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Garden Restoration of a Country Garden - Page 2

© Gay Klok

Apple trees came to the walls of the house on three sides and we began to create our garden in the area at the back of the house we call the "Home Orchard" garden. The planting in the home orchard is from 1987 up to probably yesterday and so the garden is still in its teenage years. Most of the planting is rather haphazard, the suitability of position being the main criteria and I also consider colour and shape when placing the new plant.

Basically, the visitors will see an l880's farmhouse [bullnose verandah, home hewn timber and pressed tin ceilings in the house ], the resurrection of a small cottage garden and the birth of, dare I write it, another English Garden! There is semi-rain forest bush on the property with man ferns growing with vigour.

There are many interesting ornamental trees and shrubs in the formal garden, unusual conifers, still in their infancy and of special interest are the rare specie Rhododendrons The Primula and Mecanopsis are worth taking note of, the seeds having come from Cluny House Garden in Scotland. Cluny House is the official Mecanopsis grower for the British Isles. The Rhododendrons started to flower surprisingly well in 1990.

We finished building the "Big Pond" in July 1991 and November 1991, in July 1992 and again in 1993 after walls collapsed and the landscaping is still to be completed, although it is the intention to keep the surrounds of the pond very simple.

I hope this will give you an idea what "Kibbenjelok" is all about - A little dream or a large folly of two ageing, but reasonably active, gardeners.

I will be happy to answer questions and sublimely delighted if I know the answers!

By following this link you will see a pictorial history of the gardens at "Kibbenjelok". The links are very graphic intensive so please have patience down loading them, I think you will find them interesting

You may like to see the gardens as they are today. Come for a stroll with me. It won't cost you anything but time!

And now for the other half of the gardens Take a deep breath and visit the ponds and the Birch wood

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