Late August colour

There is a lot more colour in the garden this year for some reason
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/August07/

 

Beautiful,thoroughly enjoyed seeing your pics.& all the different ideas .

 

And I did not take picturs of all of it this time either!

 

What a lovely garden, and such a variety of plants. It has given me something to aspire to (my garden is only 2 years old)

 

Ours has taken about 14 years from a field to what you see now.



[ 26. August 2007, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: Palustris ]

 

lovely pictures , a massive garden and a lot of hard work

 

at last getting some colour just waiting for frost

 

WOW ! What a fantastic garden. You should be very proud Palustris. Well done

I've a couple of questions. First, did you make your gazebo or was it bought ready to erect? If you made it yourself - well done - and can you say roughly how much it cost to make - I WANT ONE!! Secondly I am going to copy your covered walkway as I've always wanted one of those too.

Thirdly - a bit of a cheek really but don't take offence - can you explain what the striped stonework is? I cannot really see what is happening there. The picture number is 07082 and it is quite bizaar looking but I bet it is extremely interesting at the same time.

I am in awe of your work Palustris and eventually I hope to have a beautiful garden the same as yours.

 

The Gazebo is metal and we think the two of them (there is another one hidden in the huge Miscanthus/Pamapas grass area!) were made by an apprentice as a project. We got them for 25 pounds from the Sc rap metal merchant who used to drive down our lane every week. So, sorry not my construction skills. My son in law reckons that he could make one like it though and any competent blacksmith/metal worker should be able to make the iron frame work easily enoug. I can find out the name of the metal used if need be for you. I can take and post details of corners etc if you need them.
The Pergola is made from 3 inch sqaure fence posts, I think they were 8 feet tall ones. The overhead wood is sold here as 'D' rails. They are used for fencing in horses. They were 8 feet long and are 3 inches by 1.5 inches. The Pergola is about 56 feet long and probably cost about 150 pounds with the bolts used to fasten it together.
The 'striped' stone work is a Czeck style crevice garden. Easiest way to explain it is to let you see how a similar, but indoor one was created.
http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Palustris
Scroll down to the second 'essay'.

[ 29. August 2007, 10:18 PM: Message edited by: Palustris ]

 

You have really done a great job pal over the years turning that field into the garden that it now is.
Must say, looking at it, you had a great location to start with.
I could live with that.

 

Hey, Palustris, never knew you had the wilderness you did before. It's a lovely house and a fantastic piece of land that you've done wonders with ... thank you for showing what it was like in the beginning .. that makes all the difference to me.

 

Remember only half the house is ours. And that under all that weed growth was over 30 tons of rubbish!

 

Great job Pal a lot of hard graft gone into it well done.