In a way, i was secretly glad that the landscapers ripped out every plant in the back garden (except for my 10 year old creeping rose bush which i had to risk my life to save by standing in front of the bobcat). But, it was really beautiful, lush and green with a mix of native and european plants and flowers - all in my 'garden' colours - green, white, yellow and purple. I spent a small fortune on the excrement of many chickens, seedlings, plants and building creeper trellis (a major fortune on that bit), and it was, with the luck of excellent soil, a really successful garden.
The bushes were always full of fairy lights and little purple flowers, and there was plenty or adventure runs for the dogs amongst it all.
Now there is mud.
I really don't want to lose my rose bush; so that stays. But as the extension has taken away a fair whack of my open space, this next garden design needs to cleverly look jungle-deep and be fun for the doggies, while not actually taking up any space (because there isn't any). And i still want to be about to have a firepit/BBQ in the garden. And the rose bush, is just so very English Garden. Which is cute.. But i just don't know, and then i was thinking..... *headache*
Enter stage left, Don Burke.
I picked up this magazine - Burke's Backyard (BB), and realise that surely some marketing genius is going to make Don Burke to gardens, what 'Jamie Oliver' is for food - which i think they are trying to do - but somehow whenever i pick up his magazine i know i will get amazing advice, but it always embarrassing. I don't know why!
The cover shoot features a garden designed by the Australia god's of landscape design, Secret Gardens. and had so many features i was looking at for my space, creatively combined into the one plot. I probably can't use any of the inner-Sydney-plant selection in seaside West Australia, but i have my colour scheme :) Thank you Don, for the pages in the back of the magazine advising which plants will work for WA.
HARDSLOGGING
So the first step, i imagine, will be to replace the hideous wooden back fence with a beautiful brick fence, and recreate the retaining wall/step that i removed (which was hiding a heap of limestone cap rock which cost a bomb and a noise complaint to remove). Through not-so-extensive research, i found the business supplying the stone cladding from the cover of BB- Eco Outdoor. This retaining wall needs to be 45cm high just like a chair, so it's easy to sit on. Hopefully the builder can include this work in with the rest of the required brickwork, and then the 'Alpine' cladding will be stuck on around the outside.
http://www.ecooutdoor.com.au/walling/dry-stone/alpine
The paving around the house though, at ground level - it still undecided, but i have narrowed down the choices to crazy paving, herringbone laid bricks or half-cut bricks laid in fan patterns. If it's the crazy paving, lucky for me Eco Outdoor also can supply exactly what i'm looking for - Almond
- lots of herbs - basil, parsley...... i think.
The bushes were always full of fairy lights and little purple flowers, and there was plenty or adventure runs for the dogs amongst it all.
Now there is mud.
I really don't want to lose my rose bush; so that stays. But as the extension has taken away a fair whack of my open space, this next garden design needs to cleverly look jungle-deep and be fun for the doggies, while not actually taking up any space (because there isn't any). And i still want to be about to have a firepit/BBQ in the garden. And the rose bush, is just so very English Garden. Which is cute.. But i just don't know, and then i was thinking..... *headache*
Enter stage left, Don Burke.
The cover shoot features a garden designed by the Australia god's of landscape design, Secret Gardens. and had so many features i was looking at for my space, creatively combined into the one plot. I probably can't use any of the inner-Sydney-plant selection in seaside West Australia, but i have my colour scheme :) Thank you Don, for the pages in the back of the magazine advising which plants will work for WA.
HARDSLOGGING
http://www.ecooutdoor.com.au/walling/dry-stone/alpine
The paving around the house though, at ground level - it still undecided, but i have narrowed down the choices to crazy paving, herringbone laid bricks or half-cut bricks laid in fan patterns. If it's the crazy paving, lucky for me Eco Outdoor also can supply exactly what i'm looking for - Almond
PLANTING
The main theme throughout the interior of the house has been green, and many of its' cousins. There won't be any solid forrest green anywhere, but there is a lot of seafoam, tourquise and blue-mix greens. So i'm planning to create a soft green Mediterranean X English garden, with lot's of soft colours.
- white roses (existing)
- pale purple roses (existing)
- 4 olive trees (ordered and being delivered on Wednesday)
- 1 lemon tree (ordered and being delivered on Wednesday)
- lavender
- soft white bougainvillea
- wisteria
- sweet alice- lots of herbs - basil, parsley...... i think.
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