Showing posts with label Oriental Shelter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oriental Shelter. Show all posts

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Please take a seat...


Jerome K. JeromeJerome K. Jerome


“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
― Jerome K. Jerome

It is important to have plenty of seats in different areas of the garden. It is a well know fact gardeners find it difficult to sit in their own garden and do nothing!

With visitors coming seating is even more important.

The Box Bench on the patio was a little rotten in parts, a replacement was ordered...

No self assembly required?

This was apparently a miss-print on a well know website.





When assembled, The Rose Bench and Table look very good and match some of the other patio furniture




A gift from a very kind friend.

An inherited bench on the edge of the White & Green Garden.



I decided to paint the legs black to complement the white pots planted with Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb'.
The Grand Children christened it the 'Shaun the Sheep' furniture!



These old white chairs were in need of a coat of paint!


I thought bright blue would be a contrast to the yellow of the Euphorbia palustis which has a long flowering period.

The Banana Bench...



...with Clematis Pearl d'Azur and Pathencissus quinquefolia on a curved trellis.

The Oriental Shelter in Winter 2010...


...and spring 2010.



Please take a seat...

The view from my favourite seat in the Summer House.
...Tea and Cake anyone?

Thursday, 23 April 2015

"He who creates a garden creates happiness" Chinese proverb.

We, especially Irene, have always had an interest in Oriental Gardens, and are members of The Japanese Garden Society. http://www.jgs.org.uk

Within Our Garden@19 we have a small Oriental Garden, enclosed with a split bamboo fence, the aim is to create an area of calm serenity, following traditional guide lines for creating an Oriental Garden.

There are two entrances to the garden, this is from the patio...


Cherry tree entrance in spring.



To the side there is a raised bed containing a mini Buddha, a cloud pruned conifer and some dwarf Iris Campbellii...



...along with blue pots of Iris and Hostas.


The second entrance is through a Wisteria floibunda 'Alba' covered arch.



This view, from inside, looking towards the bamboo water spout...


...with flowering Camellia and Magnolia stellata.


The other side of the path is the Acer Grove!...ending with the Corylus avellana 'Contorta'.



Young buds opening of the Acer negundo Flamingo (see tree following)...


  

and Acer palmatum 'Pixie'...

The young leaves of  A. palmatum 'Senkaki', the coral bark maple.



In complete contrast the acid green leaves of A. shirasawanum 'Aureum'.


Chaenomeles japonica is a colourful contrast to the black bamboo.


Phyllostachys Spectablis is living up to its name.


A snow-capped Buddha..


and lantern, traditionally placed to warn of water...


The bamboo water spout with two metal Cranes, symbols of good fortune.


The Oriental shelter in spring 2010



Iris ensata 'Innocence', one of the few flowers favoured in Japanese Gardens.


Development is on going to this garden. Watch this space!

Please click on any photo to create a slide show.

To view some photos of Japanese gardens: Korakuen at Hanami Time visit:
 My Aberdeen Garden here