More Gardens to view

In my last posting, I mentioned viewing 9 gardens in a week. The remaining gardens are shown here.

Master Gardeners of Brantford held its annual garden tour, in conjunction with a plant sale, last Sunday. All members are assigned to a location for half a day or the whole day. There were 3 gardens just around the corner from me so it was quite handy that I was assigned to one of them.
This garden, as it happens, belongs to one of the Brantford Garden Club members. It has a water feature, a custom designed "log cabin chalet" shed. It has several mature spruce trees at the upper level. When a tree dies, the owners cut it down leaving an 8 or 10ft stump and have someone do a carving!

Do click on all the pictures to maximize. There are details that you would not want to miss!




This garden is a regular sized "subdivision lot". In 30 years, the owners had converted it into a sanctuary with a water feature featuring ornamental grasses and pond ornaments. What is not shown is the gardener's Hosta collection which occupies the adjacent side of the lot.

It looks like there's a face on top of that water fountain, doesn't it?





This home garden featured several themes, one of them being this bench made of cedar branches. Note the placement of ornaments, rocks and plants. Its zen quality makes this corner of the garden one of my favorites.










A young couple banished their steep graded backyard lawn with a "water fall"that hugs the contour of the land. This was one of the 3 homes around the corner from me in this year's garden tour. The man of the house happens to be the gardener as well. He hauled every single one of those stones/concrete slabs up the hill because the space between the homes was too narrow for any 4 wheeled machine!

There were 3 more home gardens listed but I have no adequate photos to justify their unique features.

There is always something that I "take away" every time I view a beautifully created garden. It is the perfect exercise for anyone wanting to learn about gardening.

Not all gardens are created equal. A garden's personality is developed by its gardener. And like the gardener, it always evolves. My garden will be evolving for a long time.