This is a collection of herb and spice plants that we grow for cooking purposes and beyond

My husband and I wanted a garden that was beautiful and productive. We built 17 raised beds for fruit,vegetables,perennials and a touch of art.

Rich soil, huge space. We are in the early phases of planning our garden.

The vegetable garden is raised beds with some fruit shrubs in ground. It is fenced to keep animals out. We use cow manure and compost. I also have 2 flower gardens, one raised bed and 1 in ground with mostly perennials and a few annuals.

Bountiful beautiful borders and waterwise landscape.

Love grows here.

I have an English garden in my front yard, and a feng shui garden in the back, as well as a small vegetable patch.

my little patch of city yard transforming itself from grass to a landscaped sanctuary with beauty and food in mind.

I have had a variety of gardens in a variety of rental homes in Vancouver, and I hope to have my own land for veggie-growing one day. Currently, I garden in a space on the property of my apartment building where the landlord kindly let me dig up the grass to put in a few plots and a compost, which are now enjoyed by a few of the tenants in the building. I am very interested in getting to know other gardeners in Vancouver who have come up with creative ways to garden without land/backyard space...

The royal forest that was made world famous in the tales of Robin Hood.

In an effort to add some colour and life to the front of my boyfriends house I took over the garden and have put in some favourites. Being a new garden I am still experimenting as I learn what plants are going to well in this North facing location.

Several containers on my west-facing deck.

80m x 7m (240 feet x 21 feet) untidy garden with many mature trees including fruit trees, some raised beds with veg, and many many different compost systems. 'Dalek' bins, pallet bins, greencone, tumblers, wormeries, compost toilet. Visitors welcome.

Backyard garden with Veggies and Herbs.

You can find me and my garden adventures at http://jellyfishbay.wordpress.com For those that want more: Growing up in the "winter, water, wonderland" that is Michigan has made me appreciate the natural world around us. I maintain a hummingbird/butterfly garden at the local library through my volunteer hours as a master gardener and a tiny, urban flower garden at home - it is mostly shade but I have a few spots that get more sun.

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!

my garden is always changing, lots of colours, textures and scents. i live in the valley of kamloops, across the street we have cactus, sage brush and the odd rattle snake. it is very hot and dry here and can be very cold in the winter, it can be quite a challenge to find and keep plants that can make it through our climate changes, but as all gardeners, i love the challenge. i loved the english country garden my grandmother grew, so that is the main theme of my own garden, as well as mixing more heat tolerant plants. i must say that morning glories, foxglove, and lavender,look soft and soothing beside the large exotic caster beans that flourish here. we have different varities of tomatoes and peppers, most veggies do very well here. lots of perenials, bulbs and corms. i'm trying to downsize the amount of baskets and containers i've had in the past because of how hard it is on the plants to keep any kind of moisture. bigger containers may be the answer i guess!

Bramasole is the famous estate of Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany. Mayes describes the restoration of her estate and the gardening she does there in several bestsellers. Mayes was a proponent of the locavore lifestyle long before it had a name, advocating eating fresh local produce (either grown or bought in town) and eaten in season. Bramasole produces its own high-end olive oil for sale.

Because my garden is bordering on a public walking trail, it gets many visitors/compliments. Although it went through a severe setback last year (sewer line had to be dug up and replaced) it remains the one bright spot in my day..it's a place where countless hours are spent, working yes, but I also take the time every day just to sit back and marvel at God's beauty.

I have a small vegetable garden and I'm working on flower gardens. I compost and use cow manure. My style is relaxed and prefer a low maintenance garden. I mulch a lot to reduce weeding and to add to the soil.

First time square foot garden, 3' x 8'

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

cottage style perennials, shrubs and trees along with a bubbling pondless waterfall and birdhouses to compliment and add natures heavenly sounds

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.

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.

My gardens are just a work in progress right now.I am trying to retain the enormous amount of pollinators here with variety.This also attracts other critters as well.

My 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.

Just starting out in a new home with a blank canvas so it's a work in progress!

Since we moved into our townhouse, we have experimented with growing fruits & veggies in our south-facing, full-sun garden. There is not a lot of space to work with but we have been pleased with our yields, from swiss chard to strawberries.

This garden is on a city lot located on the West Coast of southern British Columbia in Coquitlam~ It is a small urban garden with perennials for sun and shade, native plants, vegetables and herbs, and a large deck garden with funky pots, a water garden in a half whiskey barrel, and potted shrubs and trees. The garden is is located on a plateau several hundred feet above sea level, although the ocean is only a few miles away, so it receives torrential down pourings of rain in the winter, AND spring, AND fall. And it also freezes for at least some of the winter. Snow and prolonged cold spells have become common in the past few winters. In the summer, the climate is hot and mostly dry for one to two months per year, and the heat can come on very fast, with no transition time which is hard on the plants, and the gardeners. Other garden threats here include children's feet, soccer balls, and my husband's four wheel drive wheels.

We have a number of trees surrounding our yard and have a mixture of perennials - iris, lily, peony and others - as well some annuals. Place of sanctuary and love.

work in progress....back & front gardens

Just your average garden in progress.

Large sloped berm garden in the back yard, where we had to fight the wild Himalayan blackberry encroachment, and a small full sun garden in the front.

Small garden under a gigantic Garry Oak tree on a rocky side hill near Oak Bay in Victoria.

All sorts of Veggies and Herbs! Tomatoes to pumpkins! Lots of recycling going on in my Garden! Visit my garden here!http://jennsgardeningspot.blogspot.com/ & http://recyclinggardenmom.blogspot.com Im also on Twitter @4bratz2luv

A first time gardener at best. Who knew gardening could be such a joy. My little slice of heaven aka plot is located in a community garden and measures 10' x 20'. Its strictly organic, I swear by sea soil and fish fertilizer.

A mixture of English-style perennials, with a strong component of daylilies, some of which I have hybridized.

I have a variety of gardens front and back. Some shady some sunny. I have a butterfly and hummingbird garden and a hosta garden and vegetable garden and perennial garden. The perennial garden has a small pond with a squirrel fountain that I call Merlot. Out front I have some morning glories and some cup and saucer vines growing along with a rose bush and other perennials. I love my time in my gardens.

I love gardening,I find it very relaxing & peaceful!!

A mix of flowering shade perennials, seasonal bulbs, annuals and a crazy shrub or two as well as planters with herbs and annuals. Townhouse front-yard garden with a bricked edge. Our garden where our kids really get to "dig in".

Our Garden is enjoyed in the front yard with shade to full sun. We have raised beds and in ground. Our backyard has a koi pond and full afternoon sun. Both raised and in ground perennial gardens.

www.charleston.org.uk The home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and a centre for activities amongst the Bloomsbury Group in England. A stunningly beautiful house and 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!

first bed in new location.

This is our memory pond. We bring in the fish every fall.

This Garden was added 3 years ago. This has been a wonderful year with everything in full bllom.

I enjoy pushing the limit of our region and like the unusual I travel out of the area to buy different thing and am trying my hand at bonsai

We spend hours, days, weeks. . . years on our well thought out gardens and they come out lovely. Then we take a walk through the woods, around the fields, through the outer yard, stop for a muse at the pond and feel so humbled. I really should leave it up to God and just enjoy HIS PERFECT GARDEN.

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.

A small plot in the backyard to experiment with growing edibles.

This is the historical lake in Chandigarh India. Many people visit this place every day.

Awaiting first harvest of the season

A 75 x 150' lot on the Scarborough Bluffs

A San Francisco backyard changing into an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden. With a compost pile and worm compost bins to boot!

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.

We 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!

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.

Various beds of HOSTAS 350+ varieties, mixed with Azaleas, lilies, daylilies, heucheras, with many exotic trees;magnolia, tulip, Satomi dogwood, Japanese bloodgood maple, harlequin maple.

small garden slowly changing from cottage to a more formal design

A work in progress.......

Corner lot in the west end of Ottawa... a work in progress.

This year I planted mostly veggies that I can use to make baby food for our 8 month old and meals for my husband and I. So far things are growing great. Tomatoes, Cucumber, Spinach, Herbs, Pumpkin, Squash, Beets, Peas, Green Peppers, Carrots and Strawberries.

Our gardens, in various stages of development.

Perennial Gardens in Front, side and throughout the backyard. Vegetable and fruit garden as well.

perrenials, wildflowers, herbs, berries

This year we added a pond.

This is the 1st year I could grow a garden again. We just moved back to IL after being in MS for 10 yrs. Nothing grows in a garden in MS, it always burns up! I had little hope I would get a good yield but my tomato plants are higher than me! (5'2") Been picking beans for 3 weeks now too, I'm in canning heaven!

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.

zen like stylings

My garden is in St. Petersburg, FL with four types of tropical bamboo. Hanging from the bamboo branches I grow all types of orchids. It is a paradise in the works. I love it and so do the birds!

