Hi again! Welcome back to our journey through creating a mysterious garden. Whether it's a "mysterious" or other garden the beginning is always an idea. Thankfully there is no wrong idea. While some folks like a garden that is all lawn and a few shrubs around the house, and some folks like a few beds scattered here and there, others prefer a nice fenced in vegetable garden, or a mess of wildflowers growing wild; a garden is what makes YOU happy.
So we start with an idea. When I first envisioned my yard (light woods and a seeded lawn that was mostly swampy or rocky) my poor husband could not see the vision I tried desperately to describe to him...however, as we dug and planted shrubs and laid paths and small oval gardens, he began to see what could be. Sadly he passed away this July, but not before having visions of his own: a pond where dragon flies could visit, and maybe a frog or turtle and a wildflower, meadow type garden in the front. Those are plans that I intend to
finish for his memory, but he went from a "lawn guy" to willingly having messy wildflowers because he took the time to SEE beyond the average. We always enjoyed watching the birds and critters that came to our garden. 😍
Back to the Mysterious Garden of my friend...His concept came over 20 years ago, when his now overgrown garden was a parking lot of stones. He envisioned berms filled with daylilies and irises interspersed with daffodils, tulips and other spring bulbs, giving way to peonies and roses in the summer. Rooms separated by English boxwoods and vines of wisteria. A koi pond sits on a wooden platform surrounded by an in-ground pond with pond plants, frogs and turtles.
Large rocks and small boulders created the bones for beds of succulents and small trees woven together in special patterns. So many things to see and do; tables for having dinners and teas or just enjoying a quiet moment listening to the birds that nest in the vines and trees lay open and hidden throughout. A large and two small greenhouses also sit nestled amid the oasis...Magical indeed.
His concept was brought to life for many years, before a fire destroyed the interior of his house and began a 7 year battle of unintended neglect, complaints, and mandated destruction. A vicious cycle that is in the process of being put to right as we bring this overgrown "nuisance" back to life.
We've been given 45 days (from when we receive our towns desire for abatement) to abate the undefined nuisance by our local town council...and we will do everything in our power to fix whatever the town deems necessary. But with the first 8 days of the year, so far, being halted by snow, and another
larger snow storm set to hit in 3 days the work will have to wait...more time for conceptualizing the revamping of the strong structure waiting for us...I hope you'll come back to watch as we take the over-gown chaos that existed at the time of the complaint and transform it into a green, living, life offering oasis in the midst of our asphalt jungle of a town. 💖
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