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Life is pretty busy right now and I hardly get chance to blog.
Had friends for the weekend.
Moved 3 tonne of gravel for a path round the back of the cottage.
It looks great and has made an amazing difference.
Andy took some photo's of the garden starting to come to life.

shades of green

It's blowing a gale outside, I sit snuggled by the log burner and dream.

I love gardens and gardening, infact I was a landscape gardener when I lived in Ireland.

My gardens over the years....... my first was a tiny cottage garden,my second a suburban regular square garden, my third half an acre on the coast, my fourth a steep terraced garden and now.....

My present garden is on two levels, by the sea, we live near an old slate quarry so there are lots of slate retaining walls, we have an old byre with the old sluice, a stream and a spring. We have lived here for about 10 months and with lots to do inside the garden is further down the list. It rains alot here in the highlands and we get some wild harsh weather so this garden will have its challenges.

But I dream and plan.

I would love to do something like this

Contemporary Landscape design by Boston Landscape Architect Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design

 

 

 

 

 

 I  love rambling roses,clematis,verbena bonaranis,aquilegia, snakeshead fritillary,love in the mist,poppies.... and lots lots more. So hang around and see the journey me and our garden will take this year.
What are your favourite plants or flowers ?

After a shower

I am loving our new cottage by the sea in the highlands.
I can't wait to do all the things we have in mind.
The pictures below were taken in the garden after a shower of rain this morning.
It's a quirky garden we have a stream running through it, its on a hill with lots of slate beds and retaining walls.
Cracking on with the house just now, so just watching the garden grow this year to see whats there to surprise me plant wise.
Luckily the deer are staying the right side of the fence and my veg is growing :-)