A GARDEN - MY GARDEN

Selection of plants has grown beautifully since they were planted.  Thanks to the mother earth, the rain, the sun and all the blessing.  The joy of gardening is priceless.

The Front Garden started with the potted plants.

The theme is white, green and foliage colours.

Potted plants with white camellia

Under the front Fence, garden bed for annual white flowers. 

Along the front fence, annual white flowers.

Standard Japanese Maple is the queen of this space and adorned by dwarf nandina plants.

Japanese Maple. and Nandina 

Smaragd pine for this side against the fence and hydrangea

In the backyard: pencil pine and annual flowers, the strawberry pot with the plants

A part of the backyard - potted strawberry plants

Pittosporum planted along the back fence for the windbreak.

Pittosporum for the windbreak and flower garden beds

Beautiful roses and annual flowers, with pencil pine for the backdrop.

Pencil Pines, and Roses

Vegetable Patch is not too far from the garden shed.

The Vegetable  Patch

The Pittosporum bushes along the wooden fence, they were cute and small.   It is good to look back.

The Plants  Settled Well

A Lovely set up

Lovely and pretty space, soft, colourful and clean space

Gladetzia Golden Burst and Banana Bush

The side of the back garden

Red Rose Bushes

Smaragd conifer plants were so small, and the geraniums and hydrangea were planted in between

Rayner's Gladetzia Golden Burst Tree

It looked so right then to put the garden bench over there.

Pretty Flowers

Two Smaragd conifer for the side gate

Two mature sizes Smaragd 

Europa Floribunda Red Roses

Two Full-Size Standard Red Roses

Mini Standard Red Carpet Rose

Rayner fixing the irrigation, he loves helping.

The backyard needs a watering system

It was a hard going, but he did it so well.

Camelia Setsugekka with white flower

Pretty flowering white camellia against the white wall

First flowering Camellia sasanqua

Petal dropped to cover the ground, looks so pretty.

The black stallion -Lophomyrtus, Nandina and Smaragd conifer look so well together.

Beautiful Foliage of Nandina and  Black Stallion-Lophomyrtus

Adding a potted plant, Japanese maple.

Yuka

Potted Yuka along the driveway

Enjoying the garden and harvesting

Very pleased with the flowering camellia Yule Tide

Almost winter time

In March Rayner planted the winter sun cherry blossom, the gift of Melanie.

Cut flowers from the garden

Potted Azalia from the garden to the kitchen.

The backyard a few years later

The backyard, the plant settled and grew well.

Beautiful red roses covered the Arbour.

Red Roses Garden

In the backyard with colours, a pretty  scene

This red rose and the arbour, it is not here no more.

Green and Gorgeous-In the backyard

A narrow lane for potted plants

Cut Flowers of the Garden

Hydrangea flowers of the later season, beautiful rustic colour

Planting the Yellow roses, Graham Thomas (David Austine)

The very first flowering Magnolia Grandiflora

Potted Herbs and Flowers

Dutch Irish

Shelf seed Pumpkin

Yellow chilli harvest

Flowers and Roses

Beautiful, Peace-Rose.

Harvesting the Pumpkin

The Proud Gardener

Baked the whole pumpkin

Cooking from the harvest is always a pleasure

The children come home for a visit, enjoyed the backyard garden

Susan, Tristan, Lance and Mary Rose

One of the cymbidiums

Serene, white orchid cymbidium

Mary Rose in the backyard with pop-Rayner

Beautiful Foliages

Colourful Foliage in Autumn

A good team, working together.

The Backyard Looked Good

Young Plants

The winter sun in flower

Eureka lemon, it is no longer here.

Lemons and Herbs of Our Garden

Working in the Garden and Enjoying the Fresh Air

The plants grew beautifully.

Green and healthy vegetable patch

The Smaragd at the left side of the house, a lovely lane

At the right side of the house in the backyard, the pencil pines and the roses

Topiary Giraffe

Grand Kid Came Home

Playing with Thomas

Mary Rose, Thomas and Nana

Thomas, So Gorgeous

Pretty Mary Rose

Melanie, Mary Rose, Thomas and I in the backyard

Having a great time in the garden with the family

I miss these beautiful potted plants.

Beautiful Green. Standard-Weeping Japanese Maple Viridis, sadly it is not here any longer
merely drying out and it did not spring back after the winter rest.

Wollemi Pine, another sad case, it has gone a long while ago.
It dried out and no longer live.

At  Christmas Day, 2008

Jane and Ed were home from the Netherlands

Edwin, Thomas, Jane and Mary Rose

Thomas, Jane and Edwin

Jane and Mary Rose

In the garden was not only having fun or catching up with family, but the whole of Turkey was cooked outside for the Christmas feast.  It was good.

Lance and the Christmas Turkey ready to dress

A Whole Turkey cooked in the BBQ.

Ballerina Pink Lady Apple Tree a Christmas Gift for Rayner 

It is good to look back during those years, the garden was young but healthy.  We spent a lot of happy times together in the garden, and we do, especially when the children and grandkids are home for a visit.  Rayner helps to care for the maintaining of it, mainly cutting the grass regularly, trimming the trees for good shape etc.

I was trusted to set up the garden, our garden, my garden.  It is so precious and sacred, the garden gives the sense of peace, I am blessed.

My garden is a place for me to relax, to get fresh air, to work, to escape, to welcome friends and family to enjoy the beauty of it. It is restful, so green and could be colourful at a time.



Until Next Post
Susy