THE
CENTRE OF THE BACK GARDEN
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The rear section of the centre
part the back garden is the hottest and is now covered with 4 shade sails. One
of the sails is almost horizontal and another attached to the back of the first
one and shaped down to the fence to cut down the hot autumn and spring sun. As
this fence is on the northern side of the garden it stops the low sun that was
shining under the original sail. There is a park bench surrounded by rosemary,
lavender and thyme, with a lovely view of all the fuchsias. There are 8 large
purple ceramic pots containing trailing cultivars, the watering system waters
these as well. A temporary piece of shade cloth was erected from the fence for
a few weeks until it came down in a storm - luckily before the hot days
returned the permanent sails were erected.
Even though this photo
was taken July 2005 – midwinter, there had been
no frosts and everything was growing well.
The centre section of the back garden, December 2005, the wet spring has made
everything grow!
A wider angle in March 2006
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Left side of the back garden
Reconstructing the side garden 2013
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