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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.

Sunday, 25 April 2010

It's taking shape! :))

We spent most of the weekend planting and sowing. When I say planting, I mean my big strong man digging holes, and me filling them... It's suddenly so much easier to garden than on one's own!

The middle-of-the-grass border now has the witch hazel Jelena, golden sedge, helleborus Silvermoon, poppy Princes Victoria Louise, Japanese acer palmatum dissectum, rose Gertrude Jekyll, iris pallida variegata, pink anemone and furry salvia argentea:


Next to the fence we have buddleja Lochinch, echinacea purpurea, Mexican orange blossom and clematis Ville de Lyon:


Left side of the garage border has the foxgloves Giant Spotted, ajuga Braunhertz, hosta Fire and Ice, lady's mantle, rose Ferdinand Pichard and a pink geranium:


Finally, right hand side of the garage border shows the sweet bay, clematis Multi Blue, peony Sarah Bernhardt, rose Zephirine Drouhin, euonymus Harlequin, heuchera Rave On (for real!) and lavender:



Here are the ex-litter boxes which have now all been converted to planters. The one on the left has just been sown with leafy salad crops (clockwise from top left corner: mixed lettuce, rocket, pea shoots, spinach), the middle one is filled with purchased herbs, and the right hand one is the radish and kohlrabi box started about a month ago.


And here is our first harvest from it:

1 comment:

  1. That was just one small radish but what a radish it was. If all our veggies will taste that good, I'm going vegan !

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