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Violet Hill Farm: Planting Underway
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Monday, 2 February 2015. The new japanese inspired water courtyard is about 90% complete with planting undertaken in late spring. Just a few more rocks and pebbles to add to hide pond liner and a year for the plants to mature. H. Ere is the plant list for the garden – a blend of native and exotic species with predominantly green on green with occasional silver and white colour scheme:. Juniper (cascade style bonsai). 8216;Red rocks’. And the skin...
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Violet Hill Farm: September 2014
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Saturday, 27 September 2014. A Garden Close Up. A generous lend of a macro lens from Jack Hobbs at the Auckland Botanic Gardens for my trip to the rainforests of Borneo has ensured a new addition to the ‘must have’ list for Christmas. It reminds me of the wise advice of an elderly gardener I used to visit as an 11 year old. She had a large rambling garden full of roses and bulbs and some very sweet bantams (of whose eggs I always went home with).
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Violet Hill Farm: February 2012
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Tuesday, 28 February 2012. Nectar of the Gods. Posted by Calyx Design. Sunday, 26 February 2012. A Plateful of Pink. I'm totally and utterly smitten with the Sedum. Posted by Calyx Design. Friday, 24 February 2012. We just picked up 40 new 5 day old Barnevelder chickens from Poultry Valley Lifestyle. There are four remaining of my first girls, and they still produce their lovely brown eggs every second day after 7 years! Posted by Calyx Design.
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Violet Hill Farm: Favourite Plants
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Wednesday, 10 September 2014. It’s never hard with our gorgeous array of New Zealand native plants but I’ve just fallen head over heals in love with two particular natives that now have pride of place in my Asian inspired Water courtyard and Merlot garden. The first – Sporadanthus ferrugineus (giant wire rush). 8211; is a restiad species from the domed bogs that were once found throughout the North Island (now restricted to a few in Waikato).
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Violet Hill Farm: Spring
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Tuesday, 9 September 2014. The welcome swallows have returned and taken up residence - one pair has been making their mud nest on the roof rafters of the new outdoor room. I could spend hours just watching them. Posted by Calyx Design. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Discover More about the Garden. A Garden Close Up. Marron and Dolce Blog. View the blog of Marron and Dolce artisan patisserie based at Violet Hill Farm.
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Violet Hill Farm: December 2011
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Saturday, 31 December 2011. This year the plants seem to have finally covered the majority of the plastic framework of the wall (I used a Maccaferri green wall product) and is looking quite effective. I have included the plant list below, but the most successful to date have been the NZ native mint (I didn't even know there was one), and the. Green Wall Plant Species being Trialled (all sourced from Oratia Native Plant Nursery). View of Green Wall.
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Violet Hill Farm: March 2012
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Thursday, 15 March 2012. The aubergines have been very successful this year and have produced a number of large glossy purple/black fruits. I love the idea that they (including tomatoes, potatoes and capsicum) are all from the nightshade or Solanaceae family and potentially so dangerous with their vast and interesting mix of alkaloid properties! Which reminds me of a wonderful book that I discovered recently by Amy Stewart. Posted by Calyx Design.
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Violet Hill Farm: June 2012
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Friday, 8 June 2012. A total 'winter clean-out' has been occurring over the last few weeks, with beds being cleared of old plants and fresh worm compost and soil added with winter veges then going in. Posted by Calyx Design. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Discover More about the Garden. Marron and Dolce Blog. View the blog of Marron and Dolce artisan patisserie based at Violet Hill Farm. Garden, Nature and Other Inspriational Blogs.
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Violet Hill Farm: August 2012
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Seasonal musings from a designers evolving country garden. Wednesday, 8 August 2012. I was pleasantly distracted this morning as I opened the gate to go to work - a delicate gossamer threaded web (strung between the bare winter branches of the Pin oaks) caught my eye in the morning fog. It's nice on occasion to be reminded of the pleasure of stopping to notice the small things and the beauty and delicacy of the natural world - suffice it to say I had a lovely drive to work! Posted by Calyx Design.
