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A Walk Through The Garden

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Spring in Tasmania is many things:  Weather is very unpredictable : This week we've had 20 deg, sun, rain, wind and a dusting of snow on the surrounding hills. In the garden it's busy : Everything is growing, especially the weeds, so keeping on top of everything while trying to do the last of the planning and planting before the summer dry can be rather overwhelming. But it's very, very pretty. Spring bulbs, green fields, lambs, new growth. It's worth it. Every day after coffee and yoga I walk the garden. Just to make sure everything is as it should be and to mentally update my list. This morning, I though I'd take the camera with me. The Mediterranean garden is finally starting to look full. I never thought it would achieve the density of planting I had envisioned. The goal was always to not see any soil. And this year it might actually get there.    In the last year I have been packing the garden out with grasses, chives and adding seeds constantly.  I've also...

What's In Bloom? August 2026

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 This winter has been so mild and manageable. It's actually been lovely which I'm not sure I've said before about a Tasmanian winter. The garden is green and happy. By my best guess, the garden is 2 to 4 weeks ahead of flowering schedule this year. After watching the spring and summer that the UK and Europe have had, I'm not entirely sure this is a good thing, but we'll wait and see. The loveliest thing about this time of year is watching the garden 'wake up'. It reminds me so much of living in Edinburgh, where the winters were certainly harsher and bleaker than here and seeing the bulbs emerge to announce that the seasons are changing, the warm is coming! One of the first to emerge is Hellebore, known as the Winter Rose. I love these wonderful flowers. Dianthus has been blooming the whole year! These gorgous little things are very appropriately named Grape Hyacinth or Muscari. These have multiplied and multiplied and I'd be quite happy if they took over...