I have wooded areas surrounding my property that fill in the spring with what I've been told are blue bells that the previous owner brought from England...which is where she was from. We also discovered under much growth and leaves a sunken patio wi…
I would love to have a secret garden, I had planned on working on that this summer, but finances have gotten in the way, but I am hoping to get started on it this fall, at least the weather will be cooler.
I don't have a secret garden yet, but i have always dreamed of one like the movie. I doubt i will have anything that big but a secret garden is in my near future.
Thanks! We have so much fun in our back yard now. The patio and the fire pit are used frequently. The gate divides the back yard from the side vegetable garden and a play area for my grandkids.
I have a huge backyard and am planning to add a secret garden to one corner. This group is just what I need for some inspiration. :) Thanks for adding it! I'll be checking back soon! :)
To create a level area on the side of the mountain we live on our builder had to take a 6 foot deep 90 foot long chunk out of the side of the mountain. This left the front of our house looking into a long, ugly, dirt cliff that filled with several i…
I have a secret garden at the side of my house hemmed in by a large blue spruce tree, Japanese maple tree and fencing. It is cool and shaded with ferns, hostas, and white and silvery plants to make it a moonlight garden. Between the white pebbly pav…
I love this idea for a group. I have a secret garden that I've been working on for a few years. It's on the side of the house w/ the deck . You walk through the wooden gate, with 2 cedar's on either side (hoping they will one day make a natural arbo…
I have a secret garden, an ongoing project. Took out a lot of ivy for sunshine to plant color behind my statue. Lots of work this year. Tried to upload phot having trouble sharing. It is in my profile.
This is a neat idea. I have one in my back yard. Fish pond, rock wall and picket fence around it. I am still working on it. Started it about 2 years ago. I loved the book The Secret Garden. I have a fairy door . My fire pit is there also.
Clare, your Pinky Winky is beautiful - love the blooms and the pink coloring of the branches too. My paniculatas Pee Gee and Limelight are already blooming too, about a month ahead of schedule! Now I am wondering whether I should have done reshaping…
Diane, sorry for not making my message more clear - my reminder was about those shrubs that need to be scaled down and in my region (zones 5 & 6) the buds for the next season form on new growth in August so cutting the brunches after July would have…
Crazy rainstorm last night, ripped down half the ivy on the wall. Had to cut it down, so I figured what the heck I'll collect snails in my garden. Armed with chopsticks (they make it way easy to gather up tiny guys under plants if you are profficent…
Sheryl, that shouldn't be a problem, I have a seed feeder in close proximity and the humming birds seem happy enough to share. They just seem to perch on the tiny twigs where the big guys cant get to. Chech the surronding territory, perhaps someone…
What housework-What cooking-I am delegating so that I can go out in my gardens.Besides my gardens I am on my computer watching the lovely new photos come up on "latest activity" HELP I am soo hooked. Don't want to change. Don't want to give it up ei…
Thanks! Isn't it funny I was plotting today hopw to get rid of them entirely? (Because they get a little weedy.) I'll leave them up, because I like them too.