The Garden in Review 2010

"Sycamore Gardens" is the name of my garden. It is nestled in a grove of Sycamore trees along the White River.

Looking out the window at the garden this time of year makes you feel that the garden is pretty brown and dead. The nice thing about taking pictures of your garden during the growing season is that you can look back and still enjoy your garden again. The 2010 growing season started out with lots of rain and everything grew very well, but I did have some disease issues that I had not had in the past. Then came the dry spell with very little rain. The dry spell lasted for several months and the garden, soil and plants looked pretty sad. Looking over the past seasons weather problems the garden seems to have survived and right now I am getting a rest from dragging garden hoses and watering cans around the yard. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the 2010 year.

Winter in the garden

The Rose Garden

The Woodland Garden

The Woodland Garden

The Hydrangea Garden during the blooming of H. Venticosa.

I have already started making my plans for next years garden. I hope to add more historical or antique roses, more mums and add rock around the flower beds. Today is a good time to plan and dream about next years garden while the snow is flying outside my window and those garden catalogues are arriving in the mail.

Happy Gardening!

The Creative Gardener