The Idea Fix: A Garden of Continuous Blooms Over Three Years
After purchasing a country cottage, the concept for my future garden quickly took shape in my mind—I wanted my own little paradise where no one could disturb, trim, or uproot anything.
And any paradise should be blooming. All the time. From dawn to dusk, from the fence to lunchtime. Creating a garden of continuous blooms became a three-year fixation in my life, and I believe I succeeded in bringing it to life.
From the early days of April until the end of the country season in November, something is always in bloom in the garden, and there are no problems with bouquets in the house.
I’m not too concerned about how the garden looks in winter since I am already on a wonderful island during that time. Therefore, I decided to forgo evergreens in favor of a fruit garden, as having junipers and other such plants in close proximity would be like a bone in the throat.
In this digest, you’ll find the entire story of creating a garden of continuous blooms, painted in broad strokes over the past three years. Each subheading represents a path to an additional article with more details.
Spring Garden
Last autumn, I did a lot of preparation for the upcoming spring, correcting some mistakes with the placement of bulbous spring flowers.
I stopped scattering them thinly across the entire garden, where they would get lost, and instead grouped them together to make a strong impact. Each in its own time. And in its rightful place.
Strawberry Moon
A garden is a kaleidoscope spun by the seasons, and the flowers in the flower beds are its glass pieces, forming different pictures.
There are so many glass pieces. So many. At first, I tried to count my plants, but then I lost track.
Peak of Summer
In the first year of creating the garden, I planted flowers indiscriminately, without considering their bloom times. That’s what everyone does.
By the second year, I realized that I needed to choose early and late varieties of each type to ensure the overall blooming period lasted at least one and a half months. And so it was. And it became so.
Because autumn is approaching, and with it comes the time for transplanting when the heat subsides. It’s a favorable time for rectifying gardening mistakes.
Destructive August
August is that time when you stand in the middle of the garden, hands on hips, and contemplate what to break in order to rebuild it later, but even better than before.
Square Meter
They say creating a garden of continuous blooms is easy, but making a flower bed with continuous blooms is practically impossible. But I didn’t know that. And so, I did it.
The Fifth Corner
My garden occupies just four hundred square meters, some of which are also occupied by the house, so I have to think about visually expanding the small plot.
Expanding the actual garden is no longer a dream for me. Two years of renting the neighboring plot was enough for me to realize that four hundred square meters are more than enough for a home and a family. Anything more would be enslavement.
Over three years of gardening, I’ve come to understand one interesting thing: the garden rarely shows you the exact picture you desire. However, it can reveal something else, equally beautiful and just as ephemeral.
