Whew! I'm exhausted. This weekend, I put in a new "blue and white" bed in front of the addition.
Here's the before shot:
The bench was actually not a part of the "before." My husband's need to move it from its prior location so he could take down some dead trees prompted the whole project. Behind the bench is some goatsbeard, to the left is a Quickfire hydrangea, and to the right is a variegated dogwood of some sort.
Needless to say, the sod removal was the most labor intensive part of the project.
The stepping stones are heavy slate rocks that someone had dumped off at my husband's shops because they didn't want or need them anymore. Again... notice how I'm blaming this project on my husband. :)
And here's the finished project. At the sides of the bench are two Sum and Substance hostas (one which looked much better before I moved it). I planted some Walkers Low nepeta along the sidewalk, some Glory Bee Geraniums and some balloon flowers along the front of the curve, with little white clips campanulas for edging. Closer to the stairs (back left corner) I planted several herbs to have right outside of the kitchen window. But I'm most excited for the irises that I planted in this garden. I've had irises here for several years in a variety of locations and they just don't enough sun to produce blooms, so I'm hoping now that they're here, they'll bloom next year.
I'd like to say that this is my last new garden of the year, but I still have several wheelbarrows full of black dirt in a pile behind the garage just begging to be part of a new little garden soon!
What a fun project! I love the shape and the bench. I can't wait to see it later this year when everything has settled. Thanks for taking a walk in our woods. I perfer mean old principal to admistrator, but whatever works. Hope you have fun gardening.
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