Rectangle garden for fruit and vegtables.Ornimental gardens around home.

I have been collecting hybrid and everyday lillies for a few years. I love going to the We're in the Hayfield Now lilly farm in Orono for their open house in July. Among the lillies I have three types of Coneflower.

For 15 years, this garden has been an important resource in improving the safety and quality of life in this Bedford-Stuyvesant community. A local elementary school and several families are currently involved in the maintenance of the garden. During 2004, these residents raised funds to support the site's use for gatherings, workshops, and as a learning garden by neighborhood school children. Target is generously supporting the restoration of the garden and selected nationally acclaimed garden designer and horticulturist Sean Conway to provide the garden design. Since 1998, Conway has helped to create the garden centers in Target stores and also designed the gardens at the Target corporate headquarters in Minneapolis. He has also been a frequent guest on Martha Stewart Living and is the co-executive producer and host of Cultivating Life on PBS.

I am begining to install a demonstration garden at my garden centre.

just gorgeous I have photo's on face book rejean chretien in my photo's

We have inherited a former schoolhouse and the garden is the playground. We are near the Escarpment, which means rocks, and lots of them. Luckily, some former owners did most of the donkeywork, and it is my job to bring it back to life after many years of neglect.

Just a bit of everything that will grow.

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!

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 .....

I have planted a variety of vegetables. Primarily garlic, tomatoes, peppers, onions, carrots, cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, brussel sprouts, beans, peas and sweet potatoes.

our little bit of heaven ... in our own backyard. anything we put out to die in the "back 40" seems to grow very well

I started gardening 5ish years ago when I bought my house, The yard only had some pathetic looking Lilacs and had a driveway all the way thru to the alley.I rototilled and started digging and planting,I really had no idea what I was going to end up with, but so far Iam very pleased with my work.I planted a bamboo tree and it is in it's 3rd season, I madea gazebo out of a neighbors satelite dish and it has various vines growing over it.I had a real problem with portulaca so I put down weed barrier and have shovelled 16 yards of gravel out.I separated the gravel from plants using rail ties.I have just finished putting in the upper tier to my pond(an old stock trough)and have alot of tweeking to do to get the waterfall right.Iam always happy to be in my yard doing something, as I rarely sit,when I try to a weed or something that isn't quite right will catch my eye.

Down sizing.Rock feature with drift wood and lights and a 1/2 barrel with annuals on one side of lawn. Small bed with clematis and lillies and a few annuals by living room window.There is also a 4x4 post with 2 hangers on it. Long narrow bed with all annuals against front side walk with 3 shrubs on one end. Raised flower-bed against house has a Clematis and rest is annuals. We have added a lot of compost to the grass and over-seeded with a new grass seed for northern climates. It needs less water and grows more slowly. We also have about 8 pots on steps with assorted annuals in them.

Found a great tool for my garden -- my iPhone! I used Eden Garden Designer to plan and plant my real garden. it's easy and I now have a great, tech inspired herbaceous border!

iT'S 1000O YARDS, BEACH CLOSE TOO !!!

Perennials, lots of hostas, vegetables

Veggies are full to bustin this season also lots of flower and herb gardens on the property !!

5 year old garden that has been nurtured from being back lawn to structured, compost fed, mega production beds.

Two tiered gardwn with a combination of perennials and annuals. The patio is pavers coming up to the base of a large water fall and pond under a maple tree in which the bird feeders hang. Each morning the birds wait now for feed and enjoy feeding while we enjoy coffee. Morning coffee with the birds is even better than reading the paper.

These 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.

Our gardens range from a rock garden border with English style plants in the front yard. To a full shade bed in the side yard. In the back we have our water garden with fish pond and along the back drive we started a perrienial butterfly garden. I love to plant perrienials and watch them grow each year. I love variety and have everything from old fashioned larkspur to modern asiatic lilies. I also love wildflowers and have tried my hand at a few. Last year we added snakeroot and it was beautiful blooming in June fast spreader also. I love creating places of interest and beauty. Always a work in progress our gardens are a fun way to teach our two kids.

my father and i built these gardens. it all started from a chinpmunk named charlie.. then we built a 10x10x10 birdhouse. then it just grew into many gardens ..every year we add on this is our 3rd year. remember we are both dissable, dad (72) with heart problems and me (44) with kidney failure. plus we are not carpentures . dad loves the roses they are almost every where you look. me i just love being in the dirt playing.. always moving and reaarraging plants.. i have some wild pansys that just come up any where and every where. my dad would always pull them out . this year i had too put my dad in a semi-home.. with his family in nanaimo so i send him pictures all the time so he won't miss them growing. thanks dad for doing this for me it gives me something to do whike i'm waiting for a kidney... i love you and the garden... and i hope other people will too. ive already had the newspaper come around too see and people coming over too take pictures... happy gardening...

Constantly evolving flower gardens surrounded by flowering trees/bushes, various fruit trees/bushes, pecan trees and a modest vegetable garden. New this year is a hen house to provide fertilizer/mulch and eggs.

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

When we bought our house 9 years ago, we had a below grade garage attached to the house. The retaining wall was moving and cracking our foundation, so we had to remove it. It is now a walkout basement with a terraced garden beside it. It looks great now instead of what I used to call it: Our landslide.

Cape Cod vegetable garden featuring a variety from potatoes to garlic, for home use and fun, despite pulling weeds!

tomatoes, lettuce, celery, peppers and squash for the first year...more next year

A backyard garden with new owners making it special for them.

Summer vegetables mix with zinnias, cosmos, dahlias and marigolds in this backyard garden. The keyhole design is centered on an arbor covered with iceberg roses and a teak bench that looks into the garden. Not so formal when the chickens are loose!

my garden was made for all the little animals,birds and bugs that live in this world. After all we do live in their world and from my garden I get my ideals for alot of my art work.

On partly wooded vacant lot, somewhat hilly, with spring, overgrown and lots of poison ivy, has been used for informal dumping. Ted Zerger (Salina, KS) says, "find the worst lot in the worst neighborhood and that will make the best community garden." Well, this may be the worst lot in the neighborhood, but it is really a great urban neighborhood, mixed housing stock, nice diversity of income, education level and ethnic/racial origins. And the potential of garden partners with neighbors, nearby churches and businesses, elementary school, high school -- an ideal place to "pioneer" like Johnny Appleseed. Anyone know the origins of the P-Gardens in Seattle?

We have just under 6 acres. Over the past 3 years we have been cleaning up the yard, putting in trees and bushes for shelter,and planting flowerbeds that require next to nothing for maintenance. So far maintenance wise we have been successful. I weed all my 4 flowerbeds and vegetable garden in about 2 hours total a week. Not bad

I have built 4 4' x 12' no till raised beds 22" deep for vegetable growing. I started with a layer of well rotted manure, a layer of composted material, then a layer of leaves, grass clippings, etc from spring clean up. Plants were started by pulling back the mulch, then moving the mulch around the plants as they got bigger. Potatoes just came up through the leaves and have grown roots into the composting material. I seldom have to water even though it has been a very dry year as the mulch prevents drying of the soil. There have been minimal weeds and good plant growth. I planted roughly based on the square foot gardening method, but I do not have permanent grids. One planter holds 48 hills of potatoes. We have eaten some and they are doing well. This fall I will cover each bed with a new layer of leaves and plant into the previous layer of mulch next spring. Trellises help use less space for things like cucumbers, peas and pumpkins and you do not have to bend over to pick peas!

a mixture of vegetables and lillies and other perennials

Just moved to my new house and am building my yard and garden to resemble the old one. It's a work in progress.

Overgrown!!! Rhodos, roses, fruit trees container gardening, tomatoes, lavender, herbs, and anything the deer or sheep don't eat

The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France. It is one of seven departments of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. It is situated in the 5ème arrondissement, Paris, on the left bank of the river Seine and covers 28 hectares (280,000 m²). The grounds of the Jardin des Plantes includes four galleries of the Muséum: the Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, the Mineralogy Museum, the Paleontology Museum and the Entomology Museum. In addition to the gardens there is also a small zoo, founded in 1795 by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre from animals of the royal menagerie at Versailles. The Jardin des Plantes maintains a botanical school, which trains botanists, constructs demonstration gardens, and exchanges seeds to maintain biotic diversity. About 4500 plants are arranged by family on a one hectare (10,000 m²) plot. Three hectares are devoted to horticultural displays of decorative plants. An Alpine garden has 3000 species with world-wide representation. Specialized buildings, such as a large Art Deco wintergarden, and Mexican and Australian hothouses display regional plants, not native to France. The Rose Garden, created in 1990, has hundreds of species of roses and rose trees. (Source: Wikipedia.org)

Bog, rock, and overgrown thistle, what was once a garden( I think) will be again, but improved, and , in time, will be a sight to behold.What is now , just moss, weeds and huge rocks, over time, and preserverence will be trees, plants, shrubs and beauty!

