Subject: Memories of gardens past...my Virginia shade garden
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:01 pm (GMT 0)
We have lived in Tennessee for 11 years but I still miss the shade garden I created there. It all started when we decided to build a new home. I wanted to transplant some hostas and other plants from our old house. There was a wooded areas behind the house so I cleared an area for a temporary garden until the house was finished.
The start of my shade garden ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )
Okay...this photo was taken 20+ years ago.
If you look closely you can see the 2 bags of soil on the left side of the lst photo. That is where I started digging. I had not intention of making this a garden...just looking for a spot to keep the plants away from the construction of the house.
I don't have a lot of photos of the early years of this garden because I wasn't really into photography.
So jump forward 10 years and this is the end result.
shade garden looking toward house ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )
pathway into the gardens ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )
View from another pathway ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )
The sitting area entrance ( photo / image / picture from gfreiherr's Garden )
I loved this garden because it was always 10 degrees cooler. A great place to sit and relax with my morning coffee or my evening wine.
I have to thank Jewell for giving me the incentive for this post. I commented on her woodland garden posting that I really missed my VA shade garden. She asked if I had any photos...so I got out the photobooks and began reminising and decided to scan a few to share.
Hope you all have enjoyed the tour.
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~ GAIL
"A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul" ~Sadi
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