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Garden: Petunia's 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.
Garden: Shepheard's Way
Three acres containing, 3600 square foot vegetable garden and various flower beds.
Garden: Garden Bloggers flower garden
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.
Garden: Cindy Dyer's Garden
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!
Garden: Work in Progress
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.
Garden: Trouble Tree
I have a 6' x 20' plot on a slightly sloping area in my yard. When the sun decides to give the rain a vacation, it will shine on the garden from late morning until late afternoon. The western side of the garden has a split rail fence with chicken wire against which about twelve vigorous tomato plants are quickly maturing. Beans and peas are also growing at the north end of the garden and are graciously supported by the fence. At the southern end a cantaloupe and a few watermelons plants are reaching outwards into an adjoining flower bed. Cucumbers, onions, peppers - sweet and hot, and zucchini contend for the limited space in the garden and seem to care little for the mossy bricks laid down for stepping stones. Lettuce, spinach, radishes, mint, and eggplant battle for the remaining space. The lettuce has already yielded many delicious salads and is promising much more throughout the season. At the northern end a mystery lilac tree grows, tightly knit with two other as yet unidentified flowering bushes, and provides shelter to a lone artichoke experiment.
The name 'Trouble Tree' is inspired by my father. When I was very young, my dad would come home from work each day and devote just a few moments to leaving his frustrations from work at his 'trouble tree.' Touching the leaves and appreciating this simple miracle allowed him to shed the stress that often followed him home. My garden functions in much the same way for me on a daily basis.
Garden: My Garden of Dreams
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.
Garden: My Gardens
3 Gardens in my front yard, 2 on the east side of my house, 1 a herb and 1 a flower garden, also a 3rds garden on the north side, mostly roses and day lillies.
Garden: Tilthy Rich
A San Francisco backyard changing into an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden. With a compost pile and worm compost bins to boot!
Garden: Guy`s Paradise
Flower beds on the side with rose of sharon hiding the fence. The main feature is my pond with some 2 feet fish in it.
Garden: Fuentebella Family First
Our garden is created to enhance the character of the people living in our home. It is located South West of our property. The garden plants and its flower blooming attract mostly bird as their stop-over on their journey. Although, there are lots of insects and bugs that deteriorate the plant foliage, it is however manageable to display their colors. When I landscape our property backyard in 2001, it was my great desire to dedicate it to my family and relatives who would like to visit us at the same time offering for the blessed Virgin Mary. My wife was diagnosed with a breast cancer in 2003. It was a blessing that I have had the creation of the pond. When she was sick at that year, the garden landscape helped her to be healed and accompanied by the retreating sound of the water fall. Now she is healed and cancer free for almost 7 years. Thank you for having me in your web site. May God Bless All of Us and Keep us in our journey.
Garden: Quiet Retreat
A peaceful place to relax and enjoy. Perennials that flower spring, summer and fall so that there is always some colour highlighted with the vivid colours of annuals growing in pots and hanging baskets. Our garden is also enjoyed by our three adult Shih Tzu and soon to be by three puppy Shih Tzu as well as ourselves of course.
Garden: Quarry Flower Farm
Started in Spring, 2008, as a specialty cut flower farm in north central Texas, growing for farmers market and florists. As farm develops, we hope to become a pick-your-own flower farm. I grow on 1 acre-my limit since I am the farmer/grower/seller/etc.
Annual beds are planted in 50 foot rows under landscape fabric with driptape irrigation. Some annuals we grow are: Kurume celosia, ProCut sunflower, Benary Giant zinnia, perilla, Amazon Neon Duo dianthus, broomcorn, Ammi, Nigella, Gaillardia, Jobs Tears , Crane kale, Blue Boy cornflower, Lisianthus, Ageratum
Perennial beds are being prepared with a labyrinth path through the field. Perennials we are growing are Prairie Sun rudbeckia, Purple Smoketree, Curly Willow, Lambsear, Powis Castle artemesia, Jewels of Ophar, Jerusalem Sage, Mint, Grasses, Vitex, Salvia leucanthus, Autumn Joy sedum, Thalia, OsageOrange, Viburnum, Buddleia, Leonotis, Echinacea - Coconut Lime, Mac n Chees
Garden: My Garden
I have flowers in my front yard and flower boxes in the backyard. Hanging baskets in both front and back.
Garden: Omas
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.
Garden: NY Homesteaders Place
Veggies are full to bustin this season also lots of flower and herb gardens on the property !!
Garden: Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny
There are two parts in Monet's garden: a flower garden called Clos Normand in front of the house and a Japanese inspired water garden on the other side of the road.
