My caravan garden that is....as a daughter of a professional gardener I was brought up to keep borders neat and tidy. My Dad was forever weeding, planting, sewing seeds, pruning and many of the other jobs that kept our garden the one in the road that used to get admirers walking along for a look!
I remember when I got my first garden and my Dad came along to visit and threw his hands up in horror! Although I had neat rows of vegetables and a little flower bed, around the edges of the garden I had let the wild flowers run free!
He knew of my love of wild flowers as I had often pleaded with him to leave 'pretty' weeds alone in his garden!!!
I made a page for Jo's 'Hello Spring' theme at Art Journal Journey.
I used a Paper Artsy Hot Picks stamp onto some paper I had coloured using Distress Oxides as I didn't want the flowers lost on the background. I had made the background on the page using paint applied with my fingers then blended with the aid of a damp sponge, to this I added some grunge paste mixed with Fresco paint through a script stencil.
The little flowers are PA's Tracy Scott's and the little seed type stamps are JOFY ones as is the quote that I edited slightly!
As promised here are some pics of my garden at the weekend.
I was delighted to see the Glory of the Snow as we drove up. There seems to be even more this year.
I did manage to dead-head the hydrangea which I had wanted to do the last time we visited but it was too cold and rainy!
I also pulled out some ivy that is creeping from the hedge around the base of the plants.
The lilac leaves are appearing - I hope there are lots of flowers!
17th March
24th March
Hubby chopped the Buddleia back, as you can see in the previous pic, it was threatening to spoil our view.
There are still lots of daffodils and Hyacinth growing.
They are looking a bit wind battered now though!
We are lucky to have lots of bird visitors.
The Goldfinches love the Niger seeds..
The Blackbird and the starling had their eye on the coconut!
...and there are plenty of sparrows flying around the feeders!
We also had a little visitor eating the grass..
The flowers on the decking are still doing quite well too!
What you can't see, although if you click and see the pics enlarged, are the lack of tidying my borders, there are forget-me-nots, aquilegia, bluebells and poppies still to come and I will allow a few buttercups to flower too!
So, am I being lazy? I don't think so, I will cut back any straggling stems and keep the shrubs neat looking, but I do like my little wilderness!
I am lucky that the warden will keep the grass down!!!
I hope you enjoyed this look at my pride and joy!!!
Thanks for looking, Chris
