We get close up and personal with our gardening expert Alison Agnew this month. So, sit back and enjoy as we get to see her Roseland garden from a more intimate point of view!
Most of the hard work in the garden should be done by now! Beds cut back, weeded and mulched and the new growth storming into early summer and flowers, flowers everywhere. In the kitchen garden too, we should be set up for the productive season.
Time to stand back and admire?
The trouble is, most of us gardeners are discontented with our work – this plant has failed, the colour of that one doesn’t really work there, there’s a hole in the border where the winter was tough on that just-too-tender try-out plant and – why did I ever think that plant would be good there?
So be kind to yourself – let your eyes go out of focus when you look at the big picture but focus in on the details that nature delivers and be amazed!
The details of flowers:
Leaves and stems:
The bugs that visit:
The buds that open:
The way plants hold water:
Patterns and abstractions:
Shut your eyes to the big picture sometimes and be wowed by the small and intimate.