Before I start my big garden project tomorrow, I thought I’d share a few photos I’ve taken of a couple of neighbourhood gardens. The first two are of the side yard up the street that I mentioned in my previous post. The cosmos are splendid in both photos. In the first one you can see Japanese anemone behind the cosmos, but the photo doesn’t do them justice; they are among my favourites at this time of year; in the second you can see the phlox in the background, which is bi-coloured, white and pink.
The other garden I wanted to share is in a park on Somerled and Hampton, just up the street from me. The gardener in charge, whoever s/he is, has a wonderful eye, a great knowledge of plants and excellent taste. All summer this particular bed has been a pleasure to look at, but now it’s spectacular. The highlights are the “dinner plate” hibiscus flowers that you can see in clumps along the front, but if you look at the bed as a whole, the colours and sizes of the plants are so balanced that they create a work of art. Beyond the garden bed the trees are also planted symmetrically, which adds to the whole effect. In the spring the smaller trees are covered in gorgeous pink flowers. As much as I deplore the city’s difficulties with their budget, etc., I’m glad they’re still allocating money to make the parks this beautiful!
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