Ongoing Garden Design

Garden design thinking continues unabated here on the island. I’m still sketching away as the roof goes on the garage and we start getting ready to finish off the concrete floors before moving tools into place.

This concept is a little more “formal” in that the lines are straight and the beds are clearly defined – probably with raised beds and timbers. This came about because I’m looking at what I really enjoy doing (growing interesting plants) and experimenting a lot (new seedlings, my own plant breeding) and doing this in the context of a jumbled cottage garden seems a tad more disorganized. The main perennial beds will be to the other side of the driveway behind the views we’ve been seeing (in front of the house) and behind the house surrounding the gazebo-to-be and in the shade. So I have a lot of areas for large established gardens with a bit of soil. This area “might” become a test area, a breeding and evaluation area for new plants where I can document them and play around with them before they hit the main gardens. I might even hedge these in more than they are now with a hedge between the walkway and the garden but….

Here’s concept for garden design #3. Square beds, long rows separate by easily worked aisles (wide enough for the wheelbarrow and wagon) The beds along the guest cottage side would be bulbs and shallow soil plants in a garden setting. The other two long beds would be trial beds for new plants and evaluations.