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The New Garden: Dreams & PlansRead the article this discussion is about
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» CarolWallace - Good luck! I never enjoy battling with bureaucrats! But it would be great if they let you do something beautiful.But BLACK?? Won't that absorb the heat and fry the plants? (It's my favorite color, but I've never dared use it outdoors!) I do envy you a nice blank canvas.The endless possibilties you get to contemplate are as exciting as an actual garden! -- posted by CarolWallace » Gay_Klok - Great times ahead! Lynda,Pre the country garden, we owned a seaside cottage and we creosoted [sp?] both the cottage and fences A few "aggies" were planted, in the sandy soil with the river water not far below the surface, [both blue and white] and by the time my daughter took over the shack, there were hundreds. I didn,t garden there, just tidied up, we were there for swimming and fishing and reading. But those "aggies" with the black, always drew admiration. Why do you have to contact the Council? Great times, it is very exciting to have a blank canvus and I wonder if you could email me your new address? -- posted by Gay_Klok » JaneHollis - Congratulations on your new garden. It must be a very exciting time for you. I love the challenge of a blank site, which is what I had when I started my garden two and a half years ago. The only existing garden plant was a clump of rhubarb!I am really looking forward to seeing how your garden progresses. -- posted by JaneHollis » LyndaH - Hi all, First, Carol - black fences look fantastic. Never mind the fried plants!! Actually, I think our black fence had a lot to do with the productive passionfruit at our last garden, because it seems to create a micro-climate.Gay, you are so right about black and agapanthus! Simple but stunning. And Jane, hi! Oh, the Hampton Palace Show - I went to Chelsea this year but I would have loved to shop at Hampton Court. Perhaps next year! As for the rotten council, I begged, pleaded and even whined a bit, but no luck. They flatly refused to consider permission for a verge garden. Apparently it causes problems with maintenance... blah blah blah. Grrrrr!!!! At least they are planning their own street planting scheme. But one liriodendron does not a beautiful garden make. And I'm not prepared to wait one hundred years for it to grow tall and imposing. So it's back to the drawing board! -- posted by LyndaH
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