The Clos Normand land is divided into flowerbeds where flower clumps of different heights create volume. Fruit trees or ornamental trees dominate the climbing roses, the long -stemmed hollyhocks and the coloured banks of annuals. Monet mixed the simplest flowers (daisies and poppies) with the most rare varieties.
The central alley is covered over by iron arches on which climbing roses grow. Other rose trees cover the balustrade along the house. At the end of the summer nasturtiums invade the soil in the central alley.
In this water garden you will find the famous Japanese bridge covered with wisterias, other smaller bridges, weeping willows, a bamboo wood and above all the famous nympheas which bloom all summer long. The pond and the surrounding vegetation form an enclosure separated from the surrounding countryside.
Garden: Perptually in Progress
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.
Garden: Lauri's Garden
Less than 2 years old right now, 2009. Never met a flower I didn't like. Love the colours and smells of a flower garden. Love to watch it grow and bloom.
Garden: Julies veggie garden
We have a small flower bed in the front yard, and a medium sized vegetable garden in the backyard. This year we have sunflowers, yellow/green beans, tomatoes, green onion, radish, lettuce(3)varieties, carrots, beets, zuchinni, cucumbers, turnips, pumpkin, and peas.
Garden: Marlene's First Garden
This is my first garden since my last attempt at gardening which was way back in pre-school. I planted the flower seeds in early May and the vegetable seeds in mid-May. I am so proud of my two watermelons and cucumbers, but I need to be more consistent about watering my garden.
Garden: mix em gather em
50 square foot of veggies and a herb/flower garden plus a few fruit bushes and trees
Garden: Sherbwood Park
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.
Garden: Julies front flower bed
This is our flowerbed out front. We have a large veggie garden out back. I have a lot of marigolds this year, but there are also daisies, cosmos, and wildflowers all started from seed this year. There were some bulbs planted last year, daffodils, and freesia, but they have not come up.
Garden: Our Little Piece of Heaven
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.
Garden: Mom's Garden
I Love to grow any kind of flower if it will survive in my yard. Very windy, and full sun to part shade, mixed soil conditions. Started a compost this year,( have tried before but not successful) The garden is always changing , mostly because I cannot make up my mind, that is always a good thing for my friends whom I give my extra plants to. I planted vegetables this year, and am loving the great taste of home grown veggies. yum.
Garden: Sharon & Tony's Blood, Sweat & Tears
Fifteen raised beds for vegetables; patches of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, flower beds, fruit trees
Garden: kellys flowers
hanging baskets, flower beds, tomotoe plants,bell peppers,rhododendroms, roses
Garden: Wild Winds Farm
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.
Garden: the little garden that could
It's not much to look at right now but the overhaul will soon commence! I have a frontyard flower bed, a side walkway and a soon-to-be backyard oasis (fingers crossed). Wish me and my lite-green thumb luck!
Garden: Residential Oasis
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.
Garden: mary's garden
I have many flower garden even though I am a rookie and don't really know what I am doing.
Garden: K's Horticultural Adventure
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!
Garden: Veggie - Flower garden mix
I am growing a variety of vegetables in what used to be a mainly flower garden. This is the first year, with beans, carrots, squash, parsley, swiss chard, lettuce, and now am putting in kale and collard for the winter months, which I hope will grow! It's an experimental garden at this point, mainly because I love gardening and have access to soil.
Garden: Gordon Young Garden
a mixed garden of 1.5 acres with a fruit garden, vegetables, flower beds, woodland garden. Very friendly for wildlfife
Garden: Sandy's Garden
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.
Garden: A watermill garden
A field which is slowly becoming an organic veg garden, pond coming soon. Compost area, and flower borders and lots of nettles
Garden: veg and flower garden
Aflower,vegatable and fruit grden with a wood to the west.patially walled and fenced.child and animal friendly.nearly have something flowering all year round and a wide variety of vegetables.
Garden: My Comfort
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...
Garden: Sophie's garden
Our garden is a classic cottage garden in many ways; it has flower beds but I have added succulents and more tropical exotic plants. It has a cherry tree, magnolia tree, apple tree and some NZ natives like a mature lancewood. I hope to plant more natives.
Garden: Ian's Garden
First Zantedeschia Pentlandii flower grown from seed. 2 years. Seed kindly supplied by a national bulb-growing / propagating / selling company without charge to me. Isn't it beautiful! Zants are my favorite flower aside from Gloriosa Rothschildiana/Superba, but I have no luck with them.
