View from kitchen windows
Streamside and shrub borders, with autumnal witch hazel and cornus foliage
Same area from the other end
Woodland
Main borders from the bothy…and what are those bricks doing?
Same area from ground level
Clematis colonnade…and there is definitely something afoot here…
Woodland edge border from opposite end
Bold border #1
Bold border #2
Bold border #2
Bold border #3, with Salvia ‘Neon’
Cutting beds, partially cleared
More cutting beds, partially cleared
Blue & white border
Rose garden, rose leaves stripped
Looking back towards the house, snowdrop border on right
Shady border
To see how the different areas of the garden fit together, click on ‘Map of the Garden Version 3’ under ‘The Garden’ tab above. My thanks go to Helen the Patient Gardener for hosting this monthly meme.
Spring will bring back the neat and tidy .
Hopefully it will be neat(ish) and tidy(ish) over winter too – once my current project is completed!
You and your bricks, you can’t resist them can you? Lovely long views of your autumn garden.
Indeed – and the bricks were recycled from a neighbour so have been taking up space and I am glad to have created a project to use (some of) them. The planned new roses may have something to do with it…
It’s looking lovely and rambly, Cathy. Intrigued by the mysterious brick-building…
Haha – yes, very rambly just now – and with the Golfer re-roofing the shed there are stacks of tiles and things around too, not to mention two large ‘shrubs’ I have decided to cut down which are waiting to be cut up, none of which is obvious from the photos but have entailed diversions in my rambles! I do enjoy my brick-laying, and having acquired a stack of bricks from a neighbour the project suggested itself as …. no, it will all become clear later!
Intriguing piles of bricks there. Looking forward to seeing what you do with them. Lovely as always to have a ramble through your garden at the end of every month. It’s looking much more organised than my garden at the moment.
Ha – it’s the bits you can’t see in the photos that show it’s not as organised as it might look!
Looking forward to seeing more. I do love your garden. It’s so full of surprises round every corner. It’s the most thought- provoking garden I’ve ever visited.
Crikey, that’s a commendation Karen! I hope the changes I have made since you visited meet with your approval too and continue to provoke thought…
We are definitely coming next year. Looking forward to seeing the new aspects of your fab garden. xx
Look forward to seeing you again 🙂
I just LOVE the fact you have leaves lying all around, giving the place a casual wild feeling. Hope you don’t sweep them up too soon. Lovely pictures.
A casual wild look?! Yes, I suppose it is – and I certainly haven’t given sweeping up leaves even a thought as there is too much else I am trying to do at the moment 😉 Rather more leaves to deal with than in your own garden, I think, although with us having cut 2 trees down already there should be fewer here this year…
I love your brick projects. Can’t wait to see what is going to happen. Your garden look pretty good for this time of the year. Very neat of you.
Thanks Lisa – I realise at this time of year how much the structure and hard ‘landscaping’ helps
Busy again Cathy! I’m struggling to just get on top of the tidying up – too many visitors here to enjoy the lovely autumn weather we’ve been having. All gone until next week but we’re having a week of almost continual rain, yesterday was an exception so a good day outside.
Yes, a new project will always take precedence over the tidying-up jobs, but a damp (although not really raining) day today so some bulb planting and potting up fuchsia and pelargonium to bring inside instead of bricklaying. Hope your weather has improved!
This morning was good for gardening but it’s raining again now! Will it never end?
You know it will….! Just a nuisance when you have lots you want to do in the garden!
Is witch hazel native there? I planted mine because it is not native here. It was not easy to find the straight species.
No, they are not native but cultivated hybrids, Tony
Those are nice as well, and much prettier. We grew them a few years ago, but I really wanted the straight species for my own garden.
Cathy I have not been absent because I was admitted to the Hospital. Good thing we were already in Madrid when they had to join me. Now I am at home recovering and today is the first day that I take the laptop. Your garden is full of beauty in every corner, it is wonderful. I love the view from the kitchen window and the dark corner and everything. It is precious. Have a good weekend. Greetings from Margarita.
Oh I am so sorry to hear you have been back in hospital Margarita and trust your recovery is going well. Thanks as always for your kind comments about the garden
I am always amazed to see the size of your garden and all your different areas. And every time I fall in love with that beautiful blue/gray paint you’ve used.
Thanks Linda – and I don’t know what I would do if they discontinued that shade!