четверг, 16 марта 2017 г.

Little City Garden - Before and Afters


This was my first garden. I took very few "before" pictures beause I didn't know what I was doing for the first few years and I never thought it would amount to anything.
To get started, I just started planting plants I liked and paid attention to what did and did not work. Gradually, with a lot of patience and some heartbreak/big mistakes, it became something I found quite beautiful.
What was once a bare lot in a new city subdivision transformed into a magnet for all sorts of birds and other wildlife. In the end, when I had used up all of the other planting space, I removed the entire front yard (the only full sun area) and filled it in with flowering perennials, vegetables, berries, and dwarf fruit trees.
I think the best way to become a gardener is to just do it and let the garden tell you what will work. I hope you enoy my little city garden.





little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 4 The garden gradually took over the entire long narrow front yard







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 4 I cannot resist flowering perennials Hidden amongst them are all sorts of vegetables berries and a few dwarf fruit trees







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, year 3 I put a little pond in a raised bed right by the front door The soil there was very poor so this was a good alternative







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 4 I put my raised beds in the front yard where the sun shines







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 3 Impatient for the blue delphiniums to bloom I made my own with bottles







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 4 I leave the pansies in the fall to go to seed and they come back on their own in the spring







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 1 I don t have many photos of the side garden at the beginning because I never thought it would amount to anything







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 2 Here s the same side garden area two years later I fell inn love with daisies which loved the clay soil







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 2 This is the arbour before I planted the butternut vine







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 4 This is the butternut vine area just two years later The delphiniums got so tall they spilled over in the rain







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 2 I started putting my broken tools and mirrors on the fence to create a fun focal point above the orange lilies







little city garden before and afters, flowers, gardening, perennials, ponds water features, raised garden beds, urban living, Year 4 The old tools were replaced by some garden art and a pink weigela adds colour when the orange lilies are not in bloom






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