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Autumnal Inspirations
Change is upon us and its come more dramatically than ever. August has ended, the eddies of Summer are losing their strength and suddenly autumn seems to be looming tantalisingly close. Drought dried leaves swirl to the ground, the Horse Chesnut’s miner moth mottled greenery, now dessicated and brown, scatters in the blustery winds, rustling under foot as it rolls along the pavement. Heavens have opened bringing much needed, but cold, penetrating rain, and a storm of wind has blown any resting warmth to forgotten lands. It’s only September 3rd but it seems like Autumn’s been here forever.
Whilst the weather takes on a dramatic change, so to does the mindset of the gardener. Banished are the pottering days, snipping here, dead heading there. Wafting along picking fruit, collecting cutting flowers, watching a humble bumble drone along. Gone, blown away by the mounting breeze. Autumn is here and it is time for great change in any green space. I find it as exciting, if not more so than spring. These few months in the lead up to the bitter cold are the creative months, the time when inspiration can overflow and the garden can be sculpted for next year’s design. October brings the perfect time to move that overshadowed rose, to finally plant in properly those shrubs standing around in pots, to create a sheer extravagent bulb display. It’s the best time in the year when plants can be moved, and your garden can get a rather late spring clean.
Spurred on by the rising inspirations, I am finally going to get around to re-designing my urban greenspace. No compassion this time. Anything that doesn’t fit has to go. I’m the worst kind of horticulturist, I’m a hoarder. I can rarely afford to buy a large number of plants in one go, but having the green fingered touch and unable to ever walk away from that sparkling flower, I’ve ended up with a garden stuffed to the brim with plants. Plants in the wrong place. Plants that make no impact. Single, lonely individuals that really need a new home, a new focus in life. I can’t help it, I’m addicted, but unfortunately that means that my garden is less than near anything wonderful in design.
However, this is all to change and everything is coming out. Some may return, some may be given to neighbours, friends, clients. Some will go to the plant oasis in the sky. I need a clean slate. Bare earth, a clear mind, and a focussed idea to work to. I’ve already starting sourcing some local hard landscaping….from various skips in the neighbourhood, and when I’ve managed to draw up a few plans I’ll upload them and share. Essentially it’s an urban garden. A place to relax, to rest, to garden and to grow. I want to incorporate some veggie growing activity, and create some height with a few raised borders and possibly a single, structural tree. I must get sketching, and let the gardening mind flow.
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