Back garden, summer 2007
A few nice Garden images I found:
Back garden, summer 2007
Image by Darkroom Daze
Our back garden in summer morning sun. View W from the house terrace in July.
In wintry contrast to this view, see almost the same one during falling snow in late autumn, three years later.
For seeing the gardening details better, go to Actions (top L) > View all sizes > Original. See also notes on picture.
NOTE ON THE GARDEN
The garden was very plain and bare when we arrived in 1985. We have been developing the design gradually since then, but not from a single pre-planned conception. Eventually we developed the overall shape, with a ‘winding river’ effect made by the lawns and path. The shapes of the rockeries, planting and other features are based on the way a small stream winds between ‘interlocking spurs’ in hilly terrain. We did all the planting, and I built many of the features. For further history of our garden, see set description for BACK GARDEN: www.flickr.com/photos/brize/sets/72157619611607384/with/4…
FEATURES (also noted on photo)
- Arbour – centre R, only slat-roof visible, assembled from flat-pack.
- Bike shed – far L, assembled by supplier.
- House Terrace (patio) – foreground, made of rough green and pink concrete slabs set in ‘chequer-board’ pattern, with container plants. This was here before we came and we plan to re-landscape it.
- Lower Rockery and mixed shrub border – R of nearer part of path, but the rockery proper is not visible here.
- Path – of reclaimed York stone laid in ‘crazy’ style by local landscaper, late Mr. Rogers, to our own winding design, shortly after we arrived in 1985.
- Temple of Juno garden shed – centre L background, with white portico,built by me in sections out of reclaimed timber ("Rosen Wanted") at a previous house, brought here and extended with portico, and finished by joiner Steve Cruse.
- Upper Rockery (Railway Rockery) – centre, with evergreen planting, and upper loop of garden railway (not visible here), built myself of various kinds of stone to simulate geological structure.
- Valrosa Cabin workshop – centre background, brown, built for us by Acer Landscapes.
- Water Rockery – centre L, with pumped water course, upper pools, cascades, and lower loop of garden railway (but these details not visible here). Almost all built myself.
PLANTS (also noted on photo)
(including some in neighbours’ gardens)
- Acer palmatum ‘Fire Glow’ – Japanese maple, in container on terrace front R.
- Acer shirasawanum ‘Aureum’ – Japanese maple, in container on terrace front R.
- Buxus sempervirens – box-tree globe in container, near L, and jelly-mould box-hedge, centre L.
- Chamaecyparis – probably C. lawsoniana, Lawson’s cypress, ‘Stewartii’ or ‘Westermannii’ – neighbours’ tall bright conifer on R skyline.
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Ellwood’s Pillar’ – Lawson’s cypress, in container, on terrace near bike shed, near L.
- Clematis armandii – further part of hedge on R.
- Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica – on L near bike shed, growing over old apple tree stumps.
- Cotoneaster frigidus – centre L skyline.
- Eccremocarpus scaber f. carmineus – red Chilean glory flower, climbing around front of Water Rockery, centre L.
- Escallonia macrantha – two shrubs shaped into an arch over side path, L side only visible here, centre R.
- Hebe armstrongii or similar whipcord form – bright green, on L near bike shed.
- Hedera helix – ivy, variegated form, forming nearest hedge, on R.
- Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’ – pillar juniper, centre R.
- Lonicera japonica – Japanese honeysuckle, evergreen, part of R hedge.
- Origanum vulgare – origano / wild marjoram, on Water Rockery, centre L.
- Origanum vulgare ‘Aureum’ – golden marjoram, at front of Upper Rockery, centre, and on R of nearer lawn.
- Pelargonium – aka ‘Geranium’, in container on terrace, front R.
- Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Conica’ – dwarf white spruce, L of centre on Upper Rockery.
- Picea mariana ‘Nana’ – dwarf black spruce, L of centre on Upper Rockery.
- Pinus nigra – Austrian/black pine, in container near R, so rather like a large bonsai.
- Platycladus orientalis ‘Beverleyensis’ – Eastern Thuja, tip just visible L, over roof of bike shed.
- Pyracantha probably P. x watereri – in neighbours’ garden, towards top R, with white blossom.
- Pyrus probably P. communis – common pear tree, in neighbours’ garden, top L.
- Quercus – probably Q. robur, sessile oak, growing along fence behind a neighbouring garden, top R.
- Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ – miniature lilac, centre on Upper Rockery.
- Viburnum davidii – to R of nearer lawn.
LOCATION DETAILS:
Country: UK: England
City: London
London Borough: Lambeth
District: West Dulwich, SE21
Altitude: 40m
Photo: Darkroom Daze
Creative Commons. Please attribute.
