Garden: Rocchia GardenThe Rocchia garden is informal, romatic and creative. Set deep in evergreen forests beside a small river, it is full of lush growth. It is functional in its simplicity, with a grapevine of white Hungarian grapes that yield enough to produce a modest number of bottles each year; a very healthy herb garden; a bog area with hostas and white iris; and a wildflower garden next to the river. There are yellow loosestrife, daisies, evening primroses, California poppies, verbascum, digitalis and hollyhocks. (Source: Mick Hales Gardens Around the World)
Garden: Carol's GardenI 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: Northern AcresWe live on 80 acres of woods,marsh,bog,wild field & pond. We are blessed with abundant and fascinating wildlife. We moved here in '06 to retire and simplify life. I vowed not to be tied to large and numerous gardens as my health is failing. I decided on a veggie garden with small beds and herb borders. I use a lot of fresh herbs in cooking,garnish, and healing. Each bed can be easily worked from a network of mulched pathways and instead of the one acre garden we once had to have to feed our large family, this garden provides enough for fresh eating and attractive plantings.
In our front yard there was an existing crescent moon perennial garden we haven't been able to resist adding to until the borders are bursting and it was going to have to be expanded in some way. A new bed was tilled this summer and now we have mirror image gardens in the front yard on either side of a cement bench. We have just begun the plantings.
In the back yard a tiny daylily bed has been replaced by a partial sun perennial garden, a small pond and border plantings. I have planted roses which I love but have not had good luck with in our previous home.
To the west of the house, against the woods, we have a hosta bed that is beautifully serene.
Our gardens are always evolving and quirky and challenge me to find ways to limit the work and enlist helpful hands and minds.
I am by by no means a professional I just enjoy the sun, soil and challenge- So welcome to my garden
Garden: Eclectic OasisMy garden has all the plants I love and more. Almost anything grows here on the coast. So I love to experiment. Make my own hanging baskets of impatients, these grow well in the shade that is my front yard and the deer don't seem tpo like them. Have a deer sprayer in the backyard because they just love roses and hostas.We totally redid the yard about 3 years ago and it's still evolving.
Garden: HOSTA HAVENVarious beds of HOSTAS 350+ varieties, mixed with Azaleas, lilies, daylilies, heucheras, with many exotic trees;magnolia, tulip, Satomi dogwood, Japanese bloodgood maple, harlequin maple.
Garden: Becoming Christine's GardenThere are several gardens around my home. Some in full some, some in very little sun and some in a good mix. The majority of plants around my house are drought tolerant and in full sun. The areas which have little sun contains lots of different hostas from small to huge! I have been here for over a year and half and am finally starting to get a handle on what is a plant and what is a weed.
Having lots of fun!
Garden: Bev and Dave's GardenThese are our gardens, which we enjoy and the neighbours look forward to seeing every spring. So many stop by to talk, when we're working outside, and the gardens create a lovely, friendly place for a long chat on a summer afternoon.
Garden: Bright's Grove GardenI have a garden that is my retreat away from everything and everyone. It is mostly shade and it is continuous work in progress. My front garden recently lost a gorgeous blue spruce that went down in our Spring 2009 wind storm.I am having trouble deciding what to do in this huge space that the spruce left, so this site may be very helpful to me this fall as I try to create a new garden space.
Garden: Suburban Northeast facingspecimen blue spruce
perennial bed w/ lilacs, hostas, peony, spirea, fiddlehead ferns, bleeding heart, Sweet William, columbine, yellow stonecrop, variegated tall grass
Garden: Julie's GardenI should start by saying that everything you see is in its first year of a new location.
So far, I have three gardens. One is a mixture of phlox, echinacea, rudbeckia, and autumn joy. This one is at the front of the house, and between all the plants, has wood chips put down over landscaping fabric. Because I moved, I managed to get everything moved over, but not much has been done to it yet. The plan is to put in more sedum for sure, but beyond that, I'm a little unsure what to do.
My second garden is all different types of hostas, with a bit of lilies mixed in and a bit of echinacea. This one is along the side of the garage. It's not the sunniest of areas, which is why i went with my hostas. I have over 12 varities of hostas. I'd like to sometime in the future put down landscaping fabric and wood chips. I'd also like to find a way to mix more color in.
My third garden has a native grass, sweetgrass, some exotic echinacea, dahlea, hydrangea. This is the smallest, but I have the biggest plans for this space. The goal is for this area to be my own little oasis. I plan again on the wood chips, but I have beautiful blue slate that I want to lay down. This particular project is planned for next summer!
