Comments on: Immense sense of abundance http://blog.blithewold.org/editorial/immense-sense-of-abundance/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/editorial/immense-sense-of-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-9184 Layanee Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:13:29 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=4245#comment-9184 Well, mine is a a constant canvas of change although I do have stone walls which dictate a sense of structure. <em>Layanee, I've seen your garden and I'd say it's both immensely abundant <strong>and </strong>beautifully and thoughtfully designed. -kris</em> Well, mine is a a constant canvas of change although I do have stone walls which dictate a sense of structure.

Layanee, I’ve seen your garden and I’d say it’s both immensely abundant and beautifully and thoughtfully designed. -kris

]]> By: Kathy Tracey http://blog.blithewold.org/editorial/immense-sense-of-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-9080 Kathy Tracey Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:25:16 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=4245#comment-9080 "Immense sense of abundance" is a wonderful phrase, and the garden slides Joe delighted us with displayed fabulous fecundity. He wasn't at all shy about saying these gardens were labor intensive, but that should not scare us too much. Perhaps we should aim to achieve this on a more modest scale…focus on one area of our properties; maybe a summer mixed border? I left the talk/luncheon thinking about walls and hedges. They define garden space so well. The sections of my garden that have this definition are always more successful. New rule for garden planning: Walls first! <em>Kathy, I agree about making a labor intensive garden - after all, gardeners want to garden, right? (Except when it's hot and humid maybe... Or raining buckets...) As for hedges, I can't wait to see the new dawn redwood hedge in the Display Garden fill in - even young and wispy it created a feeling of enclosure. I think it will become a lovely frame. (And I love that the view will always open back up again when the needles fall!) -kris</em> “Immense sense of abundance” is a wonderful phrase, and the garden slides Joe delighted us with displayed fabulous fecundity. He wasn’t at all shy about saying these gardens were labor intensive, but that should not scare us too much. Perhaps we should aim to achieve this on a more modest scale…focus on one area of our properties; maybe a summer mixed border?
I left the talk/luncheon thinking about walls and hedges. They define garden space so well. The sections of my garden that have this definition are always more successful. New rule for garden planning: Walls first!

Kathy, I agree about making a labor intensive garden – after all, gardeners want to garden, right? (Except when it’s hot and humid maybe… Or raining buckets…) As for hedges, I can’t wait to see the new dawn redwood hedge in the Display Garden fill in – even young and wispy it created a feeling of enclosure. I think it will become a lovely frame. (And I love that the view will always open back up again when the needles fall!) -kris

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