OK so its not QUITE finished, but we are almost finished.
The shade garden is a formal pattern planted with soft textures
to give it a more intimate feel. The garden consists of two rooms
one a more mediational space surrounded by jasmine and mandevilla (the original plan had Maple trees) with a bark floor, the other room is more energised with a checkerboard floor
and the soft sound of falling water from the mosaic water feature.
Both roos have sleeper benches to sit on. Whats I love is the way the palms and the Australian tree ferns pick up the breeze, the shade garden is so cool, everyone wanted to sit there today.
Planting for show gardens is very time consuming, you have to plant the plants in their bags,
so you have to roll the plastic down and cover the tops with soil, NO plastic showing. There is still alot of tidying, training the creepers onto the trellis behind, finishing the checkerboard floor.
The floor will be filled with Penny royal,(giving that mint scent when you step on it) and the other square filled with stones...... need to work on my photographic skills.
I am filthy today, but thrilled with our progress. I get more stiff everyday, instead of fitter
but I ave gone down one more notch on my belt. This work beats gym any day. I am filthy everyday actually, and cant wait to get home for an ice cold beer.
Tomorrow, we start planting the fynbos, that will be something. The banner is up with the view of the sea through the door, so hang in for more tomorrow. We have had two sunny days in a row, so readers your job is to ray for more of them please..... Good night
By the way we have to know all the plant names for our presentation, can we talk about
Mandevilla bolivensis sundevilla hybrid - that is what we used to call the Dipladenia, google it so you can see.
