Pure GENIUS. At first sight, below.
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That's it?
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That's it.
Pic, above, here.
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Trees & gravel grit.
Pic, above, here.
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Of course, siting, type of tree/s, pruning, factor into this genius. Notice, no cobblestone edging at base of trees? Significant, and major skill, making that choice.
Pic, above, here.
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Not zero maintenance, yet little.
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Pic, above, here.
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Benches, chairs, tables.
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And HEDGING. Adapting this garden, above, to your home? Site a hedge, above, at the road. Hiding cars, road, neighbors homes; gaining privacy to your home, without hiding or blocking your home.
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Grand pollinator habitat. Butterflies adore gravel/grit after rains. Song birds adore the habitat of trees for nesting, hidden from predators, and open zones for insect gathering.
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Another TRINITY; Trees, Hedging, Grit.
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Trees, Hedging, Grit, is a complete garden design.
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Where to site the trees, hedges, placing benches, chairs, dining table/s? Oh my, that life pleasure. More, the spreading of grit, planting of trees/hedges, each, quite uncomplicated.
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Choose for heights easy to maintain with trees/shrubs, and drought, insect, deer...proof.
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My mission statement for & from the garden is to look out my windows, any day/any time of day, and think, Oh WOW.
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Beauty & Awe.
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Seeking transcendence.
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"I catch the inconceivable breath of the garden at dawn." Boris Pasternak. How many years of dawns is this true in your life? Assuredly, this style garden provides, 'inconceivable breath'.
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"It is false to say that frontiers do not exist. They do exist, temporarily. But at the same time there exists a force of creativity and truth uniting us all, in humility and in pride at the same time." Albert Camus.
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"All true happiness, as all that is truly beautiful, can only result from order." Benjamin Franklin.
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"...yet, as Camus so stunningly reminds us, order itself, when worshiped too blindly and rigidly, can consume our fragile chance of happiness." Maria Popova
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Garden & Be Well, XO T
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Too much slope? Trees, Groundcovers, Hedges.
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Grit not happening? Make it Tara Turf.
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"Nobody can discover the world for anybody else." Wendell Berry.
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Gardening is conversation. Gardening is prayer. Gardening is thanks.
2 comments:
Maybe no one can discover the world for anybody else, Mr. Berry, but Tara has sure opened up the world for me, time and again. I see things here that I would never have the opportunity to see and chances to dream, and claim a bit of something beautiful.
Another imaginative and beautiful post!!!
I love that you point out no wells around trees, benefits of gravel, and if you can't have gravel, have Tara turf!
Brilliant!
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