Glad Monday GPODers!
We’re beginning the week with a jaw-dropping transformation and a few critical inspiration. Marty Oostveen moved from New Jersey to Douglassville, Pennsylvania simply over 9 years in the past, and began her new gardens from a clean slate of clay dust. Whereas tons of crops made the pilgrimage from New Jersey to her new residence in Pennsylvania, it’s nonetheless astounding to see what she has completed and created in lower than a decade.
Our backyard is in Douglassville, PA, and we moved right here in Might of 2016. It was a brand new constructing, with zero backyard, simply heavy compacted clay as you’ll be able to see within the image (see the photograph under). The primary order of enterprise was the addition of a 10K gallon pond for my moist pets, the koi. As soon as that was in, I began planting the 100+ crops that made the transfer from my NJ gardens after which added extra, and extra, and extra.
For my sixty fifth birthday three years in the past I had the final little bit of entrance garden eradicated, a brief retaining wall constructed, and planted the remainder of the entrance backyard. By now my backyard has change into a vacation spot in our improvement and I’ve made new gardening mates by gifting away extra crops. I’ve additionally impressed my neighbors!
I hope you benefit from the footage.
Regards,
(ms) Marty Oostveen
Marty was not exaggerating when she mentioned ZERO backyard. It’s nearly arduous to think about that this is similar area as the plush gardens she has created, and I can solely think about the quantity of amending she did alongside the best way.
The American fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus, Zones 3–9) within the first image is a feminine, which provides me shorter flowers, but additionally strings of fruit that are loved by the birds. This tree is in a rain backyard.
This can be a shot of my pond with the blooming dogwood. Beneath the dogwood I’ve a set of miniature hostas.
A shot of the entrance backyard with the raised mattress within the center. The cobblestones disguise a drainage pipe going all the best way from the gutter to the sidewalk, watering my backyard. Gravel paths run across the beds out to the road and to the entrance door.
Spring She shed is the left hand facet of the property in entrance, with a curly willow (Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’, Zones 4–8), which I grew from a twig. Beneath is one other shade backyard with hostas, ferns, heucheras, Double Play® Sweet Corn® spirea (Spiraea japonica ‘NCSX1’, Zones 4–8), echinaceas, Stella D’oro daylily (Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’, Zones 5–7), and yellow blooming alliums.
The sedum meadow is on the proper hand facet of the home, subsequent to the driveway and going all the best way out to the sidewalk. It’s a mixture of sedum, and, a lot to child’s enjoyment (and mine) a herd of dinosaurs might be seen roaming the meadow. (You would possibly be capable of see the lengthy necks of some dinosaurs peeking out from the sedum, however for a better look you’ll be able to try this nice article about Marty’s backyard: Berks girl’s yard oasis)
Lastly, a shot of my again backyard. Arborvitae within the background with quite a lot of hostas, ferns, heucheras, epimediums within the shade of a (yellow blooming) magnolia. There may be additionally a yellow smokebush (Cotinus coggygria ‘Ancot’, Zones 4–10), and outdoors of the image, a purple smokebush (Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’, Zones 4–8), underplanted with extra shade lovers. There’s a Berry Heavy® winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata ‘Spravy’, Zones 3–9), and a Mr. Poppins® Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata ‘Spravy’, Zones 3–9) to make sure numerous berries on the Berry Heavy® holly.
Thanks a lot for sharing your inspiring backyard with us, Marty! Shifting is sort of all the time a frightening endeavor, and also you had a fair bigger undertaking to take care of than most. However your outcomes present {that a} robust imaginative and prescient, some creativity, and quite a lot of planting can create an oasis wherever.
Do you’ve any earlier than and after photographs of your backyard? It may be a full-garden creation like Marty’s, or pots and decor you added to perk up your patio. Irrespective of the area you’ve or the modifications you’ve made, it’s all the time inspiring to see how something might be improved with a bit of love and crops. To submit your photographs to Backyard Photograph of the Day, observe the instructions under to submit through e mail, or ship me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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