Ever Changing Landscape


Plant Material, Uncategorized, Water plants

[socialpoll id=”2210705″]               With the intense heat this week, another explosion of color has come to the garden.  This time of the year I only garden early in the morning or late evening.  This morning I was intrigued by the butterflies fluttering around my lavender which lead me to do […]

July 17, 2014

From Where I Sit


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One of the reasons I started my gardening blog is once I retired, I finally could dedicate more time to doing the blog.  I retired almost a year ago now which has allowed me to spend more time gardening and pursuing further interests, including photography, travel and a little golfing.  We have not only traveled […]

June 3, 2014

Down in Vancouver this week


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Limited blogs this week as I am looking after my grandson but hope to have time to visit some gardens and practice my photography.  I have just posted a reference page for front border/rockery plants outlining some of my favourites.

May 6, 2014

Hanging Baskets/Containers


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What a beautiful day. I did not know where to begin first. I have slowly started to take the baskets and containers out of the greenhouse during the day to gradually adjust them to the outside temperatures. It is still a little too cool at night to put them out permanently but rule of thumb […]

April 30, 2014

Garden Design – Perennial & Herbaceous Borders


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One of the challenges of gardening is trying to keep continuous colour in the garden all year round. It takes a combination of bulbs, shrubs, perennials, annuals and feature trees (both deciduous and coniferous) to get a good effect. As I build my blog, please refer to the separate pages where I focus on plant […]

April 29, 2014

Front Garden


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The front garden is an extension of your home. We were very fortunate when we first moved into our house that we had the most inviting entrance way and we brought the climbing rose back to life which blooms profusely every June. The sail boat design in the middle of the gate was very significant […]

April 26, 2014