transparency over the previous ones. The "Rose and Perennial" phase came
first, then the rather vague "Yellow Flowers" phase, followed by the "Flaxes
and Grasses" phase - all the layers are there, their plants a bit squashed
but coexisting. The "Variegated Foliage" phase and the "Canna" phase are
the latest two to be overlaid.....
The last real visitor I took round tried hard to engage me in conversation.
"What style of gardening is this?" she asked, peering at the Island bed.
"Dunno" I mumbled, a wimp, then asked if she'd like a cup of coffee (evasive
tactic, often works, requires visitor to return with reluctant garden guide
to house)
As soon as she left I took Stumpy the cat out to sit on the park bench. The interview went really well. "What style of gardening is this?" asked Stumpy the cat. "I see it as a mixture of styles - perhaps a robust cottage garden look, with emphasis on foliage and of course featuring the New Zealand natives of my homeland" I prattled on....and on.....
--Mary (Moosey) Ruston.
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