Flowers and vegetables

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.

Backyard get away with koi pond and lots of perennials.

My quiet bit of heaven away from work and the city.

Various shrubs, perennials, annuals, and vines.

We put in a new mix of soil this year,and our garden is very good.

Sit upon my bench you'll see my yard will tell a story of birds and bees and apple trees and even morning glories!

150 SF of garden space in a combination of raised beds, self-watering containers and potato bins. I grow amazing fruits and veggies for my growing family. It's my hobby and good for us to boot!

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.

My garden is 8 year's old and a work in progress.

A garden that's gone wild & needs a major overhaul

Just starting to enlarge mine as there was no garden there before

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 .

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.

My garden is a mixture of annuals, perennials and tropicals in beds, pots and baskets. I start as many plants as I can from seed every year. Tropicals are house plants in the winter.

After visiting Tiawan,and seeing all the different things there,I decided to create my own little version.Complete with a Tiawan sunset as the backdrop mural.

Garden for the kids and mommy, lots of kid friendly veggies & fruit and sweetpeas for mommy

specimen blue spruce perennial bed w/ lilacs, hostas, peony, spirea, fiddlehead ferns, bleeding heart, Sweet William, columbine, yellow stonecrop, variegated tall grass

My collection of plants

50 square foot of veggies and a herb/flower garden plus a few fruit bushes and trees

I 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

perrinial garden and fruit trees

Our backyard garden consists of a pond, rock garden, flower gardens, BBQ area, gazebo sitting area and a large area of grass for our grandchildren to play. Accents are done with items collected from my home farm such as wheels, logs, etc.

I have two water garden, one above ground and one in-ground. I am always changing things.

Many things contribute to this garden but as in everything, each will take their own view from it. As Persig said, a motorcycle is a sytem, this garden is a sytem comprised of structural relationship and most everything even the 100 ft. spruce have been started from seed. Our mother never spent much for her plants but refused to waste time on any seeds that didn't meet her standards. The lawn is not always green and lush but is tough and seems to live on and have periods when it is like a bed of green velvet. What else can be said.

My garden is still evolving as i want more planting space. Right now I have two raised beds for vegetables that my husband and I built. We are planning on adding more next year because we love the taste of fresh food with no preservatives.

This garden has been a work in progress over the past three years.

Got rid of all the lawn and have nothing but rocks, perennials and a pond.

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.

My garden is small and a mixture of native plants and non-native plants.

veggy's and perenials combined

We are renting this place from a friend of ours who grew up at this house - his parents, and especially his Father, were awesome Italian gardeners. When we moved in, Tony, our landlord, told us with tears in his eyes how beautiful the garden was (it had been left for 3 years and was now covered in packed dirt and dandelions!!) and we vowed to bring it back to what it once was. We also have a greenhouse. You name it - we planted it and as it's our first time as gardeners; we've learned a great deal about soil, spacing, water/sun and patience!! We have the tallest sunflowers in the neighborhood because Tony's dad had them - now we do too - over ten feet tall!! We grow tomatoes, peas, onions(green&red), lettuce, cabbage, beets, swiss chard, strawberries, potatoes, radishes, carrots, green and yellow beans, many types of zucchini and squash and peppers, green, red and various hot ones. It's a very rewarding adventure !

Learner

My garden is a mixture. The vegetables are grown in raised beds throughout the backyard with full to partial sun. I also have edged the garden with fruit trees, grapes and arctic kiwi, and I have a shade perennial garden that is fairly natural woodland. I mix wild strawberries in amongst the perennials and try to make my garden bird friendly. It is a totally organic garden complete with waterfall, stream and pond. We plan to add the mediterranean feel with stone pizza/bread oven and deck surrounded by herbs. My latest addition is the start of a butterfly/hummingbird garden.

I have had raised beds for quite some years, but two years ago I decided to go to square foot gardening. I plant peas, carrots, various lettuces, several different herbs, peppers (jalapeno and chili), garlic, onions, cucumbers, spinach, potatoes and beans. I built a spiral herb garden this summer to plant next year.

"I think it needs more water..."

A range of full shade to full sun. Some raised flower beds, displaying a mixture of shrubs, tree, perennials and annuals. A bridge and dry river bed adds interest to the front yard, and a pond enhances the back yard.

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.

My garden is 10 sq meters. I planted 16 tomato plants, 10 potato plants,romaine lettuce, bochoy, and mustard green. I have also some raspberries on the side of the garden. After the harvest season, I bury my grass clippings and dead vegetable plants in the garden which becomes a compost.

I 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.

A 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!

The Garden Around our house. Check out the garden blog at: http://gardenof1212gabrioladrivecoquitlam.blogspot.com/

Mixed flowers, shrubs and vegetable garden.

Backyard garden. lots of shade at the back fence due to large trees in neighbour's yards. Still a work in process

Our garden consists of a mixture of perennials, shrubs, trees, annuals and vegetables. We love rocks and have retrieved the stones from many sources throughout Eastern Manitoba.

No veggie garden this year. Just flower gardens.

My garden is on a sloping site with different levels created. It has an average sized pond, kitchen garden and a number of different borders with a small woodland setting by a large oak.

Garden is fully raised beds, apparently I am told this is the secret to my success. I am a new gardener, all are perrenials accept for a few herbs and peppers.

We bought a site and built an old style house and started an old style garden 10 years ago this June. There is still a lot of work to do, but we are getting there, all we need it time. We moved from the Limerick city, so it's great to have the space.

Three acres. One acre of formal gardens containing herbaceous borders, stream and pond, lawns, kitchen garden, shrub borders, orchard. Two acres planted with decidious trees, paths cut through to river bank.

small mostly perrenial situated on a severe slope held back by a wooden planter system, including stones and funtioning bird feeders

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.

We have a terraced garden in our back yard built into the slope of the hill (2 tiers) and a garden along the front of our house. Primarily perennials.

ex farmyard with stone in parts

We have three large garden plots that were built from old manure piles. Our potatoes,carrots and pretty much any other vegetable thrive in these gardens.

hanging baskets, flower beds, tomotoe plants,bell peppers,rhododendroms, roses

I have created a raised vegetable garden in order to allow me to work from my wheelchair. I have planted and cultivated radishes, beats, yellow-green-purple beans, peas, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, salads, onions, strawberries and rhubarb. For a 1st year garden attempt it has been great... the kids eat right off the plant as they run by. My wife has wonderful perennial gardens flanking the yard; irises, lilies, roses, lilacs and much much more.

This 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.

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.

I also grow a lot of things in containers as I am renting the house I live in.

The garden has been an all encompassing place for creative expression, learning, growing, loving, playing, laughing. A place of sharing and of being alone. Working hard and resting. I cant imagine a place without a garden, small or large, for it is the very expression of the souls connection to the master creator Himself.

The gardens sprawl through 5 of the 20 acres.I also have a small hobbie farm and the animals all tribute to the gardens.While my son was still at home (before he left for BCIT)had done some termendous rock work .Over 9 years I have added over 4 veggie gardens and 6 or so flower gardens.

I really enjoy growing all things tropical. I grow many outdoors and some in the sunroom.

I have a mostly shade garden in a woodland setting. Lots of tree roots to contend with, but I like to experiment to see just how far I can push the envelope. I'm fairly new at this but completely smitten.

Rosebriar is a garden made up of various rooms. It is 2/3 of an acre in which we have tried to create a private, enviromently friendly garden.

vegatable garden, flower garden, raspberry bushes, perennials galore.

A small garden in my tiny backyard! Mostly Veggies with a few extras!

We're building our garden from scratch. The builder who reno'd our house removed every speck of topsoil so we are left with reddish sandy soild and a LOT of rock. Every planting begins by breaking the soil with a pick axe and then removing the stones, some of them very large. So far, we have made small holes to start shrubs around the border of the front yard and otherwise relied on herbs and other plants that will flourish in poor soil. Now we want to start extensive work on our back yard. It is a small-ish space that we need to use intensively so we will be removing as much rock as we can and amending the remaining soil to make it more fertile. We plan to espalier fruit trees and grow grapes and hops along our fences. We also want to integrate some vegetable gardening with perennial plantings. We hope to include a clothes drying green, a seating area and some decorative features into the space.

a work in progress

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.

A large variety of perennials, annuals, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, herbs, etc in my front and back yard.

sheltered with an outdoor terrapin and goldfish pond. Sandstone paving, stone and gravel. A small inviting space with an admixture of perennial and winter interest.

This site was a former gravel pit when we started 9 years ago. The soil is very gravelly over a heavy clay base. The Southern Gulf Islands of BC are in a 'rain shadow' so water is limited. We think we have created a wonderful haven for birds and humans! Our garden includes a pond and stream, 18 fruit trees and raised boxes for vegetables.

