying to create a cottagey type garden of old fashioned flowers.
Garden: Wisteria Lane in Glengormley
My garden is a long narrow urban garden which I have divided into different sections depending on what I feel like at the time. The one we are working on at the moment is the vegetable garden which my daughter Rachel said was a "bit desperate housewives" hence Wisteia Lane. Like most gardens it is an ongoing project and will probably never get finished as I change my mind too much about how I want things. It is mostly a pretty garden with a lot of cottage garden flowers and shrubs.
Garden: Casa do Mar
Facing the ocean with lots of sea salt in the winter. Serveral lawn areas, tamarisks, rose bushes, short palms, cortedera, hybiscus, camelias, and summer flowers.
Garden: Higgledy Piggledy
Garden is mainly rockery due to being on a slope
the front is the pool area, with hedging and Yucca, the ground below the pool is laid with brita to the right ther are more shrubs and plants, whilst the back is mainly rockery with raised beds for veg and flowers
Garden: Yuzo's gardens, the largest and south garden
This is the largest and south garden, and I made it last October. At first I planted an olive, an orange osmanthus and some roses and some flowers there. During the wintertime, around my house, it frosts every morning and the northwest wind often blows strongly from a mountain which is 670 meters high, so it might be a harsh place for the plants!!
Garden: Rosengarten München
Since we live in a very plastered and densely populated area it is a privilege to have a nursery and botanical "test" garden nearby run by the city parks department. There are benches and lawns to between densely growing shrubs and flowers, a great place to read a book or just explore what is happening. It is an ever changing merry-go-round of colour and shapes...
Ground: Fluvial glacial outwash in the upper banks of the large Alpine river system "Isar" > "Danube"
Hardness Zones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardiness_zone
Garden: Christine's Garden
3/4 acre in the beautiful southwest of Ireland,10 mins from Tralee & 40 mins from Killarney.
The garden was made from scratch with lots of hard work & no money.
I grow plants mainly from seed & cast offs from other people's gardens.
It really is amazing....must have done something right.Bees, Butterflies &Ladybugs are here in abundance.In fact they make such a noise buzzing around, I sometimes wonder about "The peace & tranquility of the countryside".
We as oaps, garden in the traditional way.I do the flowers,Terry the veg....organically of course!
Garden: Home sweet Home
All Potted plants. Fruits and veggies out front in the full Sun. Flowers in the back for the birds and bees. tropical jungle in my bed room. House plants almost every where else. the basement is where station is at.
Garden: Mikes converted garden of raised beds
Coutry cottage front garden which is south facing, cosisting of Hardy evergreen shrubs to decidous shrubs, various bulbs alpines and herbaceous plants lawn and a ash tree with clematis montana Elizabeth growing through. One special Corus Venus bred by the famous Peter Moore with very large white flowers. Back garden consisting of decking path ways and patio with large perimeter raised beds for veg chickens phormiums, herbaceous, alpines lilac tree, acers, dwarf conifers and a vaiety of shrubs. more to add once up and running. Mike
Garden: Hancock Holdings
trees, grass, flowers and fruit. we have a hot summer, and cool winter.. constant wind and sporatic rains..flooding and droughts.
Garden: Ilala Oasis
Our garden has a wonderful mixture of trees, fruiting and non fruiting, deciduous and evergreen, flowers, vegetables, fruiting vines, herbs and exotic foliage. It is still a new garden to us although many of the trees are old, we are still planting trees, bushes(Arbustos)and vines and hope to put in many more herbs and fruiting plants, both native to this area and exotic.
Garden: Yuzo's flowers and trees collections
Now I hesitate where I should plant these trees, but I will plant them anywhere later.
Garden: Jenny's little patch
Very small, north facing suburban garden with high fences, so int he shade for most of the year except mid summer. Growing salad and begetables in the patch that gets the most sunlight, and a mix of flowers and shrubs that like the shade in the rest.
Garden: Diana's flower garden
I have a variety of flowers in my front yard and along the side of my house. We are going to put a big veggie garden in next. The veggie garden will take up the majority of my back yard.
Garden: Noal's garden for birds and bees
We have a section where it has a tropical flavour a section where we plant annuals, a section where we have a variety of shrubs. There are also berry bearing shrubs and trees which attract the birds, and flowers which attract the bees .
Garden: stumpy's lot
unfortunately my garden is 2 interlocking patios with no actual planting area so everything i have is grown in pots of various sizes. this is not a problem for me as you can change the whole outlay and feel of the garden just by moving the pots. i grow flowers roses, tomatoes peppers lettuce potatoes, altho those in old compost bags, spring onions, beetroots, carots in tall tubing! you name it it gets a go in my garden!
Garden: A Garden for All Seasons
A moderate sized suburban garden. Mainly shrubs and herbaceous borders to provide all season leaf colour and flowers. Gravel area and lawns front and rear. Some seasonal containers and an area for vegetables, mainly growing onions, shallots and climbing beans.
Garden: Justin's Garden
The back garden is pretty small, about 45 feet square. It's split into areas, such as an Italian formal garden with clipped box and palms, a woodland garden with a pond, ferns and dappled shade, and a lawn with flowers and banans. There's also a patio with decking and a spa pool.
Garden: Teampixies Garden
A garden of rooms, veg, water, medow, flowers. bog garden all in a smallish space
Garden: Michael's Vegetable and Kitchen Gardens
Melons, Tomatoes, grapes, berries, herbs, greens, flowers
Garden: Lucy's Childhood Dreams
My garden is in its very early stages, but when I have the time i put my heart and soul into it. I want my son to have a raised wooden hut, a lovely vegetable patch and flowers, a patio and barbeque area and secret wild area full of romance.
Garden: trail and error...
