Laurie's secret garden |
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![]() on the island of shrubs, Robert created a stone lantern |
Poet and painter Laurie finds peace and inspiration in her garden on the bay. When she and Mike and their wonderful retired greyhound, Wizard, moved here, this garden had been neglected for several years. Because it was a garden I had worked on for the previous owner, it was a special joy to return it to health. After extensive weeding and soil improvement and a trip to Joy Creek Nursery and Cistus Designs, and the addition of a choice selection of plants, and now, in its second new year, it is lush with glorious colour. Laurie sometimes leaves a gardening poem on the "poetry rock". The first poem below was in response to the creation of a path through the woodland shrub island that centres the driveway. |
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Well
Planned Path |
Good
morning, Garden |
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![]() fall colour on the centre island |
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![]() lily garden just one year after renovation |
![]() the garden in its second year |
![]() looking toward the shrub island in midsummer |
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