GW Winfield House garden

 I really fell for the 'green garden' in a major way.  I'm beginning to
surprise myself at what is starting to appeal to me in gardens.  When
we visited Veddw in Wales, I didn't expect to like it and I was
captivated by its monastic calm and simplicity, as well as the amazing
structure of the hedging.  It just shows that one should see many
different styles and get the taste buds provoked a bit!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 "Sacha"  wrote

If you have a huge garden then you can indulge yourself and "do" a green
garden or a white garden or a wild flower meadow but for most of us we have
to cram anything we like into a small space and eventually have to stop
acquiring plants because there is no more room or , horror of horrors, even
throw one plant out to get one in. For most of us such gardens are something
that holds little interest other than intellectually.

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

 



Bob I know it has 'amused' in the past on this newsgroup/forum, but our
small garden is 'gardens' in as much that we have a 'gravel garden', a 'lawn
garden with borders', a 'veg garden' etc etc so it can be done.

Our garden is done as 'rooms' and when we have opened to the public on
charity events, no not the coachload just those interested on a garden
trail, they have remarked how much there is in there and how pleasant it is.
Our garden has the 'Wow factor' as someone said as she walked down the side
and came to the back garden :-))

Now my daughter and son in law's garden is something different :-)) A couple
of acres landscaped :-)) This will be used in a couple of weeks time as a
background for a photo of 14 Bishops coming to install the new Vicar in the
church next door ;-)

Mike

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Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive.

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Well, I suppose it all depends on what appeals.  Even in a small garden
a decision could be made to have something like the green garden and
leave it at that.  Remember that quite small topiary garden that was on
tv recently? But I do agree that for the person who wants a collection
of plants, it's not an option!  I find myself torn between various
styles.  I love the overflowing cottage garden, I love the simple and
quiet garden now and I tend to pounce on new plants with glee - but
then I want a big swathe of them, not just one.  I suppose it's a sort
of eternal garden dilemma!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 

Us too. So much better than Monty's obsession with hedges and
Scampton's Walled Garden's grasses.
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Martin