It is a mixture of fruit, veg and flowers. All the plants are there for a reason and with great importance given to wold life.
There are 2 water features with water plants and a small med area.
It has been an experiment to match basic theory and practical ideas, a great deal of trial and error but all aimed to a happy end!
Garden: trail and error...
It is a mixture of fruit, veg and flowers. All the plants are there for a reason and with great importance given to wold life.
There are 2 water features with water plants and a small med area.
It has been an experiment to match basic theory and practical ideas, a great deal of trial and error but all aimed to a happy end!
Garden: Shilton Gardens
I grow veg,fruit,herbs and flowers. I try to encourage wildlife to visit particularly insects.
Garden: Parkers' Piece
2500 square metres in southern Finland. Part forest, fruit trees - 5 apples and a cherry, silver berches, spruces, pines, poplars and small oaks. Mature gardens all round. Will flowers in the forest - lillies of the valley, anemonies and foxgloves; rhododendrons; greenhouse and veg patch. Still getting used to gardening in this climate (long cold winters), which is a challenge for veg especially! Roses are challenging, but I'm getting there. Any advice would be great from those that know this climate
Garden: G & Ms Tilney Delight
Half veg half flowers and lawn. First year here so still learning. Graham does the veg and I do the flowers.Ah well we are both doing the veg now. too much for one!!
Garden: Pauline's imaginary garden
I haven't got a garden. I live in a flat. I haven't even got a balcony. But one day I will and then I will have a cottage garden full of flowers, herbs and flowering trees. I love colour and sweet smells.
Garden: Rose and flower
Various flowers still trying to find out what will to plant so close to ocean
Garden: LindaLand
Starting to grow, vegetables, tomatoes, salads, peppers, herbs, fruit bushes, flowers, pond where I hope to attract some wildlife.
Garden: A private garden for self sufficiency
A garden to provide most of our own food throughout the year. Approximately 1 acre in size with 3 greenhouses, pond, vegetables and flowers. The image in Google Earth is out of date.
Garden: Daniel's Victory Garden
My garden is primarily one with vegetables: tomatoes (all varieties, about 20 plants), eggplant, sweet green, yellow and red peppers, summer squash, zuchinni, bush cucumbers, brussel sprouts, beets, lettuce, broccoli, sage, chocolate mint, spearmint, rosemary, oregeno, basil, parsley, and chives. I also love bulbs, flowers of all types, and have some raspberries and strawberries.
Garden: Marshall Center Community Gardens
One of four community gardens in Vancouver, registration begins in February, with gardening season from mid-April, ending in early November. Flowers and vegetables grown must be for personal use. Rates are $24 per plot, ($18 per plot if 55 or older), with scholarships available.
Garden: Wood Village Community Garden
The Wood Village Community Garden was developed to provide a place for local residents to grow food and ornamental crops to promote affordable fresh produce and green living, as well as to enjoy the relaxation and educational benefits that community gardening can bring. The Wood Village Community Garden offers an opportunity for residents to grow vegetables and flowers in a community setting. The community garden has 14 garden plots. Six plots are 10 feet by 10 feet in size, and 8 plots are 5 feet by 7 feet in size. The gardeners are responsible not just for their plot, but for pathways surrounding their plot and helping the garden area as a whole. Each gardener is part of a community of gardeners that work together to make a positive gardening experience for everyone.
Prices are: $20.00 for a 10x10 and $15.00 for a 5x7. Prices are for the entire growing season.
Garden: White Crane Springs Community Garden
White Crane Springs is a 70+ plot style community garden located in San Francisco's Inner Sunset district. We are a member-led, organically and sustainably farmed garden growing a variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers. Members can maintain their own plots or garden in community space. We are open to the public so feel free to come by if you are visiting San Francisco!
Garden: Alameda Bay Eagle Community Garden
We have 25 plots, some are full and the rest are half plots. We are a diverse community of gardeners of various age ranges that have been involved in the community since the 70's. Our garden is growing a variety of organic vegetables, flowers and herbs. We have a community outreach plot where we grow vegetables and then donate them to a community organization in need. Bi-annually we participate in the annual Alameda 4th of July parade and have won the award for the most colorful.
Garden: Keren's urban oasis
I replaced all of my grass - front and back yards - with flowers, shrubs, trees, ornamental grasses and interesting garden decorations, including a flagstone patio and a drystone wall in the back. It is an interesting blend of sun and shade, so the plants are incredibly varied and different, and I'm always adding, moving or removing to so it is always changing.
Garden: Palo Alto Main Community Garden
Scattered throughout Palo Alto are plots of land dedicated to providing Palo Altans with a place to dig their hands into the soil and plant vegetables, flowers, and herbs. These open spaces are an oasis for gardeners, as well as visitors, who come to enjoy the beauty of the calendula blossoms, the corn stalks, the pumpkin vines, the sunflowers, and more, as well as the large variety of birds and butterflies. The community gardens are inviting places to walk and relax.
The original Main Garden was created in 1970 as a model to demonstrate organic gardening, a return to older gardening techniques. It was originally part of the City's Nature & Science Department and volunteer gardeners were recruited from junior high schools, City staff, and people interested in gardening.
Over the years, demand for gardening sites increased and additional gardens were created. Today, the Palo Alto Community Garden Program resides within the Community Services Department and is the responsibility of the Open Space and Parks Division.
The Palo Alto Community Gardens continue to change and grow with the times. The gardens have expanded to accommodate a growing population, gardening policies have changed to embrace new technology, and future plans are under discussion. We welcome your suggestions.