Wild and weird abstract collection of plants mainly grown from seeds & cuttings. Climate Zone Summer Rainfall, Winter frost. Soil Type acidic loam to clay to well-drained. North-facing slope, between high walls. 24 square metres. See others at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4285&id=1457234328&l=2fc912be34
Garden: Niamhie's
A fairly longish back garden with 2 sizable vegetable patches. We also grow stuff in our flower bed when we run outta room elsewhere.
Garden: My Heavenly Retreat
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.
Garden: Tranquil 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.
Garden: Janis' Garden
Random organic flower garden with aim at the moment to get maximum colour and use Arum lilys as much as possible. Have only been at this property for 3 months so havent reached full potential this year.... although I am happy with results so far
Garden: grandma's garden
small shrub and flower garden out front, small
organic vege garden out back.
Garden: Laura's backyard gardens
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.
Garden: La Malesa
Informal garden with a collection of a variety of flower plants, fruit trees, local trees and orquids.
Garden: Tribute to Gaiia
I have a backyard raspberry, grape, mint soil garden; a tomato, pepper, bean, cucumber container garden; an herb flower box garden; a perennial garden and a winter indoor herb, tomato, pepper potting mix/hydroponic/aeroponic garden
Garden: Castello di Galeazza
Acres of woodland, a kitchen garden, formal flower gardens, and over 400 species of plants from around the world. Totally Organic: No chemical pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides. More information and photos on www.galeazza.com
Garden: Tranquility and peace
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.
Garden: Casa de Orzales
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.
Garden: Daikokucho Garden
Since our house is built on a platform on the side of Tenjin mountain, our garden has several small flower beds and many potted plants.
Garden: Casa Nueve
My garden begins with a traditional style hacienda entry full of potted and hanging ferns, succulents, miniature palms and inpatients to add color. Rounding the corner is a park like green with potted succlents under the windows and hanging from the 5 mt. coco palm. We have 12 meter x 1.5 meter fish pond with three waterfalls with lotus and water hayacinth as well as fairy lilies and 30+ fish. Next is my flower and vegetable garden grown from seed and treated organically.
The backyard pool has natural rock with ornamental grasses, tiger liles, succulents and wild daisy and 5 majestic palms. More grassy area leads to an oversized fireplace with plumeria, vine roses and various shade plants.
On our rooftop we have a fire pit with cactus garden. We've tried to create a space for everyone and to take advantage of the entire area....it's LOVELY.
Garden: Potrero Hill Community Garden
Established in the early 1970s, the Potrero Hill Community Garden is one of 40 gardens operating under the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. Membership is open to any resident of the city.
Located on a once-vacant lot above the slopes where the "Goat Lady" of Potrero Hill used to graze her herd, the garden now consists of 50 plots and common areas maintained by local residents using only organic methods.
The garden boasts of panoramic views of the Mission, Twin Peaks, and beyond. Its sunny, Mediterranean climate permits cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals, including dahlias -- the official flower of San Francisco. (Source: http://www.potrerogarden.org )
Garden: les papillons
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.
Garden: Vadalle dream
2 acre site incorporating woodland, meadow, potager, lawn, flower and shrub beds.
Garden: The Churchwell's
4 gardens in all - consisting of North facing walled garden, south facing lawned garden with flower beds planted to attract insects vegetable plot and unadapted field containing 5 cidre apple trees, a pear, two peach one walnut and and a couple of plum trees
Garden: Casal da Boticária
Three year old amateur flower, herb and vegetable garden, about a dozen old apricot-trees and another dozen new fruit trees. Part of nature reserve (with oaks, olive trees and many others), no fencing (to the North), wild rabbits, stray cats, etc....
Garden: Guardian of Nature
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 :))
Garden: secret garden
Small orchard with flower and vege gardens.Long term plan is to have a secret garden once hedge grows with paths and archways with climbers and lots of fragrance.
Garden: Oakwood Manor Community Garden
Students of Oakwood Manor Elementary School, in partnership with Gladstone City's Senior Gardeners Project, engage in organic vegetable and flower growing to learn about plants, soil and water conservation, composting and recycling, good nutrition, and community service.
Garden: Rosie Garden
My back garden is very large it's mature, Trees flower beds, pond with bridge over it.
Garden: Al's Veggy and Flower Garden
My husband and I have been working this yard to make it look peaceful, and a place to relax in the summer.
Garden: San Antonio Botanical Gardens
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
Garden: Roses&old trees
We\\\'ve got this garden from ex-owner of big homestead.It has 100\\\'year old lindens around. A group of old apple trees in the center, 3 huge maples, 2 domed thujas in front of the house,flower garden of 2 symmetrical parts in front of windows,25 English rosebush,many decorative buch in green fences, rhododendrons etc..
