Recycled wheelbarrow - turned it in to a bog garden
By drc726
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The frame rusted off my wheelbarrow so as I had a Bressingham Blue Hosta and Polystichum polyblepharum (Japanese tassel fern) that needed help I thought I would make the barrow into a bog garden in a shady area of the garden. I have added a new fern in the centre and hope the 3 plants will cohabit happily.
- 20 Jul, 2018
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That will look good - though the little critic sitting in the corner seems to be a bit dubious!
Great idea.
I thought Polysticum liked well drained soil though?
20 Jul, 2018
Yes Steragram perhaps bog garden is the wrong word as it is moist but drains well
20 Jul, 2018
Great idea ! It's good to recycle stuff :)
21 Jul, 2018
Good idea Denise, I make use of lots of past their sell-by dates items, with a bit of creativity most things can be recycled...
21 Jul, 2018
It looks lovely nice touch with the little girl she s lovely. Added to GoY pedia feature ideas.
21 Jul, 2018
Thanks everyone
21 Jul, 2018
That is a good idea.
22 Jul, 2018
Thanks Linda
22 Jul, 2018
That's good !
... I've added to GoYpedia.
30 Jul, 2018
Thanks TT
30 Jul, 2018
Sadly, 'Bog Garden Plants' is not one of my GoYpedia pages ... otherwise I would have added it there too ... your design is such a nice project that could be done by people with small gardens and by newcomers to gardening. So I've now added it to Small Gardens also.
30 Jul, 2018
Thanks TT
31 Jul, 2018
I love this. The only problem is when I see a good idea like this I want to "recycle" it for my own space. If I keep doing that Ill end up with no space at all.
31 Jul, 2018
Lol I know just what you mean
1 Aug, 2018
Great idea Denise hope it does well
20 Jun, 2019
Thanks Sanbaz
20 Jun, 2019
This is an excellent idea for a Sarracenia garden (Pitcher Plants). They are exotic carnivorous bog plants. Now I can set it up. Thank You Drc.
27 Feb, 2021
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That's a lovey idea I am sure it will mature nicely.
20 Jul, 2018