Garden: El Sereno Community Garden
The El Sereno Community Garden is dedicated for community residents to plant organic fruit and vegetables for their families. It is our goal to encourage families and community to eat healthy foods while enjoying gardening. The garden is quite unique. There is a section for fruit trees and an area for gardeners who love to grow flowers and succulent plants. We have an open plaza area that is dedicated for community events, meetings, workshops, and space for recreation. We are a smoke free enviornment and are open all year round. We welcome master gardeners, unexperienced gardeners, schools, churches, famiies, garden workshops, volunteers, and anyone interested in doing community service. We are a diverse friendly group of gardeners and we welcome everyone to come out and join us grow healthy food.
Garden: Santa Fe Springs Community Garden
The Santa Fe Springs Community Garden is a vibrant garden compiled of gardeners from all ethnic backgrounds. Gardeners plant vegetables for food surplus and share with others, and plant flowers to beautify their garden parcels and attract wildlife. The garden is located in Santa Fe Springs Civic Center and is clearly visible and attractive locale for residents or visitors. The garden is an asset to the community as it provides recreation for gardeners of all ages and serves as a common area to socialized and network.
The Santa Fe Springs is a public garden which occupies municipal owned land. The garden is supervised by the City's Aquatic Staff from the Department of Community Services. Garden maintenance is performed by the City's Public Works Department and gardeners. Monthly garden meetings are held so gardeners have the oppurtunity to voice any maintenance or policy issues. For additional information please call City Hall at (562) 868-0511.
Garden: Joels garden
It`s a garden with a big variety of vegetables ,flowers and fruits . I spend 90% of my free time in the garden
Garden: lisa's gardens
i love all different types of gardens..i do as much as i can. front yard, around the patio, container. both veggies and flowers..and i love rose bushes..i will plant wherever i can..i once grew tomatoes on a small fire escape in my first apartment..:)
Garden: Terry's Garden
Our backyard is a good size, it consists of a large Maple Tree, a large Elm Tree and an Apple Tree. In the last 5 years, we've pretty much changed everything. We took out 35 trees, added sidewalks, flower beds and raised beds for vegetables. We added a high fence for privacy and the safety of our 2 Bichons. We just finished putting down a cement slab for our new gazebo. This will be connected to the main patio. I take great pleasure in puttering with my flowers, annuals and perennials. Our tool shed was moved over so we can add 1 more raised bed, giving us 3 in total. It's a great way to grow vegetables !
Garden: Caro's Rondebosch Shade and indigenous
Garden at back has a large swimming pool surrounded by indigenous plans.It is in semi-shade for most of the year. Very few plants flower for long because of the shade (and two energetic dogs). Front garden is small, pretty, also indigenous but over-run by large shaded hedge and a huge exotic tree. we keep it colourful with wire flowers and animals, stones and succulents.
Garden: none
I grow all types of flowers and shrubs but especially love roses. I am not a big fan of annuals due to the outrageous numbers of snails I seem to get! I have quite a large area with a small front lawn with 2 beds and a border and a larger lawn with a border and 4 beds. At the back of the house I have another border 3 beds and 2 raised bedsas well as loads of potted plants. My partner is the vegtable grower and he has a small bed at the back and a tunnel.
Garden: Flowers to Japan, Japan Florist, Send Flowers
Order online to send flowers to Japan, Flowers to Japan, Cakes to Japan. You can also send flowers and cakes to Japan for different occasions like Birthday, Anniversary , wedding etc. on any desired date or on same day. We have cheap flowers to select from to send flowers to Japan.
Garden: Fronds of the earth
A subtropical themed garden containing a sumptuous array of over 40 different bamboos, around 15 types of hardy palms, along with lushous large leaves from plants such as canna,musa and gunnera. A jungle hut,tree house, koi pond with bridge and many winding paths lead you through tree ferns, exotic flowers and dry succulent beds, The tropics meet asia, meet the mediteranean, meet australasia, meet Devonshire!!
Garden: Silvana's dream garden
In my garden I have many different flowers to remember my mother and all the dear ones. Plus I have a beautiful pot of cherry tomatoes bought in Hakkaniemen tori..... much much more to come.
Garden: Maria Laura´s Garden
A sunny terrace in the Southern Suburbs of Buenos Aires houses my beloved cacti, succulent, aromatic and flowers of many different kinds. Eclectic? Maybe, but sure in my style! I bid you welcome to Laura´s Garden
Garden: Banzao House Garden
Namely green and 2 large mediterranean pine trees. Near the external walls vines (cat claws, jasmins, wisperia) and also some kind of pines. In the front of the house 2 large palm trees. 4 orange trees in the backyard. and some flowers around the trees.
Garden: none
We have roses, figs, fruit trees, grape vines, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, corn, snapdragons and other flowers, stining nettle, stevia, vines such as honey suckle and clematis, salcam hortensia, and lots of weeds and creatures that do not appear to be for the benefit of the garden.
Garden: Garden in the Woods
I have only lived here for 2 years and there were no flowerbeds. I have been in the process of putting them in and it is starting to look like I am getting somewhere.
Love the cottage flowers and everything blooming.Making beds for the birds.There were no birds here when I came and now have many.
Garden: My sad little garden
Trying to grow some of everything...veggies, herbs, flowers, fruit. Moved from Ohio to southern Mississippi, and what works in Ohio doesn't cut it here. Need some friendly advice.
Garden: Vinograd Kitchen Winery
A cottage come kitchen come winery garden. I have a small vineyard which yeilds 40 gallons of wine & some Rakia plus there are various fruit trees with which I compote & jam the fruit. Alongside this I grow veggies for freezing pickling & cooking. At the moment I am still experimenting which gives me the best yeild & use but Pumpkin, Garlic, Pepper, Tomato & Carrots are so far my best. I am trying chillies beetroots cuecumber this year but next will be bigger & better with beans squashes & melons corgette marrows & eggplants I may even try corn. I am starting to make chutneys too. I have been growing different lillies & this year had great success with huge Caster oil plants also smaller bushes of small red trumpet flowers which close when the sun goes down. I have wonderfull peonys clematis & Crysanthemums but stumped on what to grow in shade? I have lots of the preverbial geraniums which look gorgeous but would love some really smally flowers in the garden.
