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A SOS to any green thumbs out there
I have always found gardening to be therapeutic and it has given me great joy. However, after a major crisis with Mr Darcy's health I have not had been able to get back into it. Have other gardeners suffered from a similar hiatus and how have you recovered and got going again?
Darcy
PS have a spot that needs filling any recommendations for a 1m high cool climate white flower plant?
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When we lived in Vic I really enjoyed Lambley Nursery and would take visitors there @Smc as we did with the Garden of St Erth.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
my camelia flowers are out @Former-Member
Hello @Smc, @Determined, @Adge, @eudemonism,
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SmcSenior Contributor
Hi @Shaz51.
@Former-MemberGarden club visited St Erth last month. I think I like Lambley's gardens better. I liked being able to see the evidence of Tommy Garnett's original layout and plant selection at St Erth, but over the years a lot of that has been relaid or replanted by Diggers. Fair enough, a new owner has the perogative of remaking a garden, but Tommy Garnett had it as a plantsman's garden; for Diggers it's a display garden to help sell their plant range. Still a well laid out garden, but not so "homey".
The Lambley garden are display gardens too, but somehow they feel more inviting. I'm not sure which bit I like best out of the Kitchen Garden and the Dry Garden....
Another interesting Central Vic one we visited is the more recent creation of Greg Lyons, Wild Honey garden. It's a private garden, not often open to the public, so it was a bit of a treat getting a private showing of it. It's a fun garden to explore.
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/a-lush-oasis/9441012
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Camellias are lovely @Shaz51 I have a nice red one that I think could do with a bit of fertiliser.
Will check out the link @Smc
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Enjoyed the link @Smc some people are just so talented.
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
@Former-Member
Time to do some gardening tomorrow.
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SmcSenior Contributor
I had a bit of a "blah-veg out" day yesterday, and have been out most of today, but did manage to plant a bit more garlic yesterday morning, and collected three bucketfuls of green feed for our rabbits and guinea pigs just now, plus some fennel, Jerusalem Artichokes and parsley to go in the humans' dinner. Collecting animal tucker counts as gardening, particularly when their tucker consists of weeds, overgrown honeysucle vine, Japonica prunings and the somewhat tough old outer leaves of cabbages and parsley. Plus the surplus fronds off the fennel bulbs.
We're due for a week of alternating forecasts of rain and showers, so I don't know how much I'll be getting outside. I really really need to build a greenhouse big enough to accomodate me along with the plants!
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You are well ahead of me @Smc
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