Vegetable garden. 2nd year. Corn, zuchini, tomatoes, bell peppers, egg plant, cucumbers, radishes, green beans, carrots, tomatillo, lettuce, muck melon, summer and winter squashm herbs. Had success last year with pumpkins and potatoes also. Full sun 8+ hours per day and is watered by hand or sprinkler daily for a least 1/2 hour. Very loose mixed soil of peat, compost, clay, and sheep and mushroom manure.

pond,fountains,vegetables,annual and perennial flowers, fruit, paths and rock walls, Trellis and decks, firepit and benches....Beautiful!

Pretty much a blank canvas for me to fill this fall.

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.

My gardens are all around my house... in the front I have beds in shapes that compliment each other...close to my house in front and on the driveway side are small shrubs and perennials...in the back I have beds and along the back trees shrubs and perennials....I work in a garden center and love it..

Haphazard. Huge lot. Bought house 4 yrs ago and no landscaping. Work in progress. High water table. Might be in 5b. Aiming at privacy. Looking for trees. Big plans,not much cash flow. Love gardening.

seabreeze resort has a creek running through the property. 10 cottages, water front. Each cottage has its own garden. Horses in pasture. Greenery between cottages and campsite. Fruit, cedars and firs. Lots of rhodos. Tiered areas towards creek. Gardens are fragrant and colorful.

In 2006 we bought a "yard with a house attached to it" and in 2007 our Yarden was installed and growing. We now have 1700 square feet of organic raised beds, espalier fruit trees and various other interesting edible things. This is season three and this magical space has become a hub for parties, classes and community activity. Gardening really builds friendships! People are amazed when we share with them how to plant things, the importance of seed diversity or the simple joy of cooking what you grow. Every year we have more and more volunteers who join us for our planting party Memorial Day weekend and hang around through the season to see "their" plants growing. It has been a great experience. We will be teaching classes in the winter/spring of 2010 so others in Chicago can learn from our mistakes (ha!) and have their own back or front yard oasis. Check out our blog at theyarden.com or via our fan page on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. We are on a Yarden journey - join us!

First year of growing corn, cucumbers and squash in front garden - full sun. Very good crops. Back yard less sun but very good pole beans, carrots, strawberries, raspberries and broad beans.

The Yard Fairy's yard is a mixture of different plants and styles.

Small plot about 25ft wide and 50 or more long, double last years size and hoping add about another 30 x 25 more for next year.Planted 4 types squash, pumpkin, cukes,sunflowers,3 types tomatoes,row of potatoes,kidney beans,snow peas,yellow beans,zuchinni,and corn.

My passion is gardening .My best friend introduced me to someome saying " Sheila specialized in bulbs".I had never thought I did. I love all flowering bulbs ,tulips, daffys, lilys,especially because of the scent. My favorites include, Roses,Columbines,viola,pansys,poppys,ferns. I also love all my planted junk!

Front and rear rock gardens,perenials,shrubs. Both gardens terraced levels, zen like atmosphere

uphill..grassy...trees..plants..flowers..berries (rasp) fruit trees (pear) (apple)

Flowers and vegetables in my front yard; hated mowing grass. A work in progress.

Capitol Hill property is not far removed from the 203 metre top of the hill. The yard runs east-west but the slope is toward the south so the majority of the garden is full sun. 5 years in and I have amended the flower beds with about 30 yards of soil, reclaimed a parking pad, added and expanded flower beds. A couple more years and I should have eliminated the lawn completely.

I've been flower and veggie gardening in this location for twenty years. Prior to that it was grow bags on the tiny back deck off the kitchen of our flat in Muswell hill, North London, UK. Our back garden is quite large and dominated by 4 enormous and venerable old cedars who create areas of dry shade, partial shade and dappled sunshine. There are some areas which receive about 5 hours of sunshine a day so they are where we built the raised veggie beds. The front garden gets more sunlight and is consequently drier. The soil in the back garden is quite loamy in most areas. The front has been amended over the years with lots of compost, the back garden too. We have three compost bins. I am an experimental gardener and garden organically. I haven't met a seed I didn't like and love to plant whatever seeds I come across. I am growing a persimmon in the front window. I also have a Cardiocrinum giganteum and Mecanopsis betonicifolia and other unusual plants. Happy gardening all!

Steep slops and a mix of sun

4 gardens; 3 raised and 1 tilled

Circle Y Farm includes rocky ridges, swamps, creeks, bottomland, forests, sunny locations, pastures, timberland, and more. All kinds of geography, with some in sun, sun in shade, and some in between.

I have a 25' x 39' area in the back yard, I was lucky enough that my landlord allowed a garden. This year my husband and I made raised beds in that area, I love it. If it rains allot the soil drains well, where some people have complained of drowning gardens doing the raised bed thing seems to have saved our garden. My tomatoes have really taken off this year:)

Beautiful hillside garden along with borders and water features

MY GARDEN HAS A MIX OF EVERYTHING , ROSES BLOOMING FLOWERS , EDIBLES , HERBS AND ALL KINDS OF TROPICALS PLUS HUGE FERNS!

Annual vegetables and some fruit trees and bushes

I adore gardening

The garden is made with Landscape timbers arranges so there are six sides. Landscape timbers are used to divide the garden into six wedges. there is a different herb or edible plant in each wedge. Included are Three kinds of thyme in one wedge, two kinds of Lavender in another. In a third is two kinds of parsley, in the fourth is chocolate mint, the next has nasturtiums and the last has sage.

Vegetables and fruits are grown here, along with sunflowers for the birds or squirrels.

A mixture of sun and shade loving perennials with a few annuals. I'm starting to try flowering shrubs and different lilies.

city flowers ,annual,perennial and vegetable.

Several varieties of hostas. Cora Bells, ferns, solomans seal, rhodadendrons,Astilbe, and foxglove. Dogwood tree above it.

Zebra grass, macanthis "morning light", sedums, mondo grass, and lirope. A large rock is placed naturally. It has a large indention to hold water for birds and butterflies. Both love this garden.

mixed mostly shrubs roses perenials 550 feet above sea level very exposed to elements shallow soil over shale good drainage sunny position the garden is 5 years old and everything is growing very well still developeing made two new mixed beds this year the holly trees are growing very well with a great crop of berrys this year i will show some photos later

We have a small orchard, perennial gardens, shade gardens, butterfly gardens, vegetable gardens, wildlife gardens, fruit gardens and we're always adding more. We have a large place in the country and many variable conditions.

Backyard garden that has been subjected to waterlogging now rebuilt and shrubbery and trees to suit planted or moved. Child friendly

We have a little bit of everything and trying to figure out what we're doing at the same time. Fruit trees, grave vines, nut trees. houseplants on the patio, and a half acre of champaign dreams with a koolaid budget.

I am growing Dahlias, lillies, blueberries and an assortment of hanging baskets. I dig up my Dahlia tubers each fall and have a very good display each August. Preferring the 'giant' size Dahlia... I am also introducing Peonies for early blooms, since Dahlias are late bloomers.

Front yard decorative. Changes with each Season.

My twin granddaughters and I have started an organic garden this year. This land has never been turned or nor has there ever been any chemicals on it. It has been a challenge to say the least. Nebraska is known for grasshoppers but we did pretty good. We canned over 200 quarts of food so we should be set for winter. By the way the granddaughters are 4 and it was their idea to plant a garden.

Just 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...

I have flower beds on all sides of the house. The back was mostly shade until we lost a big tree last winter. I have a mixture of perennials, shrubs and bulbs.

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.

My garden is in Halifax on the pennisula. I started it 10 years ago when we first moved in. There was absolutely nothing except a big Norway Maple. I was looking for more privacy and now 10 years later have some. This garden will never be finished because I always feel the need to move plants in the spring. And in my exuberance to have a more enclosed garden space I over planted and have had to move and give away lots of plant material! I have to stop joining garden clubs where you get to order plants in bulk! I've never found a plant I didn't like except of course for goutweed..and when I see it in a garden center it makes me so angry. :)

a suprise around each curve and enjoyment every day

An eclectic garden in the Great Karoo - mostly indigenous and waterwise; vegetables, fruit trees and an olive grove.

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. This year we've 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.

small back garden - 16'x24' with timber decking base from back door, a flower bed on the right side, a garden shed on the top right corner, a veg patch on top left corner, a greenhouse on left side and a small green lawn on the middle... compact but cute...

I have a large vegtable garden,fruits,flowers and a greenhouse

Mom's garden has been neglected for several years. My brother and I have been attempting to bring it and the whole yard back.

Established old trees surrounded by 5 years of garden transformation....Roses have been a passion of mine for many years! I have a variations of plants mainly for the vase and a bold display of summer colour. My garden has about 100 roses and has a collection of 30 + Bearded Iris's. This garden is always work in progress and every garden changes from year to year. It is a special place for me where many of my friends are with me as I have been gifted many plants from my friends past, presant and also deceased so it is My Little Haven where I am never alone and am always sharing a thought for or with someone special via my garden! Gardens are such a peaceful pleasant place to admire what nature has to offer and share with us, I choose to appreciate it as much as possible....