I tend to focus more on the food side of it till its too late for flowers.
Its very very hot in the summer & very very cold with thick snow in winter.
Garden: Self Sufficient Garden
Salad greens, & other vegetables that I don't have to buy from the stores considering pesticides and preservatives that might be in store bought produce,some local fruits like papayas & bananas, I have flowers for color in the garden and some local fruits like bananas, papayas, mangoes. I want to add on now to my herbs
Garden: Backyard Garden
Just a garden in my backyard. I want to research native flowers to plant in my gardern.
Garden: Shepheard's Way
Three acres containing, 3600 square foot vegetable garden and various flower beds.
Garden: Desert Botanical Garden
The Desert Botanical Garden is an oasis in the middle of the torched outskirts of Phoenix, AZ. Here, you can stroll through its paths, exploring all the fascinating species of plants that thrive in a climate that will kill most. Explore and learn about cacti in this beautiful place.
Garden: Cindy Dyer's Garden
Three years after we moved into our townhouse, we discovered we had green thumbs! Who knew? So, out went the grass in the back and front yards. In went every conceivable plant, herb, vegetable and flower we could squeeze in! Gardening has changed my life!
Garden: Sherrys Garden
Well the season is almost over for us in Manitoba but we have had some gorgeous days this past week and the long weekend looks wonderful to. Will enjoy how wonderful everything looks at this time of year! I have added a few more photos of some that I missed over the past few months.
Garden: Blue Flag Farm
Blue Flag Farm, named for the masses of Iris versicolor in the pastures, is an old New England farm. An eighteenth-century Cape Cod-style house next to the Pendleton Hill Brook overlooks stone walls, sheep pastures, and tall oaks. In the fields among glacial outcroppings are beds containing 600 daylily cultivars—large flowered, small, miniatures, and spiders. Some beds feature pink, purple, and red daylilies; others yellow, gold, and red. I take great pleasure in a seventy-by-forty-foot perennial border where perennials, shrubs, and annuals accompany daylilies in pleasing combinations. Delphinium, annual poppies, roses, salvia, clematis, nasturtium, herbs, and coleus are included.
Info taken from: http://gardenconservancy.org/opendays/gardens.pl?ID=212&IDEvent=170&SortBy=&State=
Garden: Tilthy Rich
A San Francisco backyard changing into an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden. With a compost pile and worm compost bins to boot!
Garden: Lady Gray's Home Garden
1 acre lot with lots of trees linning property and a grove of linden trees in the front yard; gardens around the house, shed and linning the back of property, with much more to come. Full sun in back yard and dappled sun in front.
Garden: Lauri's Garden
Less than 2 years old right now, 2009. Never met a flower I didn't like. Love the colours and smells of a flower garden. Love to watch it grow and bloom.
Garden: Marlene's First Garden
This is my first garden since my last attempt at gardening which was way back in pre-school. I planted the flower seeds in early May and the vegetable seeds in mid-May. I am so proud of my two watermelons and cucumbers, but I need to be more consistent about watering my garden.
Garden: GAZErS garden
Our garden is slowly taking over the entire yard, leaving trails for the kids to run and an ever shrinking lawn.
Garden: La Malesa
Informal garden with a collection of a variety of flower plants, fruit trees, local trees and orquids.
Debbie Shepheard
This is our first year (2009) on the acreage. I have gardened previously on an acreage but my last property was in the city and VERY tiny, so no big vegetable garden. This property was vacant for all of the last growing season so had a LOT of weeds to tend to. I'm still fighting them, but I think I'm winning! :D
Jill-O
I've been a master gardener for 10 years. I work with youngsters and try to pass on the joys of growing things. I also grow and maintain a butterfly/hummingbird garden at a local library. My own garden is a small urban plot in an old neighborhood. It is surrounded by large old trees so my gardens are mostly shade and partial shade, though I do have spots that get 2-3 hours of sun.
Susan Vinskofski
When I was a little girl, my neighbor gave me a johnny jump up to plant in my yard. After the flower died, I pulled out the entire plant. She scolded me but I thought I was taking care of my little garden. When I was 16 I decided to plant a vegetable garden in our back yard. I had no experience since my family had never gardened. I read Postage Stamp Gardening & dug a spot. Things turned out fine for a first garden & I've enjoyed gardening ever since.
Deborah Baker
I learned to love gardening very young on my grandparents' farm.I would follow my grandma around her gardens and she would chat to me about flowers, mulch, the next Ladies Garden Club meeting and anything that caught her eye. At the end of our tour we would stop by the toad house she built of stones, reach in and draw out this HUGE live toad and ask him serious questions about her garden. Grandma gardened barefoot- so do I. She taught me to love gardening, wildlife and simple pleasures...and magic.
Sandy Rummel
Sandy lives in White Bear Lake, MN and shares her gardening with her husband, Jim. Jim has a vegertable gard that produces good things to eat from May through September. Since we freeze a lot, we really enjoy his garden's fruits all year round. Here neighbors check out the peonies.
Carolyn
We moved here nearly 25 years ago, but it's only been in the past few years since my kids were older that I've been as passionate about gardening. I'm haphazard and a little lazy, but things on the whole are thriving. We have 93 acres but most of the land around my various small gardens and vegetable garden are maple woods, swamp and hay fields, currently filled with wild flowers.
