A WALK ROUND THE GARDEN

 

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Now we go into autumn .

GROUPING THE POTS

 

I noticed that the banana plant had grown so much it was hiding some of the stained glass panel but not the extra large water butt.

So we decided to rearrange the pots to help hide the water butt and open up the view of the stained glass again.

So the banana plant was moved forward away from the glass but more central to the water butt behind.

Pots were moved about trying to get back the look from before but also slightly changed.

We needed to make sure we kept access to the tap of the water butt.

So now the banana is hiding the water butt , a delphinium which had been cut back which was regrowing was moved from the back out to a new spot. 

Now the stained glass panels can be seen again. So worth the twenty minutes or so spent trying to get the pots into a nice group again.

Elsewhere in the garden Paul placed some large and small pots of Pineapple lily's around a much large pot in the corner of the pond garden.

A closer look at the pineapple lilies.

HEATWAVES AND DOWN POURS !

 So after having several weeks of hot baking weather, the one day we had friends round to see the garden we have an afternoon of heavy down pours ! But It did not stop us getting out and round the garden between them.

I do love a view through a gateway into a garden or when you see a door ajar inviting you to look beyond or enter into another place.

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SMOKE AND MIRROR'S

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So once the new fence panel was fitted on the back fence we could add some plants.

so hanging on the over bench a mural !!

so once we knew it could look good, we had to move  the arbour seat and make a new place for it elsewhere in the garden.

Then we had to prepare the fence panel to take the mural.

So we fitted the mural centred to the exist stone circle. This left two small area's of fence panel either side. 

So we bought some photography backdrop of just bricks as close as we could get , then cut sections to fit either side. We also moved an acer we had in a pot and planted it on the left hand side of the brickwork and you can just see one of the bright green branches dropping across the mural and another above following the moon gate.

So seen from further away looking over the raised bed.

Photo taken from partway along the path to the stone circle, the flowering lilac helping to give added cover to the top of the mural.

Only issue is we had to move our lovely covered arbour seat , so we need a seat here that can be keep to one side and moved into place when we want to sit here.

Also we need some more planting in the area by the brickwork and above, that will take time.

So the arbour is now in the flower garden, a shrub was removed and a space cleared for it to sit against the side fence but it faces out looking at Queen Guinevere's border. 

Seen from the bench.

15th June AN EVENING TRIP AROUND THE GARDEN

 

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