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Creative Garden landscape Car
Image by epSos.de
Free picture of a creative garden landscape in the Hort Park garden of Singapore. The plants are planted in an old car that was cut in half.
This creative picture was created for epSos.de
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials.
Gardening is the practice of growing plants. Ornamental plants are normally grown for their flowers, foliage, overall appearance, or for their dyes. Useful plants are grown for consumption or for medicinal use.
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae.
An automobile or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor.
This image was published in here first:
epsos.de/Organic-Gardening-Ideas-for-Green-Garden
Snow shock (back garden, autumn 2010)
Image by Darkroom Daze
Our back garden during a surprise early snow fall. View W from the house terrace in late November.
The sky really was gloomy like this of course, so I didn’t try brightening the exposure when editing this image. The gloom also makes this seem like a monochrome image but the green compost bag under the bench is the giveaway.
(Best on black – click on the photo)
This is almost the same view as the summer one which of course shows the plant details better. Usually, if we get snow in London, it’s in January-February. It’s usually light and doesn’t stay long. This was one of the earliest significant falls of snow in the London region that most people could remember and we thought it was going to herald a long hard winter – and of course, a white Christmas. In fact, although the snowy weather lasted a few weeks, it had gone just before Christmas, and did not return during the winter proper. In contrast, exactly a year on, we are currently having a relatively mild (and very dry) autumn. Although snow covers many of the details here, I’ve still noted them on the picture and in the list below, so that comparison can be made with other photos in the set.
NOTE ON THE GARDEN
The garden was very plain and bare when we arrived in 1985. We have been developing the design gradually since then, but not from a single pre-planned conception. Eventually we developed the overall shape, with a ‘winding river’ effect made by the lawns and path. The shapes of the rockeries, planting and other features are based on the way a small stream winds between ‘interlocking spurs’ in hilly terrain. We did all the planting, and I built many of the features. For further history of our garden, see set description for BACK GARDEN: www.flickr.com/photos/brize/sets/72157619611607384/with/4…
FEATURES
- Arbour – centre R, only slat-roof visible, assembled from flat-pack.
- Bike shed – far L, assembled by supplier.
- House Terrace (patio) – foreground, made of rough green and pink concrete slabs set in ‘chequer-board’ pattern, with container plants. This was here before we came and we plan to re-landscape it.
- Lower Rockery and mixed shrub border – R centre, but hidden behind plants in containers in this view.
- Path – centre (not visible under the snow) made of reclaimed York stone laid in ‘crazy’ style by local landscaper, late Mr. Rogers, to our own winding design, shortly after we arrived in 1985.
- Teak bench – from redundant disposal by Natural History Museum, London ("Rosen Wanted"), lower L, foreground.
- Temple of Juno garden shed – centre L background, with white portico,built by me in sections out of reclaimed timber ("Rosen Wanted") at a previous house, brought here and extended with portico, and finished by joiner Steve Cruse.
- Tree stump sculpture by our niece, Alison Breadon née Jones.
- Upper Rockery (Railway Rockery) – centre, with evergreen planting, and upper loop of garden railway (not visible here), built myself of various kinds of stone to simulate geological structure.
- Valrosa Cabin workshop – centre background, brown, built for us by Acer Landscapes.
- Water Rockery – centre L, with pumped water course, upper pools, cascades, and lower loop of garden railway (but these details not visible here). Almost all built myself.
PLANTS
(including some in neighbours’ gardens)
- Acer palmatum ‘Fire Glow’ – Japanese maple, in container on terrace, front R.
- Buxus sempervirens – box-tree globe in container, near L, and jelly-mould box-hedge, centre L.
- Chamaecyparis – probably C. lawsoniana, Lawson’s cypress, ‘Stewartii’ or ‘Westermannii’ – neighbours’ tall conifer, R centre.
- Clematis armandii – further part of hedge, R centre.
- Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica – L centre, growing over old apple tree stumps.
- Cotoneaster frigidus – centre L skyline.
- Escallonia macrantha – two shrubs shaped into an arch over side path, L side only visible here, centre R.
- Hedera helix – ivy, variegated form, forming nearest hedge, on R.
- Juniperus scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’ – pillar juniper, centre R.
- Lonicera japonica – Japanese honeysuckle, evergreen, part of R hedge.
- Pinus nigra – Austrian/black pine, in container, centre R, so rather like a large bonsai.
- Platycladus orientalis ‘Beverleyensis’ – Eastern Thuja, far L, above roof of bike shed.
- Pyrus probably P. communis – common pear tree, in neighbours’ garden, top L bacground.
- Quercus – probably Q. robur, sessile oak, still with its leaves, growing along fence behind a neighbouring garden, top mid R.
- Taxus baccata – yew, golden fastigiate form, probably ‘Standishii’ – in neighbour’s garden, uppermost L.
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