The Miracle Grove

Ah 'the grove', looks fabulous Loos, another great lulu zone for the garden : )

It looks fantastic Lulu. Well done with the tub - glad it found a home, lol.
I think I need to do something with my 'japanese corner' - it's lucking a nice water feature, lol.
And once again - thank you for a fantastic day:)
Ok - coffee or two and time to do my blog;-)

It looks great pleased you all had a lovely day, love the lighting as well.

Clarice, I've had the glass lantern for ages, it's perfect for candles, if the wind blows, it doesn't matter!
Kasy, I am looking forward to your blog!
Stevie, was wondering if an orange bowl would look out of place!
It's a lovely place to sit and contemplate.
Next job is x 4 paving slabs set in the grass nearby and to move the chimera!

Lovely blog Lou, that little patch is fantastic, I love it and all the little bits you have added to it. Did you plant the bamboo in its pot? The night photo looks very calming, bet you all had fun :)

Love the golden bamboo Lulu and the little pond, every time you look out to this area it will remind you of your GOY friends, lovely..And a Happy Birthday to Kasy..

It looks lovely Lulu. And you all look to have had a smashing time. jx

I dared to not plant the Bamboo in a pot!! Could end up with a very big grove! Apparently golden bamboo tends to grow up, rather then width.....hope so!

Looks fab - well done all!!

Thanks Sheilar, lots of tea drinking!

Ah. I see, anyway looks great, you can always get your Goy pals to come back and dig some out this time next year Lol.

That's a good idea GM! or I can have a bamboo forest!

Thank you Youngdaisydee:)
how about a bamboo nursery Lulu? lol
P.S. still working on my blog...

You could be responsible for 'bambooing' half of the gardens in the UK - lol jx

The dogs will enjoy the 'forest' Lou!!!

I now have a new plan!!! Details coming soooon! It involves digging and a pond liner!

deleting the wrong pics, I feel for you! I did that once: now I have a folder in "my pictures" for "camera uploads" - I put all of the pictures in that, and then sort - one can get back a deleted photo that way.

But the pics you saved are brilliant, and hope your birthday was as brill.

that's looks really lovely Lulu, like the candles around it too, gives it a mystical secret look :-)

lovely blog lulu

that bamboo is so gorgeous! and together with lights and the water its just perfect; a place for contemplation!

i think you will be taking lots of photos there, light on the bamboo and moonlight shots too ~ beautiful.

Is the bamboo a spreader? I've read that it's a lot harder to get rid of it when it starts to take over the garden than it is to plant it

What a lovely blog, Lulu. Together you've created something really magical and peaceful. The dragon is great and I love the evening shots with the light in the pond. Is that a floating candle? The woven pole topped with blue lantern is lovely too. In fact, I just love all of it. Just popping out for a quick dragon and a winged frog ...

Hi lulu, that has given me a great idea for my "boring" top lawn that is 10 X 5 mtrs and just grass...and the odd weed or two.....as we were down at the bungalow this afternoon I started measuring thing out....but I think I will make mine oval and not oblong like yours...it will break the "squareness"..(if there is such a word) of the lawn up....but have an acer or something instead of bamboo...I hope that you don´t mind me pinching your idea....work on it will start??????. Now a question...did you put plastic sheeting or the like underneath the gravel/pebbles to prevent weeds coming through?.

I think I will go 'oval' too, a much kinder shape. No plastic sheeting.....a weeding I will go!
I will post pics tomorrow of a little something I've added!!
Also, tomorrow, will go out and remember what the dragon says......in it's curled tail!
Sticki...............it's just fab, thank you.

What does it say in its curled tail, Lulu?

Ah....I knew someone was going to ask that!!! It says something like..........'oo I can't remember. I will go and look later!

So...went out, in the rain, didn't have my reading glasses....brought Dragon in. And it says:
'May the spiral dance of the dragons dream encircle you with love and light.'
So there we go!!

Thank you for going above and beyond, Lulu. You thoroughly deserve to be encircled with love and light for that! What a lovely inscription.

He's a nice, friendly little Dragon!

He looks it and anyone bearing such a lovely inscription would have to be. Funnily enough, I did find my dragon when I popped out for one the other day. She's a Bearded Dragon, a pet kept by someone who lodges in the same house as my son - not sure how I feel about that - and I fed her some lettuce leaves. I got a photo but it came out badly because of the light from the heat lamp in her living quarters. You couldn't really tell what she was, sadly. Still looking for my winged frog though!

A lizzardy person?

Who, me? I do find them interesting.

LoL, I meant the bearded dragon!

Oh! Yes definitely. Apparently they can live to 200 years old and more!

WHAT? Those Lizardy people..dragons? As much as buying a parrot!!

WHAT A HAPPY BLOG, LULU:-)))))))))))

Thanks Junna! (sorry haven't replied to your message yet, am busy and tired! But will do soon x)

And YIKES, someone just told me that this bamboo can spread 50 feet! I really hope not!

job well done Lulu and looks smashing ;o)

Thank you San (and thank you Kasia, Stevie and Sticki!)
It's got it's oval shape now and looks much prettier and hasn't spread yet!!

You're welcome Lulu:) Glad you enjoy it so much:)

more than happy to help, it was great fun!

so Sticki - next time we visit Lulu - we can dig a swimming pool for her, lol.

oh ok then kasy!!! you bring the digger! i will bring a hose pipe!!!

and who will be the Muscle? lol

Oh no! No swimming pool..thanks! Veggie patch maybe....although it's an awful lot of work. Just trying to work out what wood I need to make each individual bed.....I may be some time!