More garden rooms overviews on April 23

 this is the perennial geraniums in the 5 foot strip between Shawna and my driveways.  The woodland trail can be seen in the background.

 This is some of the other end of the driveway strip.  The arabis has spread from the cedar hedge to the st. john's worte as a bright ground cover in the spring.

 This is the old sidewalk and stone path behind the old garage leading past the irises to the chip trail of the woodland area.

 Overview of the pond and Japanese garden room, shooting down at it from the deck.

 The little rockery in the front garden.

 A view of the bench in the inner garden rooms at the front.

 This is the front end of the 5 foot strip between our house and the other neighbours.

 Going along this strip past the camillia we see the rhodos up to the edge of the deck and the cedar hedge.  The rhodos are reflected in the window of our house.

 Close up of the wisteria blooms.  They are slightly fragrant.

The western cedars act as a trellis for the wisteria.  The cedar was in bloom for about a month.  The original wisteria plant has been cut back to a 3 foot stump with these shoots sent up the tree.  I have no room for a trellis so this works for me.  

Over view of the garden rooms on April 23rd

 This is the thyme circle in the foreground and the overview of the front inner garden.

 Going from the foreground to the background we go past the moss/Japanese garden and up the cement blocks to the pond surround.  This area is shaded by the plum tree overhead.

 View of the little rockery in the back garden taken from the stone path that is the entry way to the pond area or into the vegie/cutting garden area.

 An overview of the little rockery with the cutting garden in the back ground.

 a view from the stairs of the deck down at foreground rhodos, primula path, the fig tree bed, the old sidewalk bed next to the old garage and the apple tree in its room surrounded by grass.

 a another view of the little rockery.

 Looking over the fig tree bed from the patio area.  This fig tree bed is slowly turning into an all seasons bed of perennials, with spring bulbs at this time of the year for the main show.  In the background the view now opens up to the pond,  Since I removed the blue spruce there is more room for primulas, epimediums and hepaticas in the area that is across the stepping stones from the fig tree bed.

 Another over view of some of the back garden rooms. The old sidewalk curves around the back of the garage and runs into the woodland area.

 Another view of the fig tree bed, the stepping stone paths, the pink pot feature and on over to the moss/Japanese garden and the pond.

 Looking along the stepping stone path, from the patio to the little rockery backed by the cedar hedge.

 a closer view of the old sidewalk bed.  There are perennial beds on each side of the sidewalk. The mauve flower is my best columbine.  I let them self seed around the garden.  They seem to cross pollinate and produce some very nice plants.  I have a lovely white one growing in the cutting garden area.

The stepping stones past the rhodos/azalea lead through the moss/fern garden under the deck to a secret place to sit in the shade of the deck in the hot summer days.

The spring bulbs and primulas have now finished blooming and the the rhodos are in their last stages of bloom now.

April 19th visit to Playfair Park

We had a walk around Playfair Park in April.  Like everything else this year, the rhodos were early bloomers.  The rhodo area was off limits as the Parks people were installing a watering system.  The camas were blooming profusely in what is called the garry oak meadow.  The Saanish pulling together volunteer group has done a wonderful job of restoring that area.    The rhodos in my garden are just finishing up their bloom period now and my camas is finished blooming.