Garden: Choko's Vegies and flower garden
Colourful flowers growing at the front yard and variety of vegetables growing at back yard. Pleasant atmosphere watching bees, butterflies, squirrels and all buzzing, flying, etc etc. hmmmmmmmmm relaxing:)
Garden: De Villiers Garden
Situated on three levels, incorporating a small native bush area as well as flower beds and Bonsai.
Garden: A Little Victorian Hideaway
A Victorian Built in 1876 On a busy downtown street. Long and narrow A huge Maple as old as the house dominates the front line. So I built 3 stone terraces and planters out of New York Falgstone and filled it for vertical privacy like so many flower baskets. Good variety of perennials and annuals make it interesting all year. Bridle wreath Spirea mixed with Rho dos, small evergreen bushes interspersed with berginia and a variety colorful annuals.
Garden: Greenheart
Country village house garden, around 700 sq.mtrs., with established single walnut, quince, plum, fig and peach trees, with new small cherry and plum. Strawberry patch, small side lawn area, row of raspberries, various vegetables and fruit grown in rest of garden from spring to winter, including garlic, potatoes, sprouts, sweet-corn, onions, carrots, courgettes, pumpkin, plus some herbs (more planned), melons, grapes and blackcurrants. Flower and bulb plot immediately in front of house - the main side of which faces South, plus other bulb and flower area against wall facing quiet road. Small drive inside traditional gate. Very sunny aspect, village nestling beside Stara Planina mountains in Bourgas region of Bulgaria.
Garden: cletofe Backyard flower garden
combination of perennials, shrubs, annuals,and flowering vines. This garden is all the hardwork of both (husband and wife) did not hire any professional gardender or landscaper. This garden was started from scratch. The previous owner use this backyard as a dog run. Not impressive at all.
Garden: Sierra Los Filabres garden
We've just started planting a few months ago, as the house is new and located in a virginal space of land in the mountains of Los Filabres. Before we moved in, we planted numerous climbers, such as bougainvillea, bignonia, jasmin, honeysuckle,passion flower and plumbago - all of which apart from the jasmin, are doing well. In Novemeber we planted a canary date palm together with two Mediterannean fan palms and a Washingtonia filifera - which doesn't look too great right now - and various other plants including Yuccas and various hardy varieties, which we hope will look after themselves in the hot summer months. A friend has given me three rose bushes, one of which has a beautiful blue flower, so these will be planted over the coming weeks. Apparently, roses do well here. I'm looking forward to seeing the results, and planting many more shrubs and plants in the Spring.
Garden: new build garden
i've just moved house the garden has been been turfed. ideally i would like to have a vegetable plot also flower beds, trees and bushes to add a little privacy. i'm a bit of a novice so look forward to getting tips from the experts.
Garden: Enhancing the neighbourhood
I do Container Gardening inside my property with potting soil and do gardening on the sidewalk, Planting Buffalo lawn and battling with growing plants in the flower beds
Garden: Sandy's Garden
Vegetable garden, zuchini, squash, chilie, tomato, cucumber, pole beans, corn, carrots, raddishes, beets, pumpkin, herbs, Flower garden, zenias, marigolds, snap dragon, cosmos, columbine, tulips,
Garden: Ruth & Rowland's main working interest.
One acre of former sandunes with house in the middle. None formal flower borders and vegetable plots, not orderly with some trees & bushes scattered all over the place. Undulating grass & moss and lots of growth in large pots around house, etc. Large grassy area for party gazebos and barbecue parties! Very exposed to northerly sea winds and surrounded by fields.
Garden: Serenity
EVERYTHING grows in Madeira. My flower garden is small so I have off-set it with lawn and a central water fountain with a cherub playing a violin.
Garden: Paula's Butterfly and Bee Garden
Completed redesigned and replanted 7 years ago, this series of garden area covers two-thirds of an acre, with a view of Sausalito across the water. New stone walls were recently added to terrace the SW facing hill. The growing season begins with irises and then moves on to roses (100+) and then to dahlias. Other highlights of this pie-shaped property include a woodlands garden, 18 fruit trees, a redwood greenhouse, a succulent garden, an antique water pump collection and garden sculpture.
The garden features flowers at the warm end of the spectrum: apricot, orange, hot pink, red and burgundy with smaller doses of blue-purple and chartreuse.
Although the Zone 9b garden rarely sees frost conditions, Paula and Dennis Jaffe contend with less than ideal soil and climate challenges. Morning fog, clay soil, extreme wind and Southwest facing tiers with unrelenting sunshine are a few of the problems. The water shortage is also an ever present consideration.