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.

3 square foot plots 4 x 4 each. Soil is a mix of vermiculite, organic compost and peat.

A traditional garden that's only 2 years old. The garden features a variety of plants that attracts birds and butterflies. It's pesticide free with the use of all natural products. Still a work in progress and all done by me.

My garden consists of one 5m x 1.5 raised bed, various pots ,hanging baskets and random fruit trees , it is full of edible fruit and vege plants .Ive learned you don't need a bucket load of space to make somethng beautiful and functional

Small but very functional - floral, herbs, climbing, cottage and vege.

My garden I would like to have color all year round. Love flowers with lots of perfume.I have roses lots of Aqualigias.

Still a work in progress i like to try new things

Native plants, unique plants, shrubs & bird friendly trees & fruit trees.

a new garden 1,3oo ft above sea level in the kerry mountains

Flower beds around the house and a vegetable garden is adjacent to the yard.

our vegie garden

i have inherited this one, so a work in progress. Soon to build a new house in same area so can start from scratch. mostly perennials and roses, some natives, have a small vege garden in old baths

My 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.

lots of colour, still learning lots but loving it

Adrianna's garden part of her home, it consists of a front and back yard, as well as the sidewalk outside the fencing of the house. The front is more formal with iceberg standards down the driveway and rose creepers on the fence outside. The backyard is a mixture of vegetable garden, rose garden and a large grass areas for her child to play.

Like Herbs, but try everything that wants to grow here. As long as it's green and produce flowers I'm happy.

I am unable to get around but, my garden is my outlet and when in bloom it is a place truly to take your problems away. It is still an ongoing design and has many 'rooms', even the dogs are allowed to run in certain areas. A bird haven and child friendly.

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.

Small garden with macrocarpa hedges down two sides. Has to accomodate swingset, trampoline, playhouse, veggies and flowers.

My creative space

many big fruit trees- avocado, litchi and others mean that full sun is limited and thus we have a lot of plectranthus and clivia. full sun beds are about 100 rosebushes, veggies, and mixed borders.

I just love my garden. I have a three dimensional garden with specialized plants in pots because of moles. I have made lots of focal points and I think its a garden that draws you to it. I sometimes wish it was more sunny but then there are so many beautiful plants that love the shade. My Hybrid Hibiscus Sinensus are truly rewarding when they flower. I have seven different named varieties. I also love hanging baskets even though they take a lot of extra care and water. I grow a lot of my plants from slips with great success. My worm bins keep me busy and they are very rewarding with the worm tea that I pour over my plants from time to time and they produce very good compost. I have great fun and am truly thankful to have a garden. God is good.

Full of roses and lilly's. It's only 4 years old and I've tried my best.

Large farm garden. Vegetables and English type garden

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!

A mixture of English to Orchids

Rocky,sloped garden with indiginous trees and old Cycads.Lots of potted plants

My garden is a up and down and turn around and not really a style as yet! We moved here 2 years ago and I ripped the existing garden out! I am doing my best with no budget for gardening....... any contributions will be appreciated!

creative, informal. nice to enjoy and to play in

Mixture of fruit trees, vege & herb gardens, flower beds

It is a very informal but loveble and beutiful colorful garden

It is a very informal but loveble and beutiful colorful garden

Medium sized stand on 1300m2. Garden comprises organised herbaceous borders with colorful mix of annual & perineal plantings. Very interested in rose gardens, veggie growing & orchids. The later being a hobby I have tried to persue for a number of years without much success but press on rewardless!!! The garden has changed constantly over the 19 years that we have been on the property.We are most fortunate with our climate and soil, although a bit on the shale side everything grows and grows well. Constant feeding & composting ensure that we have a lush garden for most of the year.

a small backyard garden with raised wooden beds

Four separate gardens - pavement garden planted entirely with indigenous and waterwise; front garden; main garden and bottom garden

Formal garden out the front, natives scattered & vegies either end, plus some edibles througout the formal 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).

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.

A family garden for a Children's home in Teopisca, Chiapas, Mexico. In a sheltered area below mountains. Sun and shade. Sometimes very rainy, otherwise must be irrigated. Need to feed 26 people or more!

My garden is nearly 100 years old on a half acre block. It is located in the beautiful cool Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. It contains a lot of plants typical of the era from an English background. Unfortunately, many of these plants are now classed as weeds. I am endeavouring to eradicate these weeds and restore this old garden to a more befitting glory.

mainly palms and cycads, floor covered with pebbels, some antique stones and clay pots, beneath the trees.

Mixture of indigenous and exotic plants for both shade and sun spots. Allways on the lookout for new plants. Grow own plants from seed or cuttings. Love to use colour. Have also got different fruit trees for our own use.

My gardenn is mainly indigenous as i live on a reserve, i have also started an organic veggie garden

townhouse garden of around 40m square. have raised one small square which create a feeling of more space. i have used cocopan sleepers around this quare, these sleepers were used in the mines in the early 1900s.

I have planted both vegetable and flowers.

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.

after visiting Thailand I have tried to recreate things I saw,I made 5 spirit houses one for speakers one has pump and electrics, the barbecuer, then one for Buda. I made a mosaic in centre for gazebo.

No es propiamente un jardín, sino un vivero con sentido ecológico, artesanal y comercial.

Our garden was started on an existing lot in 1991. The front yard is mulched with large evergreens & xeriscaped perennials. The back yard has large garden beds, 3 composters & minimal grass with a large variety of plants, an apple tree, lots of shrubs & a bird friendly environment.

Small garden in a complex.

combination, palms, heliconias, gingers, tropical fruit, sq ft vegetables, fruit trees

A small garden (large for a Unit) with shaded areas and a dog!

My garden is constantly evolving - depending on the season and the rainfall. It is my Utopia

It's a small garden with lots of flowers and a fruit trees.

Started out aiming for a more formal garden. Then dabbled in a more cottage garden approach. Years of neglect for many reasons. Now hoping to obtain a low maintenance, colourful/fragrant kind of rambling effect.

An organic garden, mostly raised beds, containing culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, flowers and vegetables.

East/West facing lot,vegie garden infront of garage/shed N.E. side along with chook shed Nth side of garage.Limestone wall S.W side with shallow pond no fish,2 fruit trees out front.Looking for ideas

it's a self sufficiency garden i've built up the soil from scratch, built a chookshed, am on rainwater from a tank and have espaliered a variety of fruits, and grow as many different types of heirloom vegetables and herbs as i can. there was a small grove of almonds when i got here and a few gums but the rest of my 500 metre squared patch that's not covered by my litlle brick church has been converted to garden beds.

Our garden has mostly Tropical plants, such as Halaconis, Ferns, Plumeria,palms.....ect.

My garden in the Campo to the left of the village, we do grow meditteranean plants as well as roses,honeysuckly and pine trees.We are in a valley which gets north winds,so our plants need to be hardy,

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.

My all year round arid climate/desert garden is about 430 square meters on 2 levels on a east facing slope in Arad,Israel.From the garden the view is quite spectacular looking in to the great rift valley with the Dead Sea and beyond that the mountains of the Kingdom of Jorden.Outside my garden is the Judean desert and a wadi[dry river bed]with limestone caves used by Beduins up till the '90 and probably by ancient man. Lower garden is in back of the house and is mostly trees.One section is a succulent garden surrounding a Washingtonia palm with several cactus in between.Edible fruit trees include[included a Granny Smith apple],white mulberry,2 figs,loquat,lemon,lemon-lime and red grapefruit,2 pomagranites and an almond.Ornamental trees are 2 Washingtonia palms,pepper,jacaranda,2 chinaberries,pastacia & misc.desert specie.An overgrown privet has reached tree size. Upper level in front of the house is between 2 rows of 10 Jerusalem[aleppo]pines on opposite borders.Trees are a Norway Island pine[from house pot],tipuanna[biggest],3 ficus,2 white locust,fig,tabor oak and spike trunked unidentified.Between the trees and against the house are many many pots as the tree roots have closed much of the garden space.As it is,the soil is on limestone bedrock and less than a meter thick.In the ground are many aloes and succulants,some lantana as well as agaves.Under the pines aloes are the only plant that grows well.A pointsette is about 2M tall as I've had it since the 90's!

under construction, in between my husbands building works, but have afew sections going well, & have some planters built. also have veg patches around my horse paddock .

A mixture trying to go indigenous. Started from scratch.

The front yard is a mixture of shade and sun. The house faces north and closest to the house I have had to plant shade loving perennials and shrubs. It has been quite a challenge to find plants that will bloom beautifully in the shade.

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.

Food on the Footpath permaculture style emphisis on soil food web.

