Spring Garden

One of the main reasons we bought our house was the beautiful garden. Our place is set on just under 1000m2, which means that the garden is HUGE. I didn't really notice the hugeness of the garden when my brain decided to fall in love with it, it just took my breath away. I remember standing in the backyard with the real estate agent, the bellbirds twittering around us, kookaburras laughing (at me) and thinking to myself "I have to have this house". I won.

Soon after we moved in, I ventured out into the garden and started to assess what we needed to do with it to make it our own. I'm fortunate to come from a family of keen gardeners and my knowledge of gardening is pretty good as a result. These plans and ideas will form many of my blog posts because what I did is basically strip the backyard down to dirt and start again. It had been overplanted and badly maintained for many years as it was rented in the years before we bought it. I know this broke the heart of the owner, as she was a keen gardener and clearly loved the space.

Over the past weekend I ventured out into the spring sunshine with my camera to capture the emerging spring garden. I must say, spring makes me fall in love with my garden all over again. Even though it is in the 'In Progress' stage, there are still so many beautiful things to stop and admire.

It will keep me busy for the rest of my adult life, but I'm OK with that. It's a beautiful oasis. 

Spring Garden - picture slideshow