Victoria Julien
I am 20 years old and love to garden. I grow mostly vegetables with a few flowers for colour. I also enjoy growing herbs to use in my many recepies. I hope you enjoy looking at my garden photos. They will be updated frequently throughout the summer. And anyone who would like herbs or Strawberry plants please come by and pick your own or dig up some strawberries as they have been trying to take over the garden in which they grow.
Claire
I grew up in a big city (Toronto) and always enjoyed gardens but didn't do much gardening. In 2000 I moved to a gulf island off the west coast (BC) to a 1/2 acre property and started gardening in earnest. In 2004, moved to 4 1/2 acres of an old homestead and worked to restore the original owners' garden and much of the surrounding forested area. I see myself as a steward, recognizing that I live in a rural area that has water issues. I don't plant things that need lots of water and I never use pesticides.
PHILLIPS
Inspired by Ted Zerger from Salina, KS (Ten Reasons why Mennonites should do community gardening, http://rainbowpeacejustice.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-ten-reasons-why-mennonites-should.html)
Lorna
I began gardening about 16 years ago when I bought my small home at this address. It had a very large backyard with half of it previously used as a vegetable garden. the previous owner grew corn and potatoes which took up a large amount of space. I tried to garden that space for a couple of years but had so much produce that I could not begin to keep up with the work. I leveled the land and seeded most of it to grass and put in some beds for flowers and bushes around the edges and one in the middle. I left one side for my vegetable garden. Over the years I have added arches and built boxes for my vegetables and graveled walkways and changed things many times. It has been a learning process. But always it has been rewarding and stress reducing. I have found peace here in this small piece of earth. I don't think I have become an expert in anything floral. I just keep blundering away planting this and that and if it works, it stays. If it doesn't I try something else. But I always love when something grows and looks wonderful. It brings such a sense of wonder when a plant gives you its beauty and opens its petals to the sun and to you . I love it.
Faye
Can't work in the garden in the winter and need to get out of the house at times,summer is not long enough here in Saskatchewan.I have always enjoyed gardening.Have more time to devote to it now that I have become a senior.I lost my husband almost 2years ago and my yard gives me solace.I have a cat who is 15 and likes to help me work.In the winter I spend a lot of time on the computer if I am not redecorating.Enjoy painting.I have 4 children,9 grandkids and 8 greatgrandkids,most of my family close to home.Never have a chance to be bored.The statue of Apollo watches over my yard.
Barb's Blooming's
When I began the hillside garden in 1998, I placed a small garden shed on the highest spot on the hillside. Then began the dedicated process of tiering the groundsite, and building on my vision, first shrub's were raspberries, first tree...apple...then came the peony's and lilies, and from that I began to build. Hillside faces south, so there is sun, somedays very hot sun, all day long...three shade areas have been created and four levels. A spectacular view! With farm fields, oilfield sites, acreages and the city in the distance. There is no electricity, my water source for the most part was held in large tanks, accessed by 300 feet of garden hose. The water warmed was delivered to the base of the plant. My second source is Mother Nature, the best kind! I love designing the hillside, and taking photo's and sharing with my gardening friends! another passtime is writing poetry about my garden. I entertain many friends and family at the garden site as well as strangers that stop by just to enjoy. I have 11 different berries, and enjoy picking and making jellies as gifts. I planted a vegetable garden for 36 years, now just enjoy the trees, shrubs, and flowers for the bees, birds, and butterflys.
ruth gardiner
my name is ruth gardiner i am 65 years old i live in cape breton i have been interested in gardening forever i love my gardens it is the greatest pass time
Weslemkoon
I love my rock gardens,,I have over one acre...hosta, lilies, bee balm , coneflowers,English Ivy,,oh my gosh,,hundreds of flowers,oh dont forget sedum..Im just a gardening freak....Hoping to find brugs growers...
Sarah Wood
I love gardening, and am always gardening in other peoples gardens. I live in a flat and haven't felt like I could invest a lot in the back garden, because I keep thinking Im going to move. Hence, everything I am growing are in pots! I do intend to plant bulbs later in the year, and grow a collection of herbs, because I will use them. I have five beach trees in pots at my mother's house, which will have to be put in the ground either this or next year. I rescued these from the ditch of a farm my partner was selling. I am always rescueing plants... in fact appart from the basil (which I bought), and the cactus (inherited from a previous relationship), I do believe I rescued every other plant I am taking care of! Only yesterday I rescued my friends tomatoes from her encrouching nasturtiums, and supported them up with bamboos. I also watered another friend's tomatoes before they withered up last week. Yes. Im a roaming rescue gardener. :)
Elaine
Seabreeze Resort has 10 waterfront cottages and campsite. Each cottage has its own flower bed. We grow seasonal flowers, rhodos, bulbs, roses, vines, annuals, perennials. Fruit, conifers, deciduous and palm trees. The creek that runs through the property add to the plant life. A natural bog garden and pond is ideal for encouraging the frogs and toads. The big cedars have resident eagles. The tiered gardens to the creek gives an abundance of color every season. Horses in the pasture gives enough manure to keep my roses happy. The arbor adds color to the main house. The ample adjoining lawns bring the whole property together.
Tara
After many years of growing things in various places I finally have my own garden! It's a total wreck in desperate need of being totally dug up cleared out re-soiled and fertilised but it will be done!
Mary
Hi I live in Wexford Ireland. I garden on about half an acre . The site is very exposed and windy .It is lawned with boarders of flowers and shrubs and some veg,.
luvleahday
i'm working fulltime but like gardening in my spare time, me& my husband just moved into this area last july and we just started cultivating our backyard last month as it was so bare and boring...
Pamela
I live in New Zealand across the harbour from the capital city of Wellington with my husband, our ginger cat Daisy and dog Frodo (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) I love to garden when the weather is fine on weekends! We are close to a Regional park with native bush so we get heaps of native birds in our garden - tuis, kereru,fantails and many more - I can hear the bell sound of the tui as I write this!