Rooftop Garden

I have an enclosed garden surrounded by stone walls. It consists of two parts, one is lawned with three central flower beds, a further flower bed running next to the wall and three trees, The lower garden is again lawned with a separate vegetable plot and one flower bed, There is a small herb garden and I also have several balcony plants and container plants.

independent website that was established in memory of the horrors of the late Ruth Benjamin in the first leading agronomists, who ran the ornamental farm for many years until his death prematurely. Acclimatization devoted her life to new plants and distributing in the country. Most of the existing house plants in Israel have the brought down and ornamental Htaklmotm here to experience its dedicated staff The purpose of this site to share the knowledge accumulated over years of work clearly and simple to anyone interested in adding knowledge and centralize existing gardener in a simple matter

An ever evolving riot of colour, herbs and food on a quarter acre suburban block. Nourishing body, mind and soul.

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.

An eclectic mediteraanean garden with fruit trees

our farm

backyard garden landscaped w/ flowers mostly perennials and tropicals species gathered from friends and garden catalogs.

I garden about 30 feet from a salt water bay on the Caribbean Sea which makes for some interesting challenges. Vegetables, herbs, orchids and more can thrive and/or die with a rise in the salty wind. But it keeps me happy!

It's a new garden with a ravine, very good soil,sun and time to grow it with citrus trees,and other fruit tress. Also old oak trees,in the land of eternal spring (Guatemala),in the way to develop or try to do it a Japanece Garden.I have now enough time (24 hrs a day) to work.

6m x 12m city garden,no grass,modern..

Schoolgarden for 600 children and youths from age 7-16 since 1999. Pupils grow vegetables during biology lessons and prepare food of them on home economics lessons. Our pupils with special needs (about 50 of them) do some of their training for different professions on our schoolgarden. On this site there has been communal gardening for children since 1930´s. Our mission with gardening is to enhance teaching of natural sciences and sustainable development. Also we wish our pupils to get real life experiences and understanding and respect to farming and food.

a one acre yard, and a new gardener...stay tuned!

Some flat, some rocky, a swimming pool,raised beds and pathways.

Flowergarden

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.

My garden is English style, it has lots of roses, paeonies, irises, lillies, & campanulas in white/blue/pink combo,as well as hedging cedars & shrubs. It has some grass, brick courtyard, an arbour, garden benches, boxwood hedging,mulch pathways, even a statue! I love my garden, it's my peaceful place of retreat & calm & is each year changing & evolving.

mixed garden with different parts. many bulbs, some herbs, flowers and cacti.

in full sun most of the day .vegetable best winter,spring very tropical.soil not to good but after 10 years getting there

- a small elevated bed in a tiny front yard, a patch of 'grass' and a miniscule flowerbed at ground level, filled (at present) with bright red begonias. Pebbled parking area.

Mixture of natives cottage perrenials and trees. Fish Pond. very informal

Mixture of natives cottage perrenials and trees. Fish Pond. very informal

Jan Ponsford, hungry for greenery in the middle of a crowed London, developed an interior garden from household plants, successfully learning about propagation techniques. Her reputation as a gardener grew and many appreciative visitors come to her to learn about plants and their upkeep. Between 1991 and 1995 Jan lived in Amsterdam, designing and developing roof gardens and terraces for private clients alongside a career as one's of the premiere internationally renewed english composer/jazz singer. On returning to England Jan became involved with allotment growing in the countryside and costal area of Sussex with italian gardener Alessandra Pagani. Alessandra is well versed in Mediterranean gardening, and ran a gardening business for many years. In 2000 drawed to Greece by its natural beauty and abundance of fascinating wildlife, flora and fauna Jan and Alessandra moved to Eressos -Lesvos where they have developed an organic garden, much visited by enthusiasts, tourist and complementary therapist.

flower beds around a courtyard.mixed shrubs and some decorative trees. also a fruit garden with soft fruits,cherries plums. a half acre wild meadow with a small orchard of apples and cherries and pears.

Its huge...way to big but I love it.

I am a plant collector and grow all type of plants Cycad's, aloes, succulents, ,Cacti, Clivia's, Hippeastrums ,daylillies and other bulbs Have a look at my website www.be-amazed.co.za

I am new to Belgium in a older home with a walled back yard & little sunlight!

3 year old landscaping. East facing. Low maintenanace

A whimsical backyard shade garden in Calgary

A fine mixture of sun and shade; Flowers and herbs, created for birds and people

Seven year old garden with flowers, fruit trees and plants.

Mostly perennials. Has its own micro climate because of pond and it is fairly enclosed.

Our Garden is Evergreen with a little bit of this and that no real rules to it, but I rather like succulent plants. The garden is also very open not too much shade so the plants have to be hardy.

Started a new garden after moving into new home...

small garden with lawn and flowers, sun in morning.

I enjoy the making of Japanese vegetables by organic farming in the backyard of the house.

A mixture of Fynbos, Aloes, Gazanias. I'm constantly experimenting with what will grow close to the sea under occasional harsh summer winds.

It's my big terrace in Playa Negra, Chile...It's still under construction, since I arrived here only a few months ago. My plants were first suffering a lot with the direct sun, but now I built a nice tent to rest under and all my plants love it.

Arguably the best designed Oriental garden in Hong Kong. Rare pines, azaleas, bongainvillea, rocks placed amongst superior crafted structures. Along the winding path, one can see gradually changing frames of scenes revealed before you. A curvy shape pond filled with thousands of colorful Koi - Culturally rich sentiments for viewers.

Full sun most of the day, Jacaranda tree, huge Palm, lots of cactus, roses & hibiscus

This is the most important Botanical Garden in the region. I want to share with you some nice views! I come here to take nice photos and draw.

These photos are from gardens and wild spots in my neighbouring areas on the coast, and a little further afield, in British Columbia that can be publicly viewed, which I find interesting and think others might enjoy seeing!

Herb garden, bouganvillia, plumeria, hibiscus, orchids, and asorted green vines and plants

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

I moved to my grandparents home in 1994 and this garden was a jungle, the last person to really tend it was my great grandfather. It took me many years for trying to stay ahead of the weeds and not knowing much about gardening to get it where it is today. There is a lot more to do...

I moved to my grandparents home in 1994 and this garden was a jungle, the last person to really tend it was my great grandfather. It took me many years of trying to stay ahead of the weeds and not knowing much about gardening to get it where it is today. There is a lot more to do...

We have an English-style garden with brick paths and patio areas on a large corner residential lot with a green-belt at the back. On the south-facing side we have a kitchen garden with 5 raised beds and an assortment of multi-grafted fruit trees. On last count we have 40 roses from ramblers and climbers through to miniatures scattered over our property.

Shrubs, flowers,some small trees

My garden is located about 5,200 ft above sea level, in the foothills next to a large lake, within a 600 meter surburban-size lot with front and rear yards. I use Sunset climate zones 23-24 & H1 when investigating plant hardiness. My recorded high temperature is around 90f(32c) & low 46f(8c). Summer rains and dry winters.

the plan is for fruit and herbs in back, veg and herbs in front. the succulent collection will go along a large wall, in a raised bed already built but not filled. plenty of dreams and also fantastic salads happening already.

beds around house and small vegetable area

At this stage a new garden, ground with lots of building rubble, drainage quite well. In the shade I have tropical plants, in the semi sun ponytail, yesterday today tomorrow,no real colour.

A garden displays plant life in distinct seasons - most charming in the Spring with cherry blosom and Summer with lotus and waterlily in a pond reflecting the blue and white sky...

Mine is a high desert environment. NOT the sand and cactus that many think of when we say "desert" but the sagebrush-steppe of the Northern Great Basin. We have an arid dry climate also filled with thick stands of Ponderosa Pine tree forests about 12 miles north of our small pleasant rural community. I have loved gardening all of my life and concentrate on herbs, perennials and edibles for thier food and esthetic value. A photographer and writer I also love using my garden and garden products in my art. I also LOVE friends who garden and love to learn about garden efforts of folks in differing climates and environments. Regards, Mari

A very small garden, but well-kept for my amateur gardening standards. There are 5 palm trees, 3 on the outside of my fence and 2 inside. Mixture of sorts: 3 different coloured bougainvilleas, basil, savila, passionflower and "copa de oro" vines cover the front fence for extra privacy, banana, chaya, papaya, various others of which I dont know the proper name (despeinadas?), bird of paradise,etc. I would like to put more colour into the garden, and maybe some vegetables in conatiners. Any suggestions for the area? Tulum's soil is not very fertile, due to the fact that the Yucatan Peninsula is a huge shelf of limestone. I usually bring back more fertile earth from inland areas. Digging can sometimes be hard because of the huge quantity of rocks that can get quite big.

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 :))

A very managable backyard, graced with pots, around gazebo and stone area with a perfect view for birds from the back door and window. A camera on a tripod is always ready for capturing nature moments!

all rounder

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.

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.

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.

