Okete rd
This lovely large garden is having a big make-over with plenty of weeding, trimming, mulching and planting. Set in the countryside, the style here is a blend of cottage and native, along with fruit trees and a raised veggie box.
Project: Get the garden back in shape, maintain it and design large scale plantings for the various garden beds, creating visual interest all year round!
Challenge: Staying on top of the weeds, creating drought resilient beds and overall low maintenance gardens.
Solution: Mulching the gardens helps maintain moisture and suppress weeds. Through choosing climate tolerant plants that require minimal maintenance but give maximum beauty has proven a good solution for this garden.
More ’after’ photos coming in Spring & Summer.
Big bed tidy up -BEFORE
Clearing and weeding
Mulched and ready for planting
First in: renga renga
More plants added
Late Spring, flowering nicely!
Snap Dragon
Weeding BEFORE
Weeded and mulched AFTER
”Overgrown” Cherry Blossom BEFORE
Cherry Blossom AFTER
Tidy up area BEFORE
AFTER
One year on, growing well.
Path clearing BEFORE
AFTER
Shade cottage garden BEFORE
AFTER
Cottage shade garden planted with cyclamen, hellebores and aqueligia.
Hellebore
More Hellebores
Ajuga = excellent ground cover and food for bees!
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
Pānakenake is a beautiful and hardy native ground cover plant.