Creating a garden

Why do we feel compelled to create gardens? My own garden has not so much being created but its journey has been an organic process of gradually fitting in what I wanted from a garden, around what was already there. The very first thing we did was fence off a vegetable plot at the same time the house was being built, as that was a priority for me. We started with fence but planted the beech hedge to provide extra shelter, and that is now well grown.

 

first year of veg plot

Veg plot (2016)

Second was the wildlife pond. It took a bit longer to complete but now it looks like it has always been there.

 

Pond with liner (2007)

Pond 2016

Over the years we have acquired a tunnel, planted more fruit trees, and the wildflower meadow is a work in progress as there is always new plants that can be added. And then one year we had a bit of extra cash which allowed us to build the greenhouse.

 

Polytunnel

Greenhouse

Wildflower meadow and fruit trees

The last two years I have been working on the flower garden.

 

Flower garden

I never get bored in the garden. There is always something to do, something new to create. Though really all I am doing is adding to mother nature and to some degree managing her. Though if you walked into our garden at the moment you’d see that there isn’t a huge amount of management going on, as they wet weather recently has meant no grass cutting and work has meant little weeding, so it’s all a a bit wild. But I do like it like that!

 

Wildflower meadow

Wildflower Meadow

Wildflower ‘street’

Daily Prompt: Create