Bev Rampf
I'm a born gardener and love to be in the fresh air tending to everything green. We inherited our garden 19 years ago and have not really had the opportunity to make too many structural changes BUT have revamped beds and plant material over & over again in the 19 years. Each day in the garden is different & this makes for much variety in the life of the garden and gardener. Veggies & herbs are my latest favorite, being able to put on the table fresh from the garden is just so rewarding & even more so is being able to supply friends with home grown produce!!! May we become self sufficient soon, soon. One of my loves is being able to nurture & grow something unusual and this I have found in Clematis and Peonie which have been rewarding +++ and relatively easy without much fuss. I just wish I could find the winning formula for my orchids??? They won't flower. Anybody with a winning tip - please pass on.
Clark Lawrence
I am renting a section of the 14th Century Castle of Galeazza, near Bologna. I don't get paid for gardening, but spend most hours of most days working outside. When I arrived here in the spring of 2003 I found an overgrown jungle. Nothing had been cared for, planted, or pruned in over 20 years. For me gardening here was first just a necessity - I had to cut back bushes and vines just to get in through the gates and doors which were literally "grown shut". Then it became a pleasure as I saw improvements and ate my first home-grown herbs and vegetables. Now it is a passion as I learn more about the soil and climate here and try to grow species from around the world. By visiting and studying gardens in other countries and by working continously on the castle grounds, I hope to make up for my lack of academic knowledge of botany. I also hope to develop my own style and tastes. I would love to create a garden reflecting my interests - a collection of plants that is varied but still harmonious. Many friends who come to the castle for holidays help in the garden. People from many countries have donated seeds, bulbs, and plants. Some neighbours are supportive and full of encouragement; they share their experiences, ideas, and memories of the place as it used to be. Working in a 600 year-old garden is humbling as it reminds me that I'm just a short page in the long history of the Castle of Galeazza. Please come visit one day if you find yourself near Bologna! Clark
raffaella ferretti
What can I say? ... I travelled a lot and last year, we finally decided to find our dream house for us, the kids, and our pets and horse. We decided to go "eco" and we are still involved with the restauration of the house... a typical "loghino" in the Mantova (Mantua) country. Hopefully, next spring I'll be able to to plant some trees and bushes as well as flowers and roses. I'd love to plant Hydrangeas and old roses, besides all the beautiful plants typical of an English garden. I'd like to attract butterflies, have my children engage with the magic of nature, open the windows and smelling the sweet perfumes of the aromatics, and warmely and cheerfully welcome my visitors! I have a lot to do: prepare the ground, add a sprinkler system or at least some watering features (on a surface of 5000 sqm), and then the fun part: go to garden centers and study the best solutions for my area. All in all, I think I will be able to post some photos only next summer!!!
Audrey
This is a tropical garden near Rio de Janeiro. We have a wet, humid summer and a dry, cold winter. There are many high trees, like palms and pines but also little shrubs with flowers. There are several kinds of yasmin so the smell is just amazing! We have different flowers all year round.
janet
have lived here for 5 years, it was a big patch of overgrown wilderness ,and hopefully looks better now.
Geraldine Mac Kinnon
Artist, art teacher and botanical artist from Chile. I moved to the beach a few months ago, and everything grows nice though it's necesary to take care of the sun and wind, mostly when plants are young. I love to watch and draw plants and birds. I am also a surfer so my spot is perfect!
Lucy Boby
I love my garden, I grown only flowers Trees and Bushes, in raised beds. I have a seperate grove with 20 fig trees, and also have 3 olive trees,which are for ornamental purposes only.
Alison
Expat in the Netherlands. Have lived in 14 different houses in 18 years. I enjoy renovating all the gardens of all the houses we find ourselves in - all over the world.
Denise Mac
I have been gardening at a very early age. When I was about 7, I had a small corner of my Mom's garden that she showed me how to grow peas and radishes. Then when I was older I was part of a children's gardening group for a few summers. We were given a garden plot and the seeds and much direction. I even got my picture in the paper holding some of my harvest. Now with my own home I have been activly growing vegetables amongst my flowers and for about four years have became passionate about exotic orchids. I have about 35 of them, mostly babies.
Yuzo Kawachi
Hello, my name is Yuzo Kawachi, I'm Japanese. I live in Sasebo in Nagasaki prefecture in the western part of Japan. I work in "Huis Ten Bosch" which is a theme park which creates the Netherlands by displaying real size copies of old Dutch buildings. "Huis Ten Bosch" means "House in the forest" in English. There are a lot of kinds of flowers and trees in Huis Ten Bosch at the present time and you can see a lot of beautiful gardens here, so if you visit here, surely you will like it!!
Carol Elizabeth
Love Gardening- Love getting out in nature getting hands into the soil and nurturing plants and flowers. Love growing Orchids indoors too. The Garden here at the Rectory- was quite mature when we arrived 4 years ago- if only with tree's. We have added many shrubs and many beds and borders. Broken spades, forks, rakes a plenty due to the boulders just below the surface and the clay. We have had as many successes as we have failures- it is very much trial and error- but it is great when all the hard work is made visible.
Jeremy Chevalier
I have a 1/3 acre lot with terraced rock retaining walls that create a dynamic gardening scape. My wife is from central america so we try to bring a tropical influence to our yard by using broad leafed plants and bright bold flowers. I have several bamboos, a windmill palm, a few pompass grass, lots of azelas, hostas, and lilies. I would really love to learn how to maintain fern palms and hardy bananas, but so far no such luck!
