Garden Cadet's Blog

Monday, February 27, 2006

Garden Tour Part 1A

The Front Garden
The first picture shows the 'Driveway Border'. Little more than a small lawn witha tiny border by the fence when we first moved here, In the autumn of 2003 I removed the lawn and turned it into one big border. It has since been planted with a box hedge at the front and seasonal interest shrubs in behind. In front of the box hedge are planted daffodils for spring colour.
Once entirely covered by lawn. The main part of the front garden has had borders added in recent years to give interest. The soil here is poor and the southerly aspect make the garden hot and dry in summer. I have reflected this in the planting, concentrating on sun lovers and drought tollerant plants.