The new corner.
By rose1949
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Last year , you may remember seeing my walk around the garden in June and walking through a pergola and passing my green house. Well, the pergola was so old that it was nearly falling down and the green house didn’t get much sun there, probably 2 or 3 hours a day, ( well, when the sun shines!) So, as I had a green house in full sun on the allotment and a small propogating one in the back, we decided to give it to a very good friend of ours who lost his allotment green house when his shed caught fire. We then had to take the pergola down and decided to make this area look a lot prettier.
This is how it used to look. Unfortunately I had climbing roses on it and the side nearest the green house , had to be dug up. I transplanted both roses to my allotment archway and am pleased to say that one has definitely taken. Not sure about the other one though. The climbing rose New Dawn, I didn’t want to move and so we left it climbing around one remaining post .Hywel gave me the idea of a trellis , but this would have blocked the sun out from the rest of the border, so I took one long stem and trained it lower onto a structure of canes. this seems to be working.
Hubby had bought an arbour seat for this area and then we cleared it all up and gravelled it. Its a lovely place to sit as you can see through to the rest of the garden.
And this beautiful water feature which my lovely hubby bought me for my birthday finishes it off a treat! Unfortunately we didn’t realise that it only worked when the sun shone, so its now in the front garden waiting hopefully for it to shine!
16 Jul, 2012
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It's lovely ...what a difference love the arbour seat and the water feature . Iam so glad the rose is growing :o))
16 Jul, 2012
Lovely...
16 Jul, 2012
Thanks Annella, it is, at least it is when the rain stops!
Thanks Niverdeen, I'm amazed this rose took as it was moved at totally the wrong time of year!
Thanks Numbty for your comment.
16 Jul, 2012
All looks lovely
16 Jul, 2012
Its smashing Rose, I love the arbour seat and the water feature is really nice as well, shame about the lack of you know what to make it work...
16 Jul, 2012
That looks lovely, Rose - like the water feature! You must feel very pleased with yourself - so much achieved!
16 Jul, 2012
I am sure you must have little elves that help you at night!
I would of thought you would be taking a rest after all that work on the allotment, but no, you've been working on this, dont you ever stop???
I'd like to know what you have for breakfast as I think I need some!
It looks fabulous Rose, I loved the arbour before but as it had to go, what a lovely replacement.
Now see that lovely new seat, try sitting on it for a while :-)
16 Jul, 2012
That looks lovely Rose...I have the same arbour - although it hasn't been used yet!! Water feature is gorgeous too! Great job and big difference :)
16 Jul, 2012
It looks so lovely Rpse - well done!
16 Jul, 2012
What a difference. It looks lovely now.
I hope we get some better weather soon, for you to use your seat and for the water feature to work :o)
16 Jul, 2012
It looks wonderful Rose, I especially love the fountain :))
16 Jul, 2012
I love what you have done and I hope that BOTH roses wll grow in their new places. Your birthday present is really lovely, what a perfect choice.
16 Jul, 2012
Thanks Clarice, Mel , Scottish, Sheilar and hywel for your lovely comments. It did actually work on my birthday, Hywel as it was a sunny day.
Thanks Lincs and we won't mention THAT word just incase it comes out again!
Thanks Willinillie, I always start my day with bran flakes, so it could be that which kick starts me in the morning!lol. I can't relax like I used to and if I haven't got a project on the go, don't know what to do with myself!
Thanks Michaella, is this water feature the same as yours then ( apart from yours being electric)?
Thanks Chris, but I think the other rose is dying. 2 stems have already gone black, but never mind, its a good excuse to go to the garden centre! Lol.
17 Jul, 2012
looks great and love the harbour seat and water feature.
17 Jul, 2012
Love your new corner Rose the harbour seat fits with and compliments your trellising on the back fence.
20 Jul, 2012
Thanks Sanbaz, all we need now is the sun!
Thanks Stroller, hubby had only just put the trellising up and I said the same. We didn't realise at the time that it was the same colour.
20 Jul, 2012
Lovely makeover Rose, and what a lovely garden you have too my friend..I hope your roses are still doing ok..What great photos and lovely blog.
19 Oct, 2012
Thankyou Floribunda, I'm pleased to say, the other rose took and is now climbing away up my archway in the allotment garden.
19 Oct, 2012
That is wonderful news! Nothing worse than moving a plant and losing it..I take all losses very personally..lol..\0/x
20 Oct, 2012
Same here Flori ! x
20 Oct, 2012
Glad that I am not alone..I dread losing a plant..Silly really as it is just nature, but each individual plant means something to me.. I always feel I have failed it in some way when it doesn't thrive..:~(
21 Oct, 2012
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I love the arbour seat and the water feature Rose, it looks like a really peaceful place to sit now.
16 Jul, 2012