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Here, I journal the transformation of our tiny London backyard into a dream garden. I hope you will like it!

A dream garden, for me, is an outdoor space filled with rich colours and seductive scents, offering beautiful flowers, interesting textures and tasty morsels for our delectation. Also a source of nourishment for the local wildlife - birds, butterflies and bees. A space to enjoy with my SO, friends, family, and, of course, our cats. Somewhere to sit and have coffee, or even a meal, and a tiny patch of grass to lie on in the fleeting sunshine of the English summer. And, we're almost there...

Unless stated otherwise, all photos are by me (or my SO) and are clickable.

Friday, 19 March 2010

Ta-da list (thanks to FlyLady)

Here are the things I have already accomplished in the garden:

1. Removed 2/3 of the hated bramble. This is what is left of it:


2. Bought 2 rosemary shrubs and planted them in terracotta pots

3. Bought a copper-flowered witch hazel, Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena'

4. Ordered three roses from the David Austin website: Gertrude Jekyll (pink), Zephirine Drouhin (pink, thornless), and Ferdinand Pichard (pink striped). All scented. And all pink. I'm not a great fan of pink, actually, but I want the garden to be restful, so only calm colours. Pink, purple, white. Some blue. Hmm, I may need a white rose too, but a scented one, not Iceberg which is otherwise beautiful. More research is needed...

Here are a few pictures of GJ roses from my previous garden:



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