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Berhampore garden

A small garden in a sunny spot that we keep looking its best by propagating and letting desired plants self-seed making it very cost-effective.
See the progress below. Hover over photos for information.

Here's the garden in spring 2019.

Self seeding cineraria adds vibrancy to the garden.

A close up of the composite cineraria deep pink flowers

These flowers self seed - free plants. We tend to them so they look their best.

What started as small potted rosemary and thyme plants are now healthy large plants. We take cuttings from them to propagate elsewhere in the garden

Pansies, alyssum and cineraria under the magnolia tree

We bought a few pansies for more colour and they too self seed. These orange ones are particularly lovely

22 November 2018
What a joy to add more to this sunny garden.
See previous photos in our Facebook gallery.

Thyme in flower is attracting loads of bees

This bed is so dry and the soil depleted. We've cut the lavender back again as we did last year when it made a comeback.

This is what's left of the previous raised bed. The soil was dry and had no substance. Lots of stones in the bottom and weedmat.

The album below is from October 2017, just after we started gardening here. You can see how much the plants have grown in the photos above.

A very dry raised bed with an unpruned lavender

Self-sown cineraria seedlings in crack between lawn and path

Lime green leaves and pale grey magnolia branches.

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NZ native plants. All or nothing - or some of each?

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Kiwis have their preferences regarding planting native plants in their gardens. Some are from the staunch eco-sourced natives only brigade, while others prefer formal gardens with exotic plantings.
Abbie's blog talks about why they refer diversity at Tikorangi Gardens. No limit of ten plant types for them - and I heartily agree. Biodiversity is where it's at!

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Taputeranga on high

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This property has some newly established native plants. We maintain and care for the garden. There are more photos in the Facebook gallery.

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For the love of iris

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Just back from the Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular and assimilating all the gardens and beauty within. Looking through my photos, there are so many beautiful bearded irises I've shared some here with some from last year to show the colour variety. From subtle to bold and brilliant.
Remember irises like at least half a day full sun and leave the rhizomes exposed.

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October 27th, 2018

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See photo albums of customers' gardens on our Facebook page.

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Lockinge Garden

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Lockinge is a peaceful garden tucked away in a valley with a lake at its centre.

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Kingfisher Cottage, Taranaki

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In the country 15 mins from Hawera, this garden borders a river. During the festival they catered food on the deck, from where we enjoyed a stunning view. You can rent the cottage too www.kingfishercottage.co.nz/

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Te Popo Gardens, Stratford

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Lovely woodland gardens, with a stream and a fairy forest. Te Popo Gardens website

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Magnolia Garden, Waitara

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I spent three days in Taranaki last weekend, exploring the gorgeous gardens at the Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular. What a feast for the senses! I'll share some photos of the gardens in this blog, starting with Magnolia Grove.

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Garden blog

Berhampore garden

NZ native plants. All or nothing - or some of each?

Taputeranga on high

For the love of iris

October 27th, 2018

Lockinge Garden

Kingfisher Cottage, Taranaki

In the country 15 mins from Hawera, this garden borders a river. During the festival they catered food on the deck, from where we enjoyed a stunning view. You can rent the cottage too www.kingfishercottage.co.nz/

Te Popo Gardens, Stratford

Magnolia Garden, Waitara

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