The mature garden – after only one year
On this Thomas Nelson Page you ’ll see the garden at its zenith in its first class and then a few more pictures from the following year .
As I look back on it now , there are of row lots of thing I ’d have done differently .
But that is the essence of gardening – it is all about experimentation and change , increment and advance .
August 22 and the Bananas, Cannas and Gingers are all adding presence to this border
As it turn out , we left this garden after only two summers . But I ’m told it is still going strong .
No doubt with with lot of ontogenesis and many alteration .
select the first epitome below and then cluck on the arrows to scroll through the series .
August 22 and the Bananas, Cannas and Gingers are all adding presence to this border
Forpart fiveof this suburban garden makeover – the vegetable garden – click here .
Forpart one – the white canvas – click here . Forpart two – the transformation in progress – click here . Forpart three – the ripen garden – sink in here .
Martin Cole has been an esurient plant lover and gardener for more than 20 eld and be intimate to talk and save about horticulture . In 2006 he was a finalist in the BBC Gardener of the Year competition . He is a fellow member of the National dahlia Society .
He previously lived in London and Sydney , Australia , where he take a sheepskin course in Horticultural studies and is now base in North Berwick in Scotland . He ground GardeningStepbyStep.com in 2012 . The web site is aimed at everybody who love plants or has been bitten by the gardening hemipteran and wants to bonk more .
Gardening Step by Step has beencited by Thompson and Morgan , the UK ’s largest ring mail order plant life retail merchant , as a website that publishes expert gardening content .
August 22 and the Bananas, Cannas and Gingers are all adding presence to this border
A great combo – Nicotiana silvestris and Verbena bonariensis
The surroundings of the pond were looking pretty good by now. The pond itself was low because of the drought.
kniphophias shine out
This and the next five pictures were taken almost exactly one year on from when I first started work on lifting the turf.
Misty autumnal morning
This and the next four pictures were taken in June and July of the following year – so about 1 year 8 months from inception.
