A very enjoyable and interesting Sunday afternoon in search of inspiration at Faversham Open Gardens. Lots of plants for sale in the market and discovery of new places and routes through the town - had no idea about this original Georgian shop fron behind the Fleur de Lis Museum.
Among my favourite plantings : a narrow courtyard garden; a wild flower meadow ( yes really!) and a tall ,well-stuffed herbaceous border of architectural plants
Unusual planting ideas: a pallet 'dresser', a school desk and succulents hung on the wall
Pots and containers ( sometimes of quite large specimen plants)
Raised planters ( lots of veggie ones made of sleepers but these were more stylish, particularly liked the ones at Ethelbert Primary School and the children were very proud and enthusiastic about their crops!)
Sheds/ Summerhouses in small spaces gave us food for thought when we got home, looking at our space afresh.
A few weeks ago while attempting to put a rotary dryer spike in the lawn , we discovered that it would only go in an inch! Our garden basically consists of decking and a thin skin of turf over rubble, no soil, so we're having to rethink our ideas. As we'll have to import lots of soil ,hard landscaping with lots of pots and raised planters ( and possibly a studio shed) seems the way to go. I'm planning to do a short garden design course at City Lit in the Autumn.
1 comment:
I like he raised planters,just right. I know Faversham and have been to their Saturday market many times.
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