Quote of the Day: Monty Don
“I would not want any garden of mine to be like anyone else’s any more than I would not want my bedroom to be like a hotel room. I increasingly long for the personal and the idiosyncratic. I want as much as possible to be handmade, one-off and distinctive. I like gardens that have their own accent and their own rules, and are ruck in dreams and memories that everyone can share but no one can replicate.”
-Monty Don in Down to Earth
As I finally am approaching the point where I can start making this garden my own, adding plants, hedges, sheds, greenhouses, and other things, I find myself constantly thinking about what would look good, what would work for my gardening styles, what works with the climate.
I have grand plans of soft fruit gardens, a hazel copse, a woodland garden, a spring garden and a parterre potager. Big plans, but I often thinks it’s better to dream big and size them down that to not dream big enough.
What are you big plans for your future garden?
Susy, I am kind of at my limit for garden planning. It’s not that I don’t have the room to expand with special area gardens but time and energy are becoming an issue. Perhaps in the future when family responsibilities are reduced, I can once again dream big but for now, it’s maintain and manage. I’m content with that for right now. The dream would be to have a shed at Terra Nova Gardens with a patio area and flower boxes around the shed. But like I said that’s perhaps some years down the road.
Have a great big garden dream day.
Nebraska Dave
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