Garden of Peace

We are now blessed with Spring time in the garden. The weather is cold and wet in Tasmania and yet many parts of Australia are suffering the worse drought in history. Every day we read in our papers of floods, earthquakes, droughts and wind storms that are bringing sand from the desert areas that cover large areas of settled land. It is time for the world to wake up and stop destroying the environment. Gardeners must change their practices too. If we tend to our gardens in a low rainfall area, we must plant suitable trees and shrubs that are not greedy water guzzlers. If we enjoy temperate conditions that are so great for growing all manners of plants, we must not import plants that will escape into the natural environment and become weeds. Let us stop using harmful poisons, we can pick off the black spot leaves on the roses or destroy the plant that is very badly infected.

We must learn to recycle by building wonderful compost heaps and throwing everything on it and you will be rewarded by superb soil full of goodies for your garden plants and the thick mulch will help conserve the moisture for your plants to use. Do not put the mulch too close to the trunks of your trees.

So ends Gay's lesson. I have many beautiful photos that will brighten our thoughts and take up your time.

Let me tell you what happened last weekend. I was trying to walk in the garden, in between rain squalls, with my son and family who came from Sydney to spend a long weekend at the country garden "Kibbenjelok". We were on one of the stone paths, hidden by huge Rhododendron when suddenly there was a lady standing behind me, a woman with dark brown curly hair, a pretty face and sparkling eyes. She begged me to excuse her for being so rude and interrupting our walk in the garden. She came from the state of Victoria she told me.

"I visited the garden five years ago on an open day and I have never been able to forget the experience and longed to come again. I have forgotten your name but remembered how to get here. May I roam around to experience that wonderful feeling again? "

I, of course, said that would be fine but I wanted to take advantage of the rare dry spell and finish the stroll with the family. When we had 'done' the gardens, the rest of the family went inside and I saw our visitor waiting near the 'Big Pond Cinderella' and I joined her.

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