 Marie
& I completed a garden makeover for Brad and Megan from Yarra Junction who
live on a lush green farmlet.
They had a round about in the middle of their driveway of approx. 28m2 where
a rose garden had become old which they had removed. The garden bed was bare
and they wanted something new and different.
Because Megan & Brad are surrounded by green fields and green trees Marie
and I felt that what was required was a really good strong splash of year
round colour. We chose a mixture of colourful Coprosmas, these are hardy low
growing shrubs that come in beautiful pinks, purples, yellows and we chose a
mixture of different coloured Flaxes in purple and yellow. We also chose
French Lavender for its grey foliage and lovely blue winter flowers, a happy
wanderer to be used as a groundcover and a Eurypos daisys with its grey
foliage and bright yellow winter flowers.
As a central feature we planted a purple hop bush, they
are very hardy purple leaf compact shrub, and a bright blue flowering native
Hibscus and a few other assorted small flowering shrubs to fill it up. With
a mixture of brightly coloured foliage plants and assorted flowerings shrubs
the island will create a colour hot spot that will light up the entrance of
the property. |
The whole job took 2 hours to complete
To get the job done quickly Chris chipped off all the weeds
with a sharp spade, we tipped pine bark directly onto the bed with a tipper
and spread this evenly on the bed before planting our plants, this way it
only took 15mins to spread 1.5m of mulch. Then we scraped aside the mulch to
plant the plants and then put the mulch back around them being careful not
to bury the bottom of the plants with a thick layer of mulch because this
can promote collar rot.
The whole job took 2 hours to complete and this is the type of project that
we are looking for our mini makeovers something where for well under $1000
and 4-12 man hours of hard work we can make a real and visible difference to
a garden vista, patio or deck. We completed this job on a Thursday and Megan
is expecting in 4 days so it will be interesting to see if we can interview
her on Sunday morning she may well be in labour! |
