Showing posts with label Grove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grove. Show all posts

Oct 25, 2013

The Dream about a Grove Garden

Dear all, as I wrote yesterday, after seeing my friend Hannu's wonderful garden last year did I get a dream of a Grove Garden (Lund in Swedish) on my mind! Hannu's free spirited attitude to his garden is really inspiring!


Hannu have done this fantastic book in Swedish: "I Lundens Skugga" about his garden and how to create a Grove.
His book and some of my photos from the visit to his garden will lead me on my way to realise the dream :D

My photos from Hannu's Garden in Kinnekulle-Sweden last year:

The obvious is that I need more trees in my garden to create more shadow



I Love his red ladder







The Copper colored Rodgersia is my favorite in his garden, love the way it lifts all the other plants


I can hardly wait until I get that shady grove with a lot of lush plants, I know, it takes time, but the road there is fun :D

Now I'm off to South Europe and will post some inspiration photos now and then, keep warm, Per!


Oct 24, 2013

Pondering a Pond

Back home at Leufsta 3 South after my trip to New York!

Since I did visit my friend Hannu Sarenström's beautiful garden last year have I got fascinated by Grove Gardens in Swedish called LUND! With this in mind have I ogled towards north in my garden where there is a djungle of Nettles/Brännässlor, and beyond them a little meadow.

The neighbor told me that the meadow sometimes floods in the spring, and I started to Pondering a Pond, with a surrounding Grove Garden off course :D
It will not happen anytime soon, I will leave it a year to see how the area behaves during the summer.

In the lower right is the beginning of my Kitchen garden and beyond the jungle of Nettles are the Grove.

Beyond those Nettles is a beautiful shaddow area, and next summer will I keep those Nettles down with a Brush Cutter to be able to study the behaviour of the area.

Looking back at my house / I made a path to the lower area

Down in the Grove, I have been dumping excess Maple leafs there

Looking back at my house, I love that shaddow under the tree

Under the tree I will probably put a bench where one can sit in the shadow and look back at the house, barn and garden.
Here shown now, and a couple of weeks ago, check those Nettles out

The green evidence of some wet ground looks promising for maybe a natural pond in the future

Evidence of less fun nature, the previous renter of the property have been feeding the Venisons in the area during the winter. There is still a Salt Stone here and a feeding table.

The Venison have been decreasing due to the increase of Lynx in the area, so it is a great thought, but not so fun for mine and others gardens in the area. It has to go!

Tomorrow I will show photos I took in Hannu's Grove Garden/Lund last year and You will understand my excitement!

Now I'm off to enjoy the fantastic unusual sunny and warm autumn weather with my camera, have a great day, Per!


Oct 10, 2013

Friends & Aliens in the Garden

Today it has been a wet and drizzly autumn day in the garden, nothing that can stop me :D
In the village of Lövstabruk I've met a garden friend, Evy! She's from Stockholm and have together with her man created a fantastic garden here.

She have generously given me some plants today, and I could not wait to put them down in the garden!
Thank You Evy :D

Evy gave me Brush Carnations (Borstnejlikor) & Columbines (Aklejor) that I will put down in the Perennial flower bed.










The Brush Carnations (Borstnejlikor) I divided in two parts













There was a lot of the Columbines (Aklejor) so I divided them in many parts and spread them out between the other plants
























ALIENS???

They look like something of the movie "Alien", but are something of the most popular thing in Swedish gardens, and definately one of my absolute favorites:
RHUBARBS!

I got these two roots from Evy and they will be the start of my "Kitchen" garden :D








I plan to have my "Kitchen" garden here to the left with plenty of sun (not today though) where it probably have been vegetable patches before.






















Patch digged for the Rhubarb roots, again in the size of a Pallet Collar (Pallkrage) in case I will add them next summer.






















The roots are in the ground!
What You see in the background is where I plan to have a kind of Shaddow garden (Lund) with a wet area where there is naturally wet now.

























Ending todays Blog with photos from the beautiful stream that look even better in wet weather!
Have a great day/evening, Per