Looking Down

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Looking down on your garden gives you a chance to study the design and exposes any re-shaping of beds that is required. So we occasionally take photos from our upstairs windows. The photos of parts of our front garden in early spring show the design based on circles and flowing lines with grass reduced to a minimum to give a route which is soft underfoot.

We shall take the same views in different seasons to see how effective the design is through the seasons.

About greenbenchramblings

A retired primary school head teacher, I now spend much of my time gardening in our quarter acre plot in rural Shropshire south of Shrewsbury. I share my garden with Jude my wife a newly retired teacher , eight assorted chickens and a plethora of wildlife. Jude does all the heavy work as I have a damaged spine and right leg. We also garden on an allotment nearby. We are interested in all things related to gardens, green issues and wildlife.
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6 Responses to Looking Down

  1. Margie says:
    May 6, 2012 at 14:54

    A grand idea and such a pretty spot to have tea!

  2. PJ Girl says:
    May 6, 2012 at 20:22

    A great birds eye view and you have so many different plants… really lovely.

    • greenbenchramblings says:
      May 6, 2012 at 20:48

      Many thanks for comments. Looking down on your plot spotlights different things to those you notice when wandering with your feet on the ground.

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  3. pbmgarden says:
    May 7, 2012 at 21:20

    Great to see your garden from this perspective. My own garden often seems best from above.

    • greenbenchramblings says:
      May 8, 2012 at 11:55

      It is interesting to look at your garden from different places. When i designed our garden originally I tried to include a viewpoint from each window. Another idea for a blog?

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