OCTOBER WE INCREASE A FLOWERBED

 

 

In October Paul increased the size of the flowerbed at the side of the studio.

In the summer moths it was very full with some plants getting squashed by others.

We decided to bring the edge out  to the edge of the path. Which added about four foot or so to the depth of the border.

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Once the grass had been removed , the edging stones were brought forward to form the edge against the pathway. The end goes over at an angle to the studio, at some stage the area in front of the studio will be paved to meet the path.

We have put a tall metal fence around it for now until it starts to fill out and to stop the dogs from going over to check it out.

The new area needed to be raised slightly to meet the old area , so lots of lovely compost from our compost bins was added , then all the geraniums etc that had grown along the original edge was dug up split up and moved forward.

The column has been moved forward to give space to plants behind. The new area as been filled with some plants from pots and other that were cuttings along with some moved from other areas of the garden. 

We also took away some tall shrubs that formed part of the barrier between the trellis and the flower garden, to let some light in behind the Magnolia Black Tulip , which needed some shelter when first planted but is now big and growing forward to find the light. Now hopefully it will grow more towards the trellis and straight up.

 The statue has been put safely away for the winter due to how many strong storms with have had recently and since we have moved it forward and cut some shrubs down, we decided it was best it stayed safe this year.

Already the plants are getting established and hopefully next year this area will be full of leaf and colour.