I moved back in June, so I transplanted all of my plants, so my plants don't wow me this year (and a lot of my echinacea were seedlings that came up), so I'm hoping next year with no shock of being moved, things will look much lusher, filled in, and more plentifu
Garden: our haven..st.polycarpe quebecmoving from b.c.(5 years ago) i had to learn and still learning about q.c. gardening!!!
we started this garden from NOTHING.our first winter we walked over the new seadlings wich were everywhere in the house...and then it was just hard work to make a flat farm surrounded by organic fields into a cosy backyard...stillin the process..but loving it.
mimi
Garden: Beach Rose House GardenI started a perrennial garden on our 3 1/2 acre beach front property 3 years ago: It currently has day lilies, butterfly bush, lots of rose bushes (mostly hardy and climbing), hydrangea, lilac bushes, irises, black eyed susans, clematis, Beebom, hostas, lupins, an amazingly pretty lettuce garden my husband made etc...Already on the property were several blackberry bushes, several apple trees, several cherry trees, several rose bushes many years mature, lilac bushes. Arch nemesis: Asian or Japanese knotwood I have been battling in side garden for 4 years and just tackled a 1/2 acre pf it in the lower field closer to the beach.
Garden: Heritage HouseThis is a brand new project. I have replaced the crappy clay we call soil around here and I'm looking forward to hostas, herbs and a few bulbs for colour.
Garden: Garden Paradise RetreatJust want some ideas of what plants I can use that will repel rabbits, but attract butterflies and hummingbirds. I have butterfly bushes, lots of lily/bulb plants, magnolia trees, weeping crabs, cherry trees, asian apple, liatris, hostas, bleeding hearts, lavender and sage, along with lots of green grass. Any suggestions are warmly welcomed...
Garden: Serenity Hosta HavenHave on display over 900 varieties of hostas. Also have thousands of day lily hybrids, and many peonies and iris.
Garden: callaghans garden....private family garden, contains specimen plants, and takes a lot of work... hostas, fuchisa, roses, climbers, monbrieta, acers, etc
Garden: Pamela's gardenMy garden is in Days Bay, Eastbourne. In the front it is mostly a cottage style garden with roses and lawn. Amongst my roses are fox gloves, granny bonnets, pentstemons and much more. In the back I have rhododendrons and camelias underplanted with hostas, and renga lilies.A small herb and vegetable garden features in the back also. The total size of our land is 1/4 acre.
Garden: Rocky TopI 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: Shade GardenI have a shade garden created under a very large and old maple tree. It has three sections divided by pathways with stone benches in two of the sections. One section features hostas, bushes, and ground cover, one section is a variety of shade perennials and the third section has mostely berry bushes to attract birds and has three posts with bird houses plus a bird bath.
Garden: Radford StreetI changed a parking area to a raised bed for perrenials and a tree, I have numerous lilies, shrubs, a huge spruce tree w hostas and bleeding heart under it. Also, planted a swedish aspen. I also plant tomatoes and cukes I now have 4 beds in back yard might add another one
Garden: rose lovers delight.A garden full of over 250 rose bushes and mixed borders on a quarter acre.Part of the garden is over a bank that has been terraced with an assortment of trees,under planted with Hydrangas, Hostas and Hellabores.
My garden has colour almost all throughout the year and by summer pruning my roses I have blooms well into May/ June.We have a very temporate temperature here.
Garden: chrissys padrear garden has fir,bushes, rhodadendrons,azalea. rockgarden and pond,
front garden has rhodadendrons and hostas and graveled area surrounded by flowerbeds
Garden: The Abkhazi GardenAbkhazi 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: Gardens & GrillsWe love our gardens. We being my hubby & I. He grills & I garden, and together we love our time outside together. Gardens & Grills - good food, good drinks, good surroundings, good company. Enjoy life!
Garden: Water GardenI have a very shady backyard surrounded by cedar trees so hard to grow stuff; however I put in two ponds for fish and frogs and have resorted to potted plants that love shade.
Garden: Shade GardenShade Hosta Garden, just learning all about Hosta's. None are named, but trying my best to name them.
Garden: Oasis in the CityA quarter-acre retreat that you would never suspect in the heart of Preston! An enchanting surrounding of perennials, water-features, lovely meandering flagstone walkways, huge trees, wisteria covered pergola, arbors, swimming pool, hot tub, you name it! It is my paradise. Contact me for a tour!
Garden: Mom's GardenI Love to grow any kind of flower if it will survive in my yard. Very windy, and full sun to part shade, mixed soil conditions. Started a compost this year,( have tried before but not successful) The garden is always changing , mostly because I cannot make up my mind, that is always a good thing for my friends whom I give my extra plants to. I planted vegetables this year, and am loving the great taste of home grown veggies. yum.
