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| Backyard bed in bloom |
I love everything about gardening except the weeding. I love the fresh food, the planting, the picking, and the preserving. But mostly, I love the evolving design. I think that I could have been an interior designer in another life, but that sort of design is so static. My garden changes every day this time of year. I had two busy days without much yard time on Monday and Tuesday, and today I went for a look around and everything is different. Let me show you my favourite parts of the design right now.
In the Front
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| View from the front step in May |
Before the yard really gets going, you can just see the bones. This is my front yard in May. There are rock paths and sprinkled rocks throughout the yard. These are the elements that will anchor the design.
The rocks that looked so barren a month ago are now floating in composition of green and rotating colour.
The front yard also has rhubarb and fruit like saskatoons to add to the colour and texture. These same plants, along with the cherry tree and climbing vines, add height and variety.
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| Rhubarb flowering |
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| Saskatoons |
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My back yard is a mix of vegetable gardens and perennial design. It has a less vibrant (Mike thinks much less interesting) colour pallet that I find tranquil. It has purples, pinks, whites, blues and yellows as its base. This time of year, the stars in the back are iris, flox and lilac. Take a look at the
April pictures, May pictures and
June pictures to see the overall progression. Like the back there is great height in the green walls, little garden rooms and rock providing bones.
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| Grape on back fence |
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| Allium, clematis and iris in bloom |
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| A sea of anemones |
