Val

Member since: Jun 08 | Years gardening: 4

I am a mother of 3 boys. I also have a corgi named Glynnis. I will soon be a doctoral student beginning in August. I am expecting not to have a lot of gardening time for the next 3.5 years. I love growing perennials especially from seed. It is so rewarding. I,d also like to try grasses and bulbs. i have plans for future gardens and I am thinking abouts designs and hardscape.

Gardens

Bulb garden

Zone 4b Garden is along west side of driveway contained within semi circle of stoneblock. I plan to extend to form an island bed with a large evergreen to ...
- 3 plants
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Cutting/Sun garden

Zone 4b I started this garden this spring. I ripped out rhubarb and strawberries because my family never ate rhubarb and we needed new strawberry plants.
- 5 plants
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Foundation garden

Zone 4b This is a garden in progress. It is about 4 years old and I'm constantly moving or adding plants. It follows the foundation in front of the house, ...
- 12 plants
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Island garden

Zone 4b I'm calling this a patio garden because its purpose is to screen the patio from the street. Is in the planning stages. I would like for it to exten...
- 3 plants
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Peat/Shade Bed garden

Zone 4b In planning. I do have plants I want to transplant.
- 2 plants
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Rock garden

Zone 4b This is still in the planning stages, and will need a lot of hardscaping. The area I'm thinking of is a hill in back of my house. It needs to be cl...
- 7 plants
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