A Rather Sad Garden

Chris has been gradually putting the garden to bed for the winter - note the tree fern in it's winter duvet. It's all looking quite tidy and ready for when the spring bulbs start to grow but it does look sad with hardly any colour and no garden furniture.

[Ian George]

There is areal sense of sadness here but in a few months it will be alive again.

[xbm]

Remember it last summer. I am very sure it will be amazing next year.

[Michelle]

That’s the worse part of coming into the colder weather!

[Lis Lapthorn]

Ah, but think how lovely it looks in spring and summer. Something to look forward to