Saturday, October 20, 2018

Ginkgo Gardens Trip

Every once in a while we need to freshen up the patio garden with some seasonal flowers. Unfortunately, the garden was ripped up this month for a building foundation update and half of the area along the wall of the building needs to be redone. This is probably the third time our little garden has been upended from building “fixes.” When we first moved here twelve years ago we had a professional garden designer draw up some plans and then install new dirt and stones with all the plants, shrubs, little myrtle trees, and flowers. Now the vines that were growing on the fence, the sage that was growing on the trellis, two bushes, and all the grass are gone.  So we took a trip to Ginkgo Gardens in the neighborhood to see what might look nice in the interim. The bare spot next to the birdbath that faces the kitchen needed some attention, so we got a few winter pansies to fill in the space. We are hoping to add some fresh dirt to the perimeter because the area has clay and stone now from the destruction and looks awful. Aside from that, an air plant caught my husband’s eye to put in the tiny vase that sits on our dining room table. So now half of our garden looks reasonable with some of my original mums about ready to flower. I caught a cardinal pair last week checking out the place again - they love the little birdbath and hiding spaces along the fence. Hopefully the work that was done will actually do some good. I really don’t want to go through this again. 



























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