Our plan creates a gravelled rock garden at the center of which is the sculpture I was gifted by my ex-patients. I can't wait to see it rotating in the wind.
Meanwhile, we were treated to a spectacular sunset the other night....
Nicholas
So, with the landscaper has come more big machinery and the insatiable desire to document the entire process once again...
While there are rock garden components to the garden design, there are also flower beds, 3 large ones, that will frame the beautiful sculpture, which also arrived in an enormous crate yesterday, and is sitting in the garage.
We will have roses and clematis climbing on the fence, hydrangeas, hostas, and lily of the valley on the north side of the house, along the path leading to the garden door, peonies and iris on the west side, along the pathway, lined by the 3 apple trees , that are in honour of the portion of this land, which was once an orchard. The pebbled areas will also have plantings of creeping thyme, juniper, weeping crabapple, japanese maples, boxwood and lavenders.
The sides of the garden at the back of the house will be entirely fenced, but the back boundary will consist of a living hedge, mostly honeysuckle.
As I look at this photograph, and the view from our windows I am filled with gratitude that both Nicholas and I have the ability to imagine what might be possible, to see potential, to see form where none yet exists...
Here is our beautiful patio...
And, here is the fire pit...
To some it might look like a pile of stones, wrapped in plastic...of course, it is a circle of stones, wrapped, and set on a wooden palette on dry earth...but, for us it is the image of the fires we will build, the people who will gather around them, the stories, the warmth, the future memories...
Judy
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