MOVING POTS AND TROUGHS

 So now the fence is in place, we started to tidy up the cloisters paved area.

Originally we had the small stone trough by the door into the workshop, shown on the left bottom corner of the photo. It was in need of being found a new place and to be emptied and replanted.

Also we have two stone medieval style pots that stand either side of the opening to the pond area. These just needed some refreshing. 

We have moved two stone basket style pots from the pond garden onto the cloisters area and added between them and the original pots two stone troughs which were standing under the window of the studio in the magnolia house garden. 

View from the other end of the cloisters.

The small trough that was by the door is now in the pond garden area where it will get the afternoon sun.

So all coming together slowly.

ANOTHER LITTLE TWEAK

 

So while the statue stands waiting. We had box hedging that ran between the wooden posts that sectioned off the gravel area, leaving a breck between the two centre posts to form the entrance. But again this got the box blight so was removed last year.

We needed to put something in place to stop our dogs from just jumping across from the paved area into the pond area. A plan was made.

So we went for a wooden design.

We adjusted the fence to give space for the climbing rose that's already by the two posts.

So four areas.

Forming the cross pieces.

coming along

Completed 

In the evening sun

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We had a climbing rose on each side of the entrance posts and another on each of the next posts. Unfortunately the rose on this post had died, so we decided to replace it with one we'd put out in our front garden, that was a bit tucked away, so not doing as well as it could.  We then decided to put a shrub rose between each of the posts. 

Now Paul had taken some rose cuttings last year, so had three nice decent plants we could use. Two are cuttings of the Queen of Sweden, which is a nice upright rose with blooms that sit on top of the stems and are a lovely shade of pink. So have put one each side of the centre fence panel by the opening, which already has a red climbing rose called Tess of the d'Urbervilles on each entrance post.

Another mysterious rose cutting has gone in on the next fence panel , the tag details had been washed off ! So only when it flowers will we have an idea which rose it came from.

Now on the far left panel, we placed a rose called Jude the Obscure, it's a beautiful deep yellow with a wonderful scent, but it's been in a part of the garden by the house , that the gazebo was put up near it, then over time the Camellia in front of it and the Magnolia to the side , have all grown so much bigger than it was only seen through the window of the gazebo and actually catching the scent was rare.

We decided that we'd move it to the new bed by these panels and it was a good job we did, as it was only a couple of thin straggly stems fighting it's way to the sky! So we have chanced moving it and cut it back and hope it will survive. Paul's also used some of the parts he cut off, although there was not much, to try and get some new plants from. We are crossing our fingers that the original will survive and thrive in it's new home and that at least a couple of the cuttings take because the rose is no longer available.

We then had the idea to put some of the bearded Iris's we had left when he did away with the central Iris bed in the flower garden. So Paul planted these along between the roses.

So hopefully we will have a lovely display of roses and irises in a year or so.