It is difficult in this hot ,dry climate to keep a garden looking nice. Not a lot survives our summer heat, and when u finally do the winter frosts come along and kill off anything that did make it. Mainly trees survive

My backyard garden is mainly composed by HT roses and english roses plus a variety of perennials and common shrubs. Of course, always work in progress...

I fell in love with this wraparound garden. It's not large but there are are over 120 different plants in it, some quite unusual. It has a lot of flowering shrubs, one of which has a wonderful fragrance...in January!! There is a fair bit of shade, but I take advantage of the sunny spots. It's really mild here on the west coast so I can grow things which wouldn't otherwise be possible. It's my haven

Onze tuin is drie jaar oud en een 'nieuwbouwtuin'. De eerste twee jaar is de tuin voornamelijk gevuld met 'geadopteerde' planten. Sinds het najaar van 2008 probeer ik er nu een 'echte' tuin van te maken.

Various Bulb type plants, fruit trees, many trees and a big lawn. A few vegetables.

Various Bulb type plants, fruit trees, many trees and a big lawn. A few vegetables.

Acreage, tall gums, creek, natives, some fruit trees, veggie garden, bromeliads

STILL IN THE PROCESS AFTER 30 YEARS... MOOD FOR MORE LAND AND LITTLE SHED,wish to start a new veggie garden where the shed is now...looking for ideas...The ground will be vile!

small land plot in front with giant phildendrons, mock orange, lime and alemendras. about 300 container plants i would like to learn what they are and how to take beter care of them.

We started with poor soil, around our front yard. Bryan built a pond, we ordered the best soil we could find, and it took off from there. Everyone who comments, always thanks us for the "hard" work and call it the English garden. People have even stopped while driving by.

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.

Mostly shaded area on east side, sunny on west side of house-pool area.

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,.........

This was dug over and seaweed added in the autumn, along with well rotted manure. We managed to grow peas, beans, squash, leeks,carrots (in tubs),radishes and onions.

A garden in the works. Trying to find plants and shrubs the deer won't touch.Not easy here where the deer don't read books

1000+ sq metres around my house.Southwards: 'tropicals'and lawn;west:lawn and roses and cedrus pedula;north-west:lawn and new perennial border and shrubbery;north:narrow'Japanese' garden with small pond and patio with raised herb beds.

I live in Japan. I have some herbs. There are a small sand box and a slide for kids.

We have a large lot in the village of Metcalfe, with mature Silver and Red Maple trees, evergreens and a crabapple. A few years ago we put in a pond, and most recently built a screened-in porch that overlooks the pond. It is a little bit of heaven.

Visitors can explore the magnificent gardens for all seasons which include Italian, Rose and Tudor gardens, topiary, yew maze and splashing water maze, or take a stroll around the informal areas of Sunday Walk and Anne Boleyn’s Walk. (Source: http://www.hevercastle.co.uk/ )

Mine is a terraced garden, not specially large, rising up away from the house like a long thin triangle with the point above the top terrace. When I bought it, during a drought, there wasn't much more than three terraces which should have been grass but were just dust, two rows of vines, and a dead tree. The first thing I did was plonk an above ground pool on the bottom terrace - a great success as it was quick and relatively cheap, but diasterous aesthetically - cue extension of paved terrace, dry stone walls, steep rose bed in front of pool, and shady pergola. In the past few years I have also added three pencil pines (which I tried to prune, with unhappy consequences); oleanders to screen the satellite dish; and two beautiful old olive trees. The first olive died so the second one came free. The dead one is now dedicated to the cats for climbing and scratching, and to a pretty blue climber, I dont know its name but it looks like a small flowered clematis, but isn't. Roses grow like weeds here, and my other successes are the wildflower meadow, and my parsnips which I grew from seed - and am currently enjoying!!! Other favourite 'doers' include plumbago, solanum, wisteria, clematis, buddleia, lagerstroemium, lavender, rosemary and pinks. I irrigate as little as possible but am lucky enough to have a well for necessary watering. This year I hope to improve the wildflower garden and extend the pergola a little - money and help permitting.

Can't wait to for Spring !

Nikolay Parvanov, BG,Sofia

acreage garden, wild pond, apple orchard, large vegetable plot

River valley, lots of trees, shade, and high groundwater table for most of the year. Watering from a well point in summer but pumping away the high groundwater most of the year. Oaks, hawthorne, white stinkwood, swamp cyprus, ginko biloba, olives, fruit, swamp cyprus, catalpa, coral tree, lots of clivia, plectranthus, ageratum, azalea, ferns, oleander, hibiscus, varieties of bromeliad, water irises, duvenoia, a nice medinella, young psychotria and yellowwoods, crinum lilies and various day lilies and madonna lilies, strelitzia.big mixture. Building an 1830s style veranda. On Doordrift Road, Cape Town. Mediterranean climate, heavy rain at times in winter, mild temperature. My parents began this 55 years ago. Most of the trees are from then or later, but the oaks are older. Two oaks fell over the years, from too much water at their roots, but the pumping system has now contained that problem.

front yard beach house

A mix of cactus and succulents also some mature trees.We also have some banana plants that we do get fruit from

Flowers, veggies, herbs.

Spring and summer vegetables and flower...

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

This will be the second year for my front yard garden.

The Gardens at Tofuku-ji are most famous for the Showa Period (1926-1989) design by Shigemori Mirei. I'm normally not wild about square shapes in Japanese gardens or any gardens for that matter, but this is one exception. The square azelea bushes and moss/gravel area are quite a let-down in mid summer - moss burnt to a rusty red colour by the summer heat, but just around the corner lies a year-round gem: a checkerboard pattern (called ichimatsu moyo in Japanese) made of flat square stones embedded in a soft carpet of spruce moss that slowly dissolves into the "natural" landscape, fewer and fewer stones placed in the moss as the eye moves away from the temple precint into nature. The dry lanscape garden on the southern side of the main hall was surely innovative for its time because of the size and quantity of stones and extreme verticality of some of them, but the overall effect is not really that beautiful or interesting. While far from jarring, it's definitely not as calm or as solemn as compositions made in other traditional Zen gardens. It just doesn't feel quite right, but don't ask me why. Have a look at the photos and decide for yourself. Maybe those round stones were the bases of the temple that burned. I'll have to check on that.

I 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

mainly pot garden, with a sand mixture peat soil bed

Started as a fun thing to do so I could teach my boys gardening and has developed into a way of life. Veggies for the family and friends now but am expanding yearly. Looking at putting in a green house this summer to be able to grow even more.Nothing better than home made salsa straight out of the garden!!!

Pieni läntti Suomen II-vyöhykkeellä (a plot under construction spring 2010) paritalon piha, jonka suunnittelen nyt talven aikana (I´ll plan the garden during this snowy winter) ja toteutus alkaa keväällä.

Pagodas, chinese lanterns, buddha and bonsais in the midle of Dolmen, slanting stones and stone circles all surrounded by rockery, pond, pines, rhododendron, japanese maples and alpine plants.

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.

Mediterranean with a lot of succulent plants and raised beds

Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield is a picturesque nature preserve among the grasslands, ponds and cottonwood banks of Deer Creek. Facilities include nature trails, a wildlife observation area, display gardens, educational exhibits, a historical farm, a 19th century one-room schoolhouse, working beehives and picnic areas. Check out our new Deer Creek Discovery children’s area, which includes a whimsical tree house and a water feature. Don't forget to bring your binoculars for some exceptional bird watching! Walk along the scenic trails any time of year -- you will find the landscape is always changing. Source: http://www.botanicgardens.org/content/our-gardens-chatfield-location

The Architect of the Capitol and the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) welcome you to the newly renovated Conservatory. We are proud to offer the citizens of Washington and visitors from across the nation a beautiful and fascinating living plant museum here on our Nation's Mall at the foot of the U.S. Capitol. We invite you to return again and again, to watch us grow and to see our ever-changing exhibits. The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is a botanic garden run by the Congress of the United States. It is located in Washington, D.C., on the U.S. Capitol Grounds campus near Garfield Circle. The building itself, which includes a large Lord & Burnham greenhouse, is divided into separate rooms, each one simulating a different habitat. Source: http://www.usbg.gov/

Outside spread over eight acres are many gardens featuring perennials, annuals, wildflowers, roses, herbs, and cacti. Some specialty areas include a nationally recognized inspirational Peace Garden, rose garden, herb garden, cacti garden, two community vegetable gardens, lily pond, sensory garden, and the Discovery Pond and educational wetland area. Connecting many gardens is the Western Walkway featuring 170 livestock brands set into the concrete walk. The walkway connects the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens grounds to the Old West Museum, where the vitality, drama and romance of life in the West comes alive. Along the Western Walkway is a unique series of three landscaped plazas known as the Rotary Century Plazas. Each plaza interprets life in southeast Wyoming over the past three centuries (1700’s, 1800’s and 1900’s). Each plaza includes sculpted benches, historic plants and other interpretations explaining life in each century. The Rotary Century Plazas also include Wyoming’s oldest locomotive that is surrounded by a historic folk art fence. Adjacent to the 1900’s plaza is a restored 1928 FarmAll tractor and an educational shelterbelt planting. Source: http://www.botanic.org/More_Details.asp

Small arboretum on campus includes native plants from north Rocky Mountain region. Many established large specimens. Xeriscape garden. Many native plants from plains and drier areas of the state.