Eric Bates
I first got into gardening when I was 24. Then, it was mostly decorative outdoor plants, various seasonal flowers, banana plants, and Aloe Vera. At the time, I was renting a room in a house owned by a friend of mine and at first he was a little perturbed when I started digging up parts of his back yard and sticking plants in, but then he ended up loving what I did with it. Including my discovery of a part of the back patio that had been covered up by dirt for several years! I discovered I had a bit of a "green thumb". It wasn't long after I'd moved out and had my own place that I started growing my own vegetables and fruits. This became very exciting to me! Growing my own food is probably one of the most rewarding things I do. I am by no means a professional at growing things, but I've got a decent handle on it, and always open to gardening suggestions. To add a note, I prefer to garden organically, I use compost and peat moss in my soil and don't use any chemicals at all.
Stephen Pond
My friends are amazing gardeners and have beautiful landscapes. They helped, and taught me a few things and now I am hooked. I have been doing this for about eight years now. My inside walls is the living area, so it's mostly a tropical theme, with a mixture of Aesthetic plants, and also plants used for food such as herbs, fruit trees, and flowers for tea. The outside wall contains mostly drought tolerant plants.
marion shaw
I need green around me. I have a mix of edibles, aromatic vines, flowers, herbs and tropicals in my private oasis in the dessert. I am working on a master gardener certificate at DBG, focusing on our soil type, effective water usage, composting and collecting rain water. I use intensive and companion planting to create micro climates in the garden working with the amount of sun and moisture in each area. Water conservation is important in the dessert so making use of every drop is essential. With our short growing seasons timing is everything for a successful harvest. You need to use varieties of vegetables that mature quickly and enrich the soil on a regular basis. One trick to working in this high PH soil is to add vinegar to reduce the acid and balance the PH. My garden is organic in that I don't use pesticides, fungicides or commercial fertilizer. I spray regularly with a mixture of peppermint soap, hydrogen peroxide and vinegar in a tea of steer manure. I do hang fly strips by the compost and around the yard. It really helps keep the flies down without using poisons. I would love to talk to other gardeners in the area so let's get together and make this dessert an Oasis. Marion Shaw
linda
I am 63 years old and live in North East England. I moved into this house just over 1 year ago. The garden is huge compared to what I have beenused to. When I moved in it was very overgrown with far too many holly trees and far too much ivy growing everywhere. The 'bushes' were unkempt and resembled trees. I had lot of work to do thinning things out last year. Much of what was cut back I have used as chippings. The rest of the trunks and branches I have spread about the garden. This gives it a very rustic feel. My intention is to grow edible things out the back and have flowers in the front. I have got a lot of tomatoe trees off friends and have grown some myself from seed. Am trying to grow herbs, pease/beans, salad stuff, sprouts (yummy), cauliflower, broccli, cabbage, carrots. Too late this year for potatoes but there is always tomorrow. I recently added a pond and hope to attract some wildlife. You are welcome to look and comment on anything.
Chris Knight
Ok, I am from the South-West coast of England, just south of Bristol,north of Taunton. I garden in a small town that is set in a naturally protected bay facing warm west winds and backed by a curved set of hills to the east. The soil in both my garden and on my plot is a clay to loamy clay mix. We get weather for the south west and Midlands as we sit in a bay that cuts into the UK. I grow vegetables and fruit mainly as I love to provide food that looks and tastes good. I like flowers and shrubs too but I get bored with a fixed design so either have to re build the garden regularly or stick to growing produce. I blog on Blogger.com, I have a fan page on Facebook as Weston's Green Knight. I tweet as Westongreenman and I blog for my local newspaper,who originally named me as The Green Knight. I have been an executive member of the local Allotments society and have worked as a Head Gardener at an 18th Century estate with a Victorian Walled Garden and Cider orchard plus 10 acres of ornamental and copse gardens before the property was sold to a developer. Now I work on my plot as well as working full time as a manager in a furniture store.
Heather
2010 will be my first year gardening in Winnipeg. I don't do flowers. Yes, they're beautiful, but not useful. I prefer to grow veggies, fruit and herbs. My garden will be a work in progress for the next couple of years.
Princess Irene Tulips with the citron flowers of Euphorbia, or spurge, making a dramatic combination next to the darker textural leaves of the poppy.
Luckily these are not in my yard. They are bind-weed or morning glory, and they are the bane of most gardeners since they are so invasive, but the flowers are gorgeous . . .
A beautiful new rudebeckia that I love called Chim Chim Chiree (a reference to Mary Poppins, I guess). It has various shades of yellow and caramel that the flowers come in. I can't wait to see the plants next year when they are more mature ~ I hope they make it through the winter and that they will seed themselves!
In our summer garden we use zinnias for color planting in June and replanting in October. With the bedding plants there are three palms and Mexican petunias which have dark blue flowers.
The red flowers in the foreground are geraniums which I have planted in pots to give some colour
The zuchinnis are doing quite well, as you can see ;o) I stuff the flowers after pulling out the stamen and gently rinsing with soft cheese mixed with herbs, then batter, and fry. Quite delish!
Just a view of a few of my plants; the one pot that's empty with the decoration in it, had amazing beautiful flowers, but unbeknownst to me, my gutter was broken when I moved in, and the rain poured into the pot. Because of the container soil, I was unable to save any of the flowers. Death by drowning.
Front berm on the wild side: columbines, bachelors buttons, wall flowers, yellow rose. Not yet blooming: daylily, hollyhocks, potentilla.
With any luck, the garden spiders will bind the petals to my flowers so that they last well into October!
New gate in place,,just need a very light vine with colourful flowers in Zone 3b,,bbrrr Zone..
Bleeding Heart - always reminds me of back home. The combination of the Dicentra and the little white flowers of the Sweet Woodruff (Galium) make this a wonderful site in May.
