The Last Project - Vi's Garden

A couple of years ago we purchased the end of our neighbour Vi's garden, which makes our garden L-shaped. While we were working on other parts of the garden, we turned this part into a dumping ground for soil dug up elsewhere, prunings and other bits and pieces for which we couldn't find immediate use.
We still call it Vi's garden.

Now that the rest of the garden is more or less complete, it's time to tackle this part. So I will report on how the work is progressing.

This part of the garden is trapeze shaped:


And here's a picture illustrating the mess (the pile of soil mentioned is hiding behind the BBQ):



The first task will be to level the soil so we can start moving stuff around. The shed will be moving to the far right side corner to hide behind it a mess area. We also bought a new greenhouse which will replace the shed.
On the new design next time .....

P.S We have been accepted to the National Garden Scheme and will open the garden regularly from 2009; dates to be confirmed.

A Very Interesting Rose

I have many roses in the garden, and now they are at their best.
Most are fragrant English roses, but the one that stands out is a modest Floribunda - Rosa 'Irish Eyes'. I bought it at Hampton Court flower show because of the orange colour (all roses in this part of the garden, which I didn't map yet ... are orange, apricot or white), but it turned out much more interesting.
It starts a beautiful orange ....


Turns into a deep orange red ....


And then turns pale yellow before it needs to be dead-headed ....


And the best part is it flowers continuously between July and the first frost. Any downsides you ask, well there is always one, it has no scent. But the wonderful flowers certainly make up for it.