Drip irrigation waters 100% of the plants with the lawn sprinkled by MP rotaters. Several compost areas and a worm farm provide the planting beds with a constant supply of natural fertilizer.
Garden: The Butchart Gardens
The Butchart Gardens at Todd Inlet, some 21 km from Victoria covers more than 55 acres of a 130 acre estate. The gardens were begun by Mr. and Mrs. Pim Butchart in an effort to beautify a worked-out quarry site.They decided to include it in their plans for landscaping their home grounds.
Many rare and exotic shrubs, trees and plants were personally collected by the couple in their world travels and thus began the "Sunken Garden."
The Gardens begun as a hobby by the Butcharts were constantly expanded and spilled over into the Rose, Italian and Japanese Gardens.
The Gardens are visited by more than a million visitors each year. (Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/virgomerry/sets/458295/ )
Garden: Sandy's Piece of Heaven
This garden has been in the making since 1989 and has had to adapt to increasing shade. It is mostly a perennial garden that keeps changing all spring, summer and fall. After daffodils and tulips are done, each season is dominated by one or several showy perennials: peonies and penstimon in June, lilies and shasta daisies in July, dahlias and phlox in August, asters and chrysanthemums in September. Every season also has minor players like coral bells, astilbe, delphinim, foxglove, lady's mantle and many others. I look for a range of colors and textures My preference is for flowers that are suitable for cutting .
Garden: Our Garden
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.
Garden: Sue's Garden
Perennial Gardens in Front, side and throughout the backyard. Vegetable and fruit garden as well.
Garden: Urban Oasis Garden Centre
I am begining to install a demonstration garden at my garden centre.
Garden: Beth's Eastern Acres
Just acquired the house & yard so it's a work in progress, in an entirely different growing zone & climate than I'm accustomed to...so just learning & enjoying.
Garden: The Mumfords
Just starting to landscape, the main idea is to have a low maintenance, yet lush landscape with Tuscan colors.
Garden: A Day In The Country
My garden started out as the horse pasture and the rest is history. That was back in 2000 alot has grown since then.
Garden: Pat's Garden
My yard is located on the Ridge overlooking the South Saskatchewan River. Full Sun in the backyard (South exposure) and for periods of time in the rest of the yard....perennial and shrub beds...no vegetables.
Garden: Beausejour Daylily Gardens
Beausejour, Manitoba
Beausejour Daylily Gardens located in the town of Beausejour, Manitoba, 46 km north-east of Winnipeg. This two-acre community garden has something blooming from spring to snowfall.The Zone 2b Beausejour Daylily Gardens is the only American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) Display Garden on the prairies; the perfect place to test any tree or plant. It is also home to the most amazing collection of iris and peonies. We presently have over 550 Daylilies cultivars and over 150 Lily varieties.We are also an official Lily Display Garden documented with Manitoba Regional Lily Society. However, there is far more to the Beausejour Daylily Gardens than just daylilies.
Perhaps the greatest benefit has been the Garden Angel Program. Although the Friends of the Beausejour Daylily Gardens are responsible for the planning that goes into the park, and the Town provides some maintenance, it is the “Garden Angels:” who maintain the park to AHS Display Garden standards. Each section has a folk art sign with it’s number and the name of the Angel looking after it.
Garden: My latest garden
I also grow a lot of things in containers as I am renting the house I live in.
Garden: My Little Haven
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....
Garden: Rocky Top
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.
Garden: Garden of Mixture
My garden I would like to have color all year round. Love flowers with lots of perfume.I have roses lots of Aqualigias.
Garden: Roselee's garden
A Large garden on the banks of the modderriver in the freestate. My garden has lots of roses in formal and informal planting. Part of the garden is a wild garden with only indigenous plants.
Garden: JARDIN DE EVA
I LIVE IN THE MOUNTAIN AND IS VERY HUMID BUT
IDEAL FOR ORCHIDS,IMPATIENS AND LOT OF
DIFFERENTS FLOWERS AND FRUIT TREES
Garden: Joy
colourful, friendly, partially shaded with quite a few fruit (figs, quince, pecan nut, olive, orange and lemon) trees.
Garden: The Gardens of Alcatraz
visitors to Alcatraz find a landscape alive with fragrant old roses, fig trees, bulbs, and colorful succulents—historic examples of sustainable planting. Where historic plantings were lost, visitors now see new plants with low maintenance and water needs more appropriate to today’s conditions. These substitute plants, brought into the gardens starting in 2005, are similar in type, form, scale, and color to the plants in historic photographs. (Source: http://www.alcatrazgardens.org/index.php )
Garden: Sunny Cove
A mixture of Fynbos, Aloes, Gazanias. I'm constantly experimenting with what will grow close to the sea under occasional harsh summer winds.