Double White lilac, first flowers. My Dad brought the saplings in his suitcase from my parents house in Ontario. My Grandma Martyn grew this lilac on the homestead farm, long since torn down. One of the best reasons to garden is to keep the heritage alive. I bet my Granny would have been surprised to find her lilac in BC.
Butterfly on the Rose verbena. Great plant, flowers almost all summer, looks fantastic but a little on the invasive side and then dies out after a couple of years, at least in my garden.
Part of the front yard. We removed all the sod except for a strip along the street that is just wide enought for a pass with the lawnmower. The rest is planted with flowers and shrubs
As the name implies, it flowers september/october and is scented. Grows like a weed to!
Goldstrum rudebeckia and stone-crop sedum with an orange dahlia that has very long-lasting flowers.
Kong coleus, lime green sweet potato vine, white Nicotiana with a lovely lime green tint and a scent at night, and the dark foliage & brick red flowers of Gartenmeister fuschia.
The newly planted Katsura tree with the fading maroon flowers of the Hollyhock, and with the Japanese Maple in the background. The Katsura's mission, should it choose to accept it, is to grow up quickly and symmeterically to take over the spot held by the Maple as it falters.
A serendipitous pairing: a reddish-black sempervium (fancy name for hen- and-chicks), and a thrift with beautiful black foliage & dark pink flowers in front of a wrought iron bench end that has been painted to become a deck-garden decoration.
last day of summer - moon flowers and morning glories
in bloom same time of day - awesome
aug from the hill - moon flowers on far fence don't have
enough room - would go over gate if left closed
some wild blue spiderwort that showed up a few years ago in the flower bed by my driveway. It grows about 4 ft tall and I love it. I have not had any luck propigating it yet, or I would have more of it. The flowers are cobalt blue and close up later in the day.
I dont know the name of this bush, but the flowers are methoilade colored and they bloom profusely in the spring. They have huge thorns and grow huge, and even rebloom if it freezes. They get a hard unedible fruit.
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Grown from seed, this rose is a "butterfly" type, scarlet red, grows and flowers prolifically, in 2009 the plant is 6 years old.
I`ve found this exceptional flowers to my amazement in the garden, haven`t got a clue what their name is...
In this corner of the garden I've planted about fifteen kinds of sage, but the most impressive might be the Salvia sclarea. In November Salvia elegans wins first prize with its bright red dart flowers and heavenly sweet pineapple smell. Salvia does so well here I hack it all back in early spring (early March)and propogate hundreds of new plants. The pink California poppies and roses add a bit of color to the silver/gray pastel palette. The Eucalyptus seems to survive the Bologna area frosts!
Early morning is the best time to see the summer colours, before the hot sun is raging. May flowers in the Castle of Galeazzza Garden include poppies, cornflowers, dianthus, alliums, nigella, lavender, borage, santolina, roses, nemophila, lamb's ears and more. The tree in the background is an Atlas Cedar, planted in the 1950s. Its glaucous hue was the inspiration for adding silver and grey plants.
I've begun collecting acquatic plants and flowers in big old cement wine vats that I buried over halfway in the ground. So far I haven't created a pond, but the temptation is great and the space is sufficient. Maybe in 2010. Waterlilies are easy and can take the frost, others I move inside the castle for the winter. The lotus has made fantastic leaves for two years, but still no flower. Perhaps 2010 will be the year for a lotus flower, as well. Water lettuce and Water hyacinths love the tubs.
Winter. . . when birds become the garden's flowers. A friendly favourite, the downy woodpecker.
Mom bought us each a mini orchid. Aside from green leaves, there was no sign of life. Mine has bloomed three stunning white flowers. They have been long lasting, at least a month in full bloom state! This is in my kitchen window.
Area of wild flowers in our natural garden blooming in April. Sage (purple), Pink and white 'Lotem' (cistus creticus), and yellow 'Spiny Broom' (calycotome villosa).
Voodoo lily, gets bigger every year, waiting for the flower. Planted this outside the gate - where keen gardeners can enjoy - and pesky neighbours can enjoy it's foul smell when it flowers !
Native , first time it has flowered. I think this is phyllanthus cuscutiflorus. It is quick growing rainforest species and the flowers are very dainty and cover the whole bush.
Hydrangeas - acid & alkaline soil in one patch hence pink & blue mixed flowers on one shrub.
Some one please explain: In the pic are two sunflowers, from the same seed. Sunflower number one, is a normal sunflower, thick stem, one flower. Sunflower number 2 has got 36 flowers, in this pic a few open already! Is this normal??
I was lucky enough to meet the lady who lived in my house in 1970's. She planted this tree and sent me a picture of it when it was a sapling. When it flowers for a few short days it is a stunner. Much of the garden was created by her family and she was delighted to see that some of the plants and shrubs she planted nearly 40 years ago were still going strong.
This little cutie is Primula "Victoriana Silver Lace" Love the black flowers! They complement Black Mondo Grass very nicely and perfect for a small shady spot.
one of my Hibiscus flowers, they seem exceptionally large this year, I have lost so many to the frost even though I protect them so Im hoping once winter arrives I dont lose this
This corner we call the Relaxation Garden. Here we work with clients and Horticultural Therapy as is a beautiful lawn, very peaceful and welcoming, surrounded by all sorts of malva flowers (Lavender, Salvia leucantha, Equium, Peppermint, mauve Hibiscum, mauve Roses, Agapanthus). Very soothing.
The tree peonies here are native to western China. Unlike commonly known peonies, they are shrubby, with woody stems (in China, called King of Flowers). Background plantings of deciduous flowering shrubs include Weigela, Mock Orange, Kolkwitzia and Deutzia, which were popular in Victorian times.