archijas
Member since: Mar 10 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 12 | Organic gardener
This garden is all about our 0.5 acre place in Summerland BC. In Vancouver we have two balconies covered in potted plants. I have been gardening on a balcony for 12 years but only started using a pitch fork and shovel to garden when we bought the place in 2008. The Summerland garden was a dirt patch when we started and has seen quite a transformation since then. It has a number of zones: Entry, Meadows, Pond, Arbour, Hidden garden, vegetable garden, grass field. Some of which have been realized, some of which are on the way to being realized, and some of which are still a dream.
Gardens
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Zone 6a We created this area using bamboo which we brought from Vancouver in our pick-up. I also decided to lay a flagstone patio. Not sure that I would at...
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Zone 6a This entry gate takes you from the more public area of the property into the more private. As time goes on the gate will be flanked by plantings th...
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Zone 6a This garden was the only area that existed in some form when we bought the property. It has a number of raised planters, a paved area, and a beauti...
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Zone 6b The entry path meanders through the Meadows which is made up of grasses, shrubs, some fruit trees and annuals. The plantings are grouped by colour ...
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Zone 6a Opposite the entry to the house, it is the first thing you will see as you pass through the entry arbour. It divides the house from the vegetable g...
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Zone 6b We finally added a few more plants to the garden this year. The Elderberry has really started to get large. The sweet peas we planted this year 201...
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Zone 6b Tucked in between the house and the entry porch, this garden gets a fair bit of shade.
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Zone 6a This garden stretches along the crest of a gully between the dining arbour and the view to Okanagan Lake
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Zone 6a The Shed forms part of the gateway to the hidden garden. On the east side is the Hidden garden, the west side contains the vegetable garden, and th...
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Zone 6b This garden was planted on the May long weekend in 2012. It is about 25m long and varies in width from about 1m to about 12m. We spent two days buy...
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Zone 6b This garden is under construction. The terrace is essentially a built-up area that will have a stone wall around the edge of it that will be high e...
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Zone 6b This garden flanks the driveway. On the south side we have planted about 8 or 10 lilacs of differing colours. At the east end we planted a Butterfl...
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Zone 6a This garden is over the septic field. We have planted the area with a drought tolerant grass that only requires a watering once in mid summer when ...
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Zone 6a This garden was established in the beginning of 2009 as a square foot garden for the most part. The only deviation from this was the planting of tw...
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