Garden: The Old Garden
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...
Garden: The Old Garden
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...
Garden: Country Garden
Large, very difficult to grow anything successfully in. Would appreciate any practical useful tips. I love flowers but all I get growing really well over here are weeds. I even have difficulty getting the olive trees to give a good crop. HELP!
Garden: Ruth's Garden
Although a 0B zone, I have some help with microclimates and am able to push the limit to grow hardy versions of Zone 4 plants. Most Zone 3 plants do well, but with our short growing season, some plants do not get a chance to bloom before frost comes. We can't really put anything out before the 3rd week of June and have frost before the beginning of September.
I spend far too much on annuals for pots and window boxes, but depend on many wonderful perennials for summer colour. Plants that many would consider invasive re sometimes the only ones that grow well here!
Garden: michelle garden
large back garden with lots of flowers in summer time , try to build up on evergreen for the winter months, beautiful pergola to sit in with south faceing sun.take pride in looking after my garden as i find it very theraputic, have two fire stoves to light up which i enjoy very much when reading a book.
Garden: Trude's garden
A plot of a third of an acre slightly on a slope. Hardly any shade, so pritty hard to keep things going when it is hot and dry.
Garden: templair
small garden with a few flowering plants , a palm & a cypress. Sufficient sunlight all through the morning during summer.
Garden: mISS TRACY GAUR
Front Garden is a rose and Fir Tree Garden.
Back garden is Herb and Various varieties, Long Garden Partitioned and colourfull.
Garden: Lee's Perennials
With only 2 seasons on my previously barren property, I've transformed my yard into a Hummingbird & Butterfly oasis!
Garden: rose lovers delight.
A garden full of over 250 rose bushes and mixed borders on a quarter acre.Part of the garden is over a bank that has been terraced with an assortment of trees,under planted with Hydrangas, Hostas and Hellabores.
My garden has colour almost all throughout the year and by summer pruning my roses I have blooms well into May/ June.We have a very temporate temperature here.
Garden: my paradise
it has a vegetable plot,three lawns ,two patio areas ,two scree gardens, greenhouse ,gazebo, pond and many different varieties of plants trees and shrubs and too many containers
Garden: A little bit of heaven
Large areas of gravel with borders of seasonal flowers, a swimming pool and small trees
Garden: Pentti Smeds
Family garden around our house with some 600 different species of perennials and annuals.
Garden: Kotikari
Flowers: from shadow to moderate daylight
Kitchen garden: all easy-to-grow vegetables and herbs
Soil: Muddy, keeps water
Problem: keeping the growth alive during the winter
Garden: Twin Valley
A large perennial garden with many different types of plants that I have collected on our trips away. I get and pleasure from sharing my flowers and plants with friends. Time just flies when I am in the garden and I enjoy it,
Garden: Impivaara
Pieni rivitalopuutarha, n. 10x15 m. A small terrace house garden, about 10x15 m in the South West part of Finland.
Garden: Mien toentje ('My garden' in English)
I have a front- and a backgarden. I garden eco-friendly and have lots of life in the garden. Lots of birds, butterflies, insects and other species (hedgehog) and of course, lots of flowers.
Garden: Helen's garden
south facing garden with lots of pots. Also several shrubs in the borders
north facing front garden -concrete-wooden containers with shrubs and summer bedding mostly
Garden: Portuguese/English Garden
In 3 years we have developed this garden from a builders site, mainly trial and error and still work to do
Susan Vinskofski
When I was a little girl, my neighbor gave me a johnny jump up to plant in my yard. After the flower died, I pulled out the entire plant. She scolded me but I thought I was taking care of my little garden. When I was 16 I decided to plant a vegetable garden in our back yard. I had no experience since my family had never gardened. I read Postage Stamp Gardening & dug a spot. Things turned out fine for a first garden & I've enjoyed gardening ever since.
Joshua Frank
I've been gardening for 10 years and have been enjoying it ever since! I'm currently in University studying Biochemistry.
PHILLIPS
Inspired by Ted Zerger from Salina, KS (Ten Reasons why Mennonites should do community gardening, http://rainbowpeacejustice.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-ten-reasons-why-mennonites-should.html)
julie bennett
I am a mother of 5, and have 2 grandchildren. My oldest is 21 and my oldest set of twins are 17 and my youngest set of twins are 2, both sets are boy/girl. My grandchildren are 3 and 1. We have been growing vegetables for 4 years in a row now. We have had pretty good success over the years. We are renters right now, so makes it difficult to find landlords who will let you tear up their yards. We grow vegetables for our own personal consumption. I have only recently started jarring, and had success with pickled beets last year. I am hoping to continue learning how to grow and preserve food for my family. It helps to save a few dollars, and you know exactly where it came from, and what was put into it. I have a small flower bed out front with daisies, marigolds, and an assortment of wildflowers.
