june 22 2024 - The Grimsby garden Tour dodged the rain
It is Grimsby Garden Tour Day and I haven't taken any pictures of my garden yet. So I guess you will see some tomorrow, or you may be coming to the July 1 party on June 30th and will see it then.
This year's work effort to get ready was substantial. Last August, a dental issue arose causing sufficient pain that gardening declined. The problem was resolved with a root canal in October. So a few months went by without any work activity.
This spring, weeds and unruly plants needed lots of attention.
If I am not a gardener who wants to turn my yard into an outdoor house. I say house, as it seems that outdoor garden rooms are several now. There's the living area, there's the dining area and there's a full-scale kitchen. Some of the gardens on the tour even had "sleeping" areas - with a hammock or huge loungers that look like reclining beds to me. And the hot tub (bathing area) has been around for decades, so not new here.
How did we get here? That we turned the "out" inside out? The headlines tell us a bit of "why":
Be the envy of your neighbours
Outdoor living rooms and transitional zones
Seamless integration of indoors and outdoors
Must-know trends shaping outdoor living spaces in modern architecture
Remember when Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Waters brought the outside in?
What kind of gardener am I? My garden is now outside the norm. It has imperfect grass and not enough grass. There are lots of plants crowded together. The potting area is always on the gp - it doesn't get tidy very often. And that clay pot collection? How many pots are there?
What kind of a garden and gardener is this? I seem to have an old-fashioned garden - loose and informal, an abundance of densely planted annuals, perennials, shrubs, etc. Those nostalgic flowers, natural-looking shrubs, ground covers, fragrance, and garden structures.
Or to up-scale the terminology - a Vintage Garden. Sounds good to me.
Here are a few vignettes from the gardens on tour today.
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