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fourseasons
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 14 Jun 2008 : 23:49:58
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Upper garden - May 08
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Upper garden path
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Middle garden pagoda
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Going towards lower garden
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Entering lower garden
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Lower garden
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End of lower garden stream
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Dixie.NZ
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New Zealand
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Posted - 15 Jun 2008 : 08:00:22
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I have never seen anything like this garden-it is stunning and so exquisitely beautiful-not enough superlatives !
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fourseasons
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Jun 2008 : 09:19:45
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| Thanks, Dixie. It is basically a foliage garden - acers and conifers are the mainstay. Azaleas give both spring flowers and autumn foliage and we miss the flower colour in the summer. In the summer we supplement the upper garden with begonias in containers and the lower garden with perennials. In the middle garden we have an oriental pagoda and jungle with bananas, bamboos and palms. |
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Dixie.NZ
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New Zealand
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Posted - 15 Jun 2008 : 09:51:37
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I adore Maples- I have rarely seen conifers used so skilfully.They are somewhat despised here,but seen in a garden setting such as you have created they give such strong structure,and subtle colours,especially the blue(cedars?).I am curious about what appears to be a two-tiered arrangement of pansies or similar in the centre of the first picture.How is it made?
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fourseasons
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Jun 2008 : 18:27:42
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Dixie
We do have a couple of cedars, but many of the conifers are picea, thuja and taxus (yew). Yes, the two-tiered basket is made up of winter flowering pansies, there's also a three-tiered one in the distance on the right. I plant them up as one would do a hanging basket, using sphagnum moss to hold in the soil. |
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Mark
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USA
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Posted - 16 Jun 2008 : 06:35:13
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Without the photos showing the overall garden from the house no one would dream that your garden was as compact as it is. Not that it is small, but many of your photos suggest that the garden goes on even further than it does.
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fourseasons
Newbie
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Jun 2008 : 09:24:42
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The garden measures approximately one third of an acre - not very big, but a reasonable size for an urban garden in England. Originally, we had planted the whole garden with acers, conifers and azaleas - but that got a little boring. We introduced the oriental pagoda and jungle into the middle area and, immediately, the garden seemed much larger. We have been here for 26 years and over that time the large deciduous trees in the neighbouring park have cast more and more shade. Rather than fight that we have changed the planting at the bottom of the garden to become more of a woodland theme. Having such distinct areas in the garden: formal, tropical, perennial and woodland, makes for much more interest. There are several choices of route through the garden, so people are constantly coming across hidden nooks and different views.
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Mark
Star Contributor
USA
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Posted - 16 Jun 2008 : 13:13:39
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Priceless! I'll bet you treasure these early photos as do we who see what you've gone on to do in the space. Your lot is a good deal larger than my quarter acre but there are many angles from which it appears to be multiple acres. That means, I think, that you've incorporated the surrounding views well and layered your own plantings nicely. If you have other photos of the garden at various stages I for one would really enjoy studying them. Thanks for posting this one.
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Four Seasons garden in Spring
