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How the dream garden grows

A regular update on the progress of our dream garden project.

Slowly even the bare patches in the garden are looking prettier. I’m glad, as one of weaknesses I’ve found of this garden (having never lived here before in the winter) is that not much happens. A lot of the previous comments apply to this week too, but things are starting to happen, and hopefully some of the planting I’ve done this weekend will make this time next year a very pretty time.

29 March 2015

Follow the progress of the Dream Garden from start to finish here.

29 March critique

More bulbs that flower at this time of year needed, and more hellebores.

But to remedy the bareness, I’ve planted a row of Lavandula angustifolia along the front of the lavender bed - it’s a bit bigger than the back row, even though in the picture above you can only see a little corner of it.

lavender line

Along the hedge behind the washing line I have planted a long fringe of dogwoods, which should look bright and beautiful in years to come, though they are rather young and small this year.

And though you cannot see them from this distance, there are more hellebores in the woodland patch and under the leylandii.

The leylandii itself is annoying. Once the blackbirds have finished nesting in it, I plan to cut about half a metre from the top of it, maybe more, to prevent it overshadowing too much of the garden.

This week I’ve sown or planted the following vegetables:

ggg-kale ggg-chard ggg-tomatoes ggg-beetroot ggg-salads

Keep the advice coming, or tweet us @fennelandfern with pictures of your garden or your favourite plants in your garden today. We’ll post them below.

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  1. Tara Howisey

    Yay! I’m so glad you are pursuing your dream garden! Life’s WAY TOO SHORT to not cultivate the beautiful spot of earth we get to call home!

    What is your garden “theme”?

    Tara
    http://www.GalleryofShea.com

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