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Posted: May/07/2006 2:06 PM PST
:banana-wa Years ago a friend of mine blessed me with a book, titled "The Garden Design Book" by, Cheryl Merser and the editors of Garden Design Magazine. I fell in love with the formal gardens in the book and have wanted one of my own ever since! Soooooo........ I have been busy for the last 7 weeks, designing a small, 4 plot, formal garden that I can access from my kitchen door. I centered it in the backyard so that I can see it through my kitchen window, where the sink is located, that way I can watch everything grow while washing dishes. So far, I am very pleased with my labor's! There are many types of birds already, hanging out eating bugs and are simply entertaining to watch! I can already see how to expand on the design, next year and am quite sure that this will be a work in progress for awhile......fun though  I plan to incorporate both vegetable, flowers and various rockery focal points in the plots. I have already relocated my Day Lilies, rhubarb and mum's into these area's, and even though I'm in zone 5b, I have planted seed's too...peas, beans, sunflowers, daisies, snapdragon and pumpkin. Oh, and I built two, tripod structures for the pea's to climb on, then placed one at each end of the the two southern plots.....it created a neat effect. Today, I am going to get some more veggie seeds and hopefully a couple of tomato plants! I LOVE to watch thing's grow....gardening is so FUN! I will try to take some pictures later this season to share with you all. :banana-wa :broccoli: |
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Posted: May/07/2006 2:57 PM PST
Oh, this sounds lovely! I can't wait for pictures. Thanks for sharing.I have a lot of plans for my garden, but am so overwhelmed with the big projects that have to go in first, that I keep putting them off. I need to rip up grass and lawn and lay a pathway and put in a patio. You're really inspiring me to get off my duff and get moving! Thank you! |
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Posted: May/07/2006 3:08 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by R33 Oh, this sounds lovely! I can't wait for pictures. Thanks for sharing.I have a lot of plans for my garden, but am so overwhelmed with the big projects that have to go in first, that I keep putting them off. I need to rip up grass and lawn and lay a pathway and put in a patio. You're really inspiring me to get off my duff and get moving! Thank you! :banana-wa R33 I agree with you! The big projects are overwhelming at first, but once you get started, you don't want to stop! My "Duff" was really dragging after the first day of labor...LOL When do you plan to get started on planting? Zone 3, is that a later starting date? |
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Posted: May/09/2006 2:27 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by grandmakathy :banana-wa R33 I agree with you! The big projects are overwhelming at first, but once you get started, you don't want to stop! My "Duff" was really dragging after the first day of labor...LOL When do you plan to get started on planting? Zone 3, is that a later starting date? LOL I can just imagine. I've got several large projects to tackle, and don't know which one to do first - a walk way/patio in the side/back garden or my two front beds - deep shade and part shade, which I haven't touched since moving into the house. I need to learn to build two small walls and build up the beds (1.5-3 feet or so) and my head is totally boggled by the thought! As for when I start planting.... Well, I started already. :o Our guideline for last frost is May 24th or so, but I've picked up several clematis, a couple of roses and some other perennials and I've been planting and digging already. I can't help it.  :o
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Posted: Nov/15/2006 4:30 AM PST
I've been working all summer on a rose garden! I purchased several roses that were reduced to nearly nothing.. all they needed was water! This is my first attempt at roses. I've heard they can be hard to take care of, but I've also heard they can be practically carefree in the right environment. I believe the soil plays the biggest part. I had to move a LOT of irises to make room for the rose garden which took most of the summer. I plotted out a design on graph paper for the rose garden, and it has taken on a rather formal appearance so far. I want to put a sundial in the center, and the beds and walkways curve around that central point. At the northern entrance from the side of the house I plan to put an arbour for climbers. At the edge of our yard we plan to put a split rail fence someday, but until then, there will be a low hedge of pink and red knockout roses. I want to incorporate some other flowers as well, but for the time being I'm concentrating on getting the beds dug out and the soil amended and ready for the roses. Now cold weather is coming in fast and I still don't have it ready for planting and wondering what to do with all the roses still in pots for the winter! I already mentioned this in the roses forum. |
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Posted: Jun/15/2007 6:41 AM PST
Pictures, Pictures please. |
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Posted: Jan/16/2010 11:07 AM PST
Hey Its good to read the story of your first formal garden. Years have been passed now so i hope your little plants would have been grown really tall. What if you post some pictures of your grown up trees and flowery plants. It will be so inspirational to see that
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Posted: Oct/06/2011 4:41 AM PST
As I took my first picture, I wondered about the kind of institution that devotes this level of design and care to the place where visitors leave their cars. The obvious answer is that, to the Museum, beauty, in all its forms, is a priority. 
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