Garden: Friendship GardenMy garden is my friend, mentor and sometimes advisary. I fight the
clay soil, curse the rocks and battle weeds. Still, every spring I am
hopeful and happy to be with my friend. We worship togeather,
commune with the universe and hope the beauty and mystery of
nature soothes our souls. Me and garden are friends with lots
of flaws but we put up wth each other.
Garden: Rocky TopMy 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.
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I am a working mother with two children at home. We have a friendly few cats and a large red dog named Casey that we share our home with, and two older kids that drop by on week-ends.
I have been interested in plants and animals since I was a kid on a large and remote cattle ranch. We now live in an urban setting on a smallish lot near Vancouver, B.C. My husband is getting very interested in growing leafy fall and winter vegetables recently, so we have created a large, new raised garden bed in our back yard to accompany the two older ones next to our garage. This helps to create delicious and nutritious salads and we are hoping to grow winter vegetables. Last year's attempt was a failure when they got buried in snow! (I would love to create a green-house next year. Fingers crossed.) We have raspberries & rhubarb growing in the older beds and we need more room for them. . .
I am interested in heritage pant & animal strains, and in plants and animals native to this area. I am also interested in Horticultural Therapy, as I think that working in a garden and spending time closer to the natural world is inherently therapeutic. I have a passion for connecting kids to nature and gardening, and am very interested in doing research and work in this area as a counsellor. Currently working as a social worker in B.C. and working on a teaching degree part time so that I can get a Master's in Counselling. Love this site as a way to connect with other like minded people & to "travel".
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I HAVE BEEN A GARDENER FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, SO I COULD BE CONSIDERED A "MASTER GARDEBER". I fell in love with hostas in Montreal in 1976 while visiting the Montreal Botanical Gardens, I'm still crazy about them. They are always prettier when the're mature and left alone onlyto be divided when absolutely necessary.
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We grow lots of perennials and a few annuals. Grandma has a huge vegetable garden. I did some veggies this year too! My pumpkins are taking over!
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I've been gardening for 10 years and have been enjoying it ever since! I'm currently in University studying Biochemistry.
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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.
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My family is shocked to bits that I garden. Since having my own yard, I've done a lot, and enjoyed it tremendously! I recently made a move and transplanted all my perennials (over 4 dozen of them), and so my poor plants had a bit of shock put on them. My garden is not as wow as in years past, so I'm hoping next year that things will settle in better and bloom like crazy!
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These gardens are a work in progress...only two years old...mostly perennials..each year I try to do a little more organization. Most of the plants have come from friends, family and just a few have been bought.
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We have been gardening for over 40 years, but just really became addicted to hostas thirteen years ago. We have also taken over my parents day lilies after their passing. They hybridized and introduced several of their day lilies. Actually we have never seen a flower we did not like, and have many of different perennials. Our largest displays are the hosta and day lilies. We really love for people to tour and enjoy our gardens and have had busloads of gardeners tour them. We need advance notice, as we are retired and like to go plant shopping, so we are not always home.
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What harm can come from a Sunday drive in the country Bruce asked...8 weeks later we were selling our postage stamp property and moving to our dream home on a acerage in the country. We both immediately knew that this was our home when we viewed it. Vacant for over a year it was over grown with no curb appeal. Give me 3 years and it will be transformed into the garden of our dreams!! This will our 3rd yard make-over during our 25 year marriage.
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Here I am helping in a friend's garden - May 2008
Garden Photo:This one is a Toad Lilly Hosta. It grows much differently than the other hostas, not nearly as big. However it does produce the most interesting little spotted white flower on top of the leaf growth.
Garden Photo:One of the hostas. I love these plants they are one of my favorites, they grow in a great round forum and grow to a great fill in size. There are so many varieties I could never get bored of them. Great for shade, they hate the strong afternoon sun.
Garden Photo:The Mouse Ears hosta in full bloom. The other hostas are just starting to bloom, will get pics soon.
Garden Photo:perennial bed, mostly hostas, heucheras and my St. Francis statute
Garden Photo:The overgrown look. Honeysuckle on the arbour, the tree is a loebernii magnolia. The foreground shrub is a beauty berry.
Lungwort (pulmonaria), hostas, a couple of azaleas. A bit of a difficult spot as the bed gets full sun for about 3 months of the year and part to almost full shade the rest of the year. The lungwort burn a bit in summer but look amazing in the spring.
Garden Photo:beginning of shade memorial garden for my son Christopher, forever 19
consist of a white and purple lilacs,ferns, hostas, native plants started spring 2009
