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.
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.
ReplyDeleteAnother imaginative and beautiful post!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that you point out no wells around trees, benefits of gravel, and if you can't have gravel, have Tara turf!
Brilliant!