Wednesday 19 June 2013

NEC Gardeners World - a few of the gardens

 African garden - painting walls with strong colour - magenta and burnt orange here - really lift the mood even on a dull day.  Used here with wood, wicker, bark and some simple planting.

 I love the combination of foxgloves and old pots with lichen in this 'Birmingham Borders' category of garden designed by a student Ben Corah.   Some of my own foxgloves are in flower now but I'm still waiting for the chocolate ones.
 The grey-green of the aloes, lavender coloured cushions and wood + sedums made a calm, minimal and low maintenance garden.
An interesting idea of what to do with an VW if you have had enough of repairing it!