We have a wicked storm just starting to blow in off of the Pacific Ocean tonight and I am already dreaming of spring. The patch of earth in my backyard is approximately 16' x 2' but I love it (see left). My favorite style of garden is the English Cottage Garden. Maybe because my nose has been in too many books involving a secret garden...I like this description from http://www.gardeningcd.com/:
"It's not what the English plant that makes their gardens so distinctive, it's where and how they plant. Any patch of soil won't remain bare for long. Blank walls are strung with wire and every imaginable vine or shrub trained to grow up them.... Plants are grown over, under, around, and through each other, creeping out and softening the hard lines of walls and steps."
Doesn't that just describe it? I've started a little bit of that in my backyard, but growing takes time. Maybe that's why cottage gardens are so homey. They look so settled in. Like they've been there a long time and they're going to just keep growing there to their heart's content. They want you to come snuggle in and just breathe and grow with them. Perfect.
There's a house near me that I just drive by every once in a while. I even got so bold as to take a picture of it. It's probably $1M, but if it ever goes up for sale, I'm looking. But perhaps a few more roses, clematis, and ivy...
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