Gardener Wannabe

This is my garden, HJS, which is possibly something like the style you're thinking of. I use roses and small shrubs as hard points with the main emphasis on Herbaceous Perennials as they are vast in range, they'll romp away in the Spring, Summer and Autumn, disappear in the Winter and then reappear in the next Spring.

 

There you are! I said that ARMANDII's garden would do what you wanted

 

You can always store the memories of the four Seasons in a picture, Cacadores. It helps get us gardeners through a dark, cold, wet, miserable Winter

 

I wish!! .............Well, no, actually I don't. I'm quite happy with the contrasts of Seasons that we get here in the UK, even with our dark, grey, depressing Winters.
But having a Cottage style garden full of flowers, colours, texture, and scent is something I wouldn't swap.........especially for Tenerife

 

I don't know about ARMANDII but I know I'm not tempted

I, also, love the changing seasons.
The song of the many variety of birds all around me throughout the year.
The lovely crisp winter mornings with most of them being bright.
The wonder of the fresh growth coming through the ground in the early spring, quickly supplanted by the vibrant colours and scents as they come into flower.
The quiet, but not silence, of the calm summer days with the heady aroma of the flowering trees enabling us to sit in the warm shade in the company of good friends. The softer tones of autumn sitting in the warmth and gentle glow of the lowering sun suffusing the air.
Eating any food we wish from any part of the world.
Having plenty of wonderful sunrises and sunsets to watch - just look at Woo's superb photos
Being able to cry, in the company of friends, at the heating bills.

I've been to most parts of the world and definitely enjoyed what they have to offer but you can't beat "England's green and pleasant land".

 

It does sound a bit strange I suppose, Cacadores, but I wouldn't swap the UK for another country as a place of residence. I've been to most of the countries in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and as far as Japan and China, although I was on a job while in Japan and didn't see as much as I wanted to.
If I was to give up the UK and go somewhere else to live there are just two countries where I really "connected", the first being Kenya and the second being Cyprus. I'd find a quiet spot in either place and enjoy life, but I would never swim off the beaches of Kenya because I know what's in the sea!!!
No, the UK has it's faults, it's unpredictable weather, and all that, but the countryside can be stunning and unbeatable despite the beauty of other countries, so I'm a hopeless case I'm afraid.

 

How'd you get that impression?