Wendy’s garden in Virginia, Day 1

Today ’s photos ( and Monday ’s ) are from Wendy Kremer . She says,“I garden in Northern Virginia on a mostly sunny , quarter - acre suburban batch with rocky clay stain . This is my first home base and my first garden , but we ’ve been here for almost 15 years now .

“ Even as a small fry I want my own flower garden , and as a adolescent I fall in love with English style cottage gardens and perennial border . I began to assemble a booklet of pep up pictures from powder store and garden catalog and I learned as much as I could about the plants that captivated me . I did n’t get my own garden until I was 31 , but by that time I had about as much gardening knowledge as you may take on without in reality having plant a single perennial , and I was capable to avoid some common rookie mistakes .

“ It still took me some prison term to bear that my climate and stain were not idealistic for delphiniums and a few other English cottage garden staples . I implant almost everything you see in these moving-picture show ( inside the fence , anyway ) myself , with the elision of three exist shrubs and two large conifers planted by the late owners .

“ We build the gravel itinerary in Fall 2011 . I have added new bottom and expand existing ones over the age , removing infinite rocks and making homes for plant division , seedling , and new acquisitions . ”

Wow , Wendy . It ’s the paradigm of springtime ! * * On Monday we ’ll see a few wider views of Wendy ’s garden and find out what befall in her bottom in May . A Friday cliffhanger ! Are n’t I malevolent ? ! Stay tuned ! In the meantime you ’ll find much more information in the captions . * *

- - I ’m getting so many great submissions , but I can always use more ! Dig out your cameras , take a big long paseo around your garden , and SEND ME PHOTOS ! I make out having more than I could possibly work to choose from . Thanks ! ! * * *

- - One more affair … .. have you always question what your fellow GPODers are like in person ? Never thought you ’d get a chance to meet them?Check this out … .While the GPOD is n’t officially a taunton forum , it ’s close enough , and I want to extend the invite . Anybody at all interested ? I ’d be unforced to search for some gardens to tour …

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