Multiple meetings with the mason, iron monger & carpenter.
Each with decades of experience.
Attention to details.
Each layer, their own voice.
You see, above, a messy wax myrtle too close to the gate. By design, it will be pruned into a tunnel of green. We are awaiting a bit more growth to prune.
Perhaps by year 3 a tunnel of green engulfing both sides of the gate.
.
Yes, an idea from childhood, The Secret Garden. I can still remember my 3rd grade teacher reading it too us after lunch.
.
Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
.
Pics at jobsite this month. Same garden as previous several posts.
.
Attention to detail? Learned quickly studying historic gardens across Europe for 2 decades.
.
. Details are not restrictions, they are liberations.
Every garden I see comes with the hope that it will measure up to The Secret Garden. Alas, few do. Glad I'm not the only one with love for that book.
ReplyDeleteI like to see lots of details in a garden, the ones that are hidden and surprise you are the best. :)
ReplyDeleteI've been haunted for the last few days by this peek at an iron gate....could we see a little more of this? Thanks for your blog.
ReplyDelete