Former private property and gardens opened to public in 1973. Includes an island, bridged to the grounds, and two houses from original landowners. Wildlife sanctuary and songbird haven. Mynelle Gardens began as a private garden created by Mynelle Westbrook Hayward and was acquired by the City of Jackson in 1973. It is a seven acre collage of several distinct gardens, with winding pathways, cascading pools, and distinctive bridges which lead you across the pond to an island oasis. It typifies the southern garden with features worth emulating in our own backyards. Source: http://city.jackson.ms.us/Visitors/mynelle.htm

Imagine beautifully landscaped gardens reflecting on a shimmering pond. Trails weave from bright flowering meadows into a cool, shaded woodland. Streams sparkle beneath stately hemlocks. Some visitors stand silently, resting in the splendor of the vista; others energetically explore this wonderful community resource this wonderful community resource, the West Virginia Botanic Garden. Begun as only a dream in 2000, the WVBG is on its way to becoming a reality on the 82-acre former Tibbs Run Reservoir property off the Tyrone Road in Monongalia County, WV. The former 15-acre basin will be transformed into two smaller pools with islands and aquatic plant displays. The old water works, still present, will stand as a link to the past. The WVBG will feature a large variety of plants appropriate to the region's climate and soils in both designed and natural settings. Visitors will learn from these gardens in every season of the year. Source: http://www.wvbg.org/mission.html

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

The formal beds are comprised of four large rectangular display areas which are changed seasonally to display a variety of fun colors and textures. Sometimes subdued, sometimes exuberant, sometimes humorous, these changing displays are always worth checking out. Reacquaint yourself with older flower varieties in the Old Fashioned Garden. Savor sweet fragrances in the Rose Garden. Engage your senses of touch and smell in the Sensory Garden (Garden for the Blind). Admire the unique Kumamoto En garden, a gift from our Sister City of Kumamoto, Japan, with its finely crafted structures and many symbolic features. Experience the beauty of the Sacred Garden, Shade Garden, Gertie’s Garden and other garden displays. Learn from the testing and evaluations being conducted in the Watersaver Lane and Ornamental Grass Garden. Source: http://www.sabot.org/?nd=home

The mission of the Chicago Botanic Garden is to promote the enjoyment, understanding, and conservation of plants and the natural world. The Garden continues to strive to meet the lofty goals set more than a century ago. The Chicago Botanic Garden, with its world-renowned plant collections and displays, is one of the country's most visited public gardens and a preeminent center for learning and scientific research. The 385-acre Garden features 24 display gardens and three native habitats, uniquely situated on nine islands surrounded by lakes. Source: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/

The Missouri Botanical Garden was founded in 1859 by Henry Shaw and was, from its inception, a public botanical garden and a place to study and display plants. Within the walls of these 79 acres, magnificent gardens and rare collections of botanical, horticultural, and historical materials reside with architecturally significant buildings and inspirational fountains and statuary. Today, the Garden is a National Historic Landmark, the oldest botanical garden in the United States, and a world leader in botanical research. The grounds of the Missouri Botanical Garden feature gardens, modern and traditional, and living collections of major groups of ornamental and practical plants. Greenhouses and conservatories display plants native to lands far removed from St. Louis. Source: http://www.mobot.org/default.asp

In this dynamic young garden you will find inviting woodland paths, stunning floral collections and exhibits to delight visitors of all ages. Paths meander through the shady woodlands of the Dogwood Trail and the lush fern glade, while native wildflowers quietly populate the Nature Trail. Daylily and herb gardens rival or surpass those of older, more mature botanical gardens. The demonstration vegetable garden showcases varieties of produce and inspires home gardeners. The 5-acre Central Corridor Gardens, featuring aquatic, perennial, and annual displays are ablaze with color from early spring through fall. The Garden of Hope celebrates life and affords a place for quiet contemplation and observation of nature. Source: http://www.hsvbg.org/index.htm

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

its ma new mango garden..........

The Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem comprises an area of 126 acres and hence is one of the world´s largest and most important gardens. About 22,000 different species of plants are cultivated here. In the 39 acres of the plant-geography section - one of the biggest of its kind in the world - you can travel all the way around the Northern Hemisphere, and in the 42 acre Arboretum and taxonomy section you can get an insight into the relationship among woody and herbaceous plants. The greenhouse complex consists of 16 houses open to the public and offers the possibility to travel through tropical and subtropical vegetation. These living collections, along with the preserved collections, form the basis for the continued expansion of scientific study within the plant kingdom, with the goal to deepen the knowledge necessary for the utilization and protection of plant diversity on earth. Source: http://www.bgbm.org/BGBM/garden/default_e.htm

The Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg (22 hectares) is a botanical garden and arboretum located at Menzinger Straße 65, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Munich's first botanical garden, now called the "old botanical garden", was established in 1809 to designs by Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell near Karlsplatzes, where its remains are still visible. Today the garden cultivates about 14,000 species on approximately 18 hectares, and serves to educate the public and train students of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, as well as preserve rare plants and European bee species. Major areas include an alpine garden, arboretum, collection of moor and steppe plants, rhododendrons, rose garden, and systematic garden. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanischer_Garten_M%C3%BCnchen-Nymphenburg

The Botanischer Garten der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (7 hectares), also known as the Botanischer Garten Frankfurt am Main, is a botanical garden and arboretum maintained by the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. It is located at Siesmayerstraße 72, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, and open daily in the warmer months. Today the garden contains about 5,000 species, with special collections of Rubus (45 species) and indigenous plants of central Europe. It is organized into two major areas as follows. The geobotanical area contains an alpine garden, arboretum, meadows, steppes, marsh, and pond, as well as collections of plants from the Canary Islands, Caucasus, East Asia, Mediterranean, and North America. Source: http://www.botanischergarten.uni-frankfurt.de/

The Garden surrounds the beautiful buildings of Ringve Museum. Nature and Culture is united in a very special manor through this combination of plants and music. The Garden was established in 1973 and covers 35 acres. It's situated beautifully with a great view of the Trondheim fjord. The garden has nearly 2000 different plants and five main sections. Source: http://www.ringve.no/English/Botanical_Garden/

The Bergianska trädgården, the Bergian Garden or Hortus Bergianus, is a botanical garden located in the Frescati area on the outskirts of Stockholm, close to the Swedish Museum of Natural History and the main campus of Stockholm University. The Garden was founded through a donation in 1791 from the historian and antiquarian Bengt Bergius and his brother Peter Jonas Bergius, a physician and scientist, to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and was originally located to their mansion and its adjacent garden on the road Karlbergsvägen, in what is now the Vasastaden district in central Stockholm but at the time still had a largely rural character. The garden was moved to its current location in 1885. Source: http://www.bergianska.se/

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/

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.

hm... well..its just started to look like a garden

My garden contains several themes which adds up to one. I have perrenials, annuals and biennials.

Jardin de Montesoro resides on ten hectares of land in the Nicoya Peninsula, Puntarenas, Montezuma. We have nature trails and an ocean view to the Pacific. It is a privilege to have clean air, abundant wildlife, two rivers, so-far-discovered three natural springs, and a whole lot of love in this garden. I bought the property in 1996 and have planted drought-resistant plants. I came to this website because I was searching for how to make a birdbath. Of course, the birds here are amazing.

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

The best raspberry and strawberry patches in the county are right here in the gardens and if you are lucky enough you might even get to taste them. Vegetables of every kind can be found growing even in this harsh environment that usually gets less than 60 consecutive frost free days. The Rose Garden was developed in 2003 for the purpose of testing roses for Weeks Roses of California. Today, the Rose Garden is home to mostly Canadian roses. Perennial as well as annual herbs are abundant in herb garden. Medicinal, edible and tea herbs happily intermingle. Source: http://www.tizergardens.com/index.html

Begun in 2000, this garden was created as an ever changing, staged, community garden. It is located in Elko, Nevada, behind the Elko County Courthouse at the corner of 6th and Pine streets. The primary objective is to create a garden that contains a collection of winter hardy, easy care roses. The goal is to identify and collect those roses that like living and thrive in Elko's climate, a USDA hardiness zone 5A (average annual minimum temperature of -15 to -20 degrees Fahrenheit). Pot-O-Gold? The red brick building with the white trim - at the end of the rainbow - is Elko's main branch of Bank of America. Source: http://www.elkorose.com/