Jenny
We originally started out with a clean slate. There was only one huge spruce tree in the front yard and nothing in the back yard. Over a period of five years, we removed the big spruce (it was misshapen due to multiple tops), installed many raised flower beds in both front and back yards, installed a pond in the back and a bridge and new sidewalk in the front. I initially planted in the neighborhood of 200+ different perennials which has been reduced to about half of that. Generally, when something doesn't grow in one area, I'll move it until I find just the right spot for it. Sometimes however, some plants are just not meant to grow here. I love sharing my perennials or flower seeds with people. I have found that gardening has given me the opportunity to meet many new people with the same interests. I hope to, someday, work in a garden centre or greenhouse.
Elaine
Seabreeze Resort has 10 waterfront cottages and campsite. Each cottage has its own flower bed. We grow seasonal flowers, rhodos, bulbs, roses, vines, annuals, perennials. Fruit, conifers, deciduous and palm trees. The creek that runs through the property add to the plant life. A natural bog garden and pond is ideal for encouraging the frogs and toads. The big cedars have resident eagles. The tiered gardens to the creek gives an abundance of color every season. Horses in the pasture gives enough manure to keep my roses happy. The arbor adds color to the main house. The ample adjoining lawns bring the whole property together.
Loren and Betty Housworth
We have been gardening for over 40 years, but just really became addicted to hostas thirteen years ago. We have also taken over my parents day lilies after their passing. They hybridized and introduced several of their day lilies. Actually we have never seen a flower we did not like, and have many of different perennials. Our largest displays are the hosta and day lilies. We really love for people to tour and enjoy our gardens and have had busloads of gardeners tour them. We need advance notice, as we are retired and like to go plant shopping, so we are not always home.
Susan MacCready
I am running out of space on my property...may have to move on to my neighbours! Our climate is great for growing anything that thrives on acidic soil.Hence my Rhododendron collection, Azaleas, various magnolias.. I like to plant for fall colour as well because we have nice long autumns. I lose perennials every spring due to our freeze and thaw cycle in particularly Japanese Anemone's which I absolutely love but seem to have a really hard time over wintering. I've heard they are invasive for some people...I can only wish! This year I was thrilled to see that one anemone had seeded and I had a couple of smaller plants but at least they lived and they did flower.
Bev Rampf
I'm a born gardener and love to be in the fresh air tending to everything green. We inherited our garden 19 years ago and have not really had the opportunity to make too many structural changes BUT have revamped beds and plant material over & over again in the 19 years. Each day in the garden is different & this makes for much variety in the life of the garden and gardener. Veggies & herbs are my latest favorite, being able to put on the table fresh from the garden is just so rewarding & even more so is being able to supply friends with home grown produce!!! May we become self sufficient soon, soon. One of my loves is being able to nurture & grow something unusual and this I have found in Clematis and Peonie which have been rewarding +++ and relatively easy without much fuss. I just wish I could find the winning formula for my orchids??? They won't flower. Anybody with a winning tip - please pass on.
michelle craig
My garden which is all south facing is seperated at the moment into 4 different plots The first plot is the smallest plot and is situated directly in front of the house and would be lovely to dress more as a flower garden with the exception of herbs, i am hoping for plot 2 to have climbing plants as well as vines,plot 3 will be allocated to the animals and plot 4 is to be the main vegetable area. The gardens at present have plum, peach, apple and walnut trees.
A purple Cone Flower. These are great drought tolerant and will grow in about any condition.
This one is a Toad Lilly Hosta. It grows much differently than the other hostas, not nearly as big. However it does produce the most interesting little spotted white flower on top of the leaf growth.
A very pretty variety of White Echinacea, or cone flower, which is a variation of a North American plant native to the prairies, and which is used to boost the immune system.
Patio Party Daylily -A very large flower in the clearest yellow and beautifully formed.
Wow that is one hardy flower!!!! Look what happens when you give a 14 yr old a can of paint and an old piece of metal...
Autumn joy sedum. The idea is to buy more of these and have these all at the front of the flower bed.
beach pea from the mouse's point of view...people laughed at me taking this shot, because I had to be lying on the ground looking up at flower.
These are giant sunflower plants. Tallest is 15' feet. Notice no flower yet. It hasn't finished growing! Next to it to the right is giant corn. No cob at 12'feet high yet.
This is Rosie my favourite flower,,she helps me garden and follows me wherever I go..and thats why she is in the sauna, teehee..
After I showed my mom these last photos, she told me to prune them way back. I pruned off all the branches that weren't directly under a flower or fruit branch. It should help the plants direct more energy into growing fruit instead of growing leaves.
Front flower garden, cosmos, snap dragons, sunflowers, zinnias,delphiniums, shasta daisy and sedums. All help to keep color and blooms all season long.
After removing the parking pad and the cement sidewalk, adding interlocking stone a shed and more flower bed.
The front flower bed. Catmint, campanula, some lavender, geraniums, a rhodo on the left of the window, viburnum on the right, perovskia a couple of roses and yes that is a tomato right at the front door.
The red rose is a morden fireglow. Nice flower but not well adapted to the wet west coast climate
this is a mixed bed of shrubs,small conifers,a few perennials taken in spring with the aubretia in full flower all of the aubretia is self seeded it all came from one plant in a 3 inch pot and has seeded all over the garden the viewing area up ahead was a heap of shale left over from clearing the site so decied to put in steps and patio on top great views of surrounding countryside but a lot of hard work especially carrying up the cement blocks but well worth it
Why is there a bee probing my fledgling buddliah on 5th OCT and more to the point, why is my fledgling buddliah showing it's first (and probably only) flower at this time of year anyway - mmmmmmmm???? Thank God for the bees anyway, anytime I say and long may they remain!
Coral Bark Maple in the background with the complementary flower bracts, red stems, and foliage of the Fireglow Euphorbia or spurge growing alongside of it.
This is what blueberry bushes look like in September in my zone 5 garden. They were just planted this spring so are still small, but had a few large berries this summer. Check out my youtube photo show called "Nebraska's October Snow" for neat shots of snow covered flower garden. clkolo
some wild blue spiderwort that showed up a few years ago in the flower bed by my driveway. It grows about 4 ft tall and I love it. I have not had any luck propigating it yet, or I would have more of it. The flowers are cobalt blue and close up later in the day.
First Zantedeschia Pentlandii flower grown from seed. 2 years. Seed kindly supplied by a national bulb-growing / propagating / selling company without charge to me. Isn't it beautiful! Zants are my favorite flower aside from Gloriosa Rothschildiana/Superba, but I have no luck with these.
I've begun collecting acquatic plants and flowers in big old cement wine vats that I buried over halfway in the ground. So far I haven't created a pond, but the temptation is great and the space is sufficient. Maybe in 2010. Waterlilies are easy and can take the frost, others I move inside the castle for the winter. The lotus has made fantastic leaves for two years, but still no flower. Perhaps 2010 will be the year for a lotus flower, as well. Water lettuce and Water hyacinths love the tubs.
Glorosia superba just starting to flower - over 100 in each tub last year. Obviously loves it
Voodoo lily, gets bigger every year, waiting for the flower. Planted this outside the gate - where keen gardeners can enjoy - and pesky neighbours can enjoy it's foul smell when it flowers !
Arum. This one looses it's leaves in the summer when this flower blooms followed by a stalk of bright orange berries
A cactus in flower. These grow in the desert areas of the interior of BC, and in Alberta.
Some one please explain: In the pic are two sunflowers, from the same seed. Sunflower number one, is a normal sunflower, thick stem, one flower. Sunflower number 2 has got 36 flowers, in this pic a few open already! Is this normal??
X Amarcrinum: The flower is shaped like an Amaryllis belladonna (which I can't get here), only the color is more saturated.
My back garden is divided in two. This shows further down the back with a pear tree in flower in the middle. The two large trees behind it is, on left, a beautiful big oak tree (great to sit under) and right, a redwood.
I have no idea what this flower is,i saw it growing out of a wall and took some to see if i could grow it in my garden,it seem able to grow anywhere
The winter aconite is such a brave little flower! Even when it's cold, it blooms with its bright yellow flower!
This is hepatica nobilis, sinivuokko in Finnish, and it is perhaps the first flower to bloom in spring, just after the snow has melted. It grows in forests and it is forbidden to move them into your own garden, but this one is originally from my husband´s grandmother´s garden.
These are called Arum Lilies where I come from (South Africa), found in the wild in abundance with a creamy white flower. I think they're known as Calla Lilies here.
Euphorbia "Rudolph" had his nose begin turning red in late December. Now it's full on blooming with a crazy flower.
Rhododendron "Checkmate". A cute rhody in the PJM family with trademark bronze leaves in the winter. I only got 2 little purple flower trusses this year.
