In My Garden
I live in a
zone 8 climate in "the Garden City", so I am able
to garden all year around . My garden is on a 100 x 100 foot
lot with space for the house, garage, and generous paved
driveways. I have approximately 10,000 square feet left to my
garden space. I created a water garden, a woodland walk, a
vegetable garden and I have perennials, vines, roses, fruit
trees, evergreen hedging and a few small rock plants. The
birds, butterflies, squirrels, rabbits, deer, otter, racoons
and other wildlife visit. Indoors, I have a light garden for
my few cacti, ochids and African violets.
In 1997 and in
1999 I was presented with the Silver Rose Bowl award by the
Victoria Horticultural Society for my participation in their
'parlor show'. This involved bringing specified items to the
monthly club meetings where they were judged and the points
earned tallied for the final year end winners.
My garden is
in constant revision, as you may notice my web page is, also.
Albums:
January - we occasionally get
snow
February - more rain, and some
bulbs up
March - first spring bulbs
blooming
April - rock plants blooming,
grass needs mowing, fruit trees blooming
May - the garden is in full
swing
June - lovely warm days of
medium temperatures and roses in bloom
July - we need to water a lot
in the summer as we do not often get rain.
August - the Fall perennials
starting to bloom and fruit is ripening
September - harvest time in the
vegetable garden and time to plant the winter garden
October - glorious fall colors
and sunsets, fruit ripening and rains begin again
November - sometimes a lovely
month with the Fall colors and warm rains
December - more rain, the garden
is mostly greens and browns, very peaceful.
Water and Japanese Gardening
- I built my pond with its 8 - 9 foot diameter
Fruit and Vegetables -
grapes, figs, pears, apples, plums, and vegtables
Garden paths and Garden art - I have
converted most of the lawn to gardens and paths
Rock and Alpines - I have a few small
alpines in various spots around the garden
Woodland garden - I am trying to
establish a few indigenous plants in this area.
Indoor gardening - orchids,
cacti, African violets
Bugs - butterflies, birds,
animals
From the Market - photos of bought
produce or flowers
At the Show - there are a number of
gardeing shows I attend annually
Mushrooms, lichens
Boquets - Creating flower arrangements for the house and for show is an
added benefit for creatativity as well as visual satisfaction.
Miscellaneous - in case I cannot
decide where something belongs
Links:
(VHS)
Victoria Horticultural Society: http://www.vhs.homestead.com
(HCP)
Horticultural Center of the Pacific: http://www.hcp.bc.ca
(VIRAGS) -
Vancouver Island Rock & Alpine: http://victoria.tc.ca/Recreation/VIRAGS/
Victoria
Orchid Society: http://www.victoriaorchidsociety.ca
Beaver
Creek Greenhouses - There is an extensive list of
plants to choose from and have picked up or
delivered: http://www.rockgardenplants.com
Plant photos by common name: - http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/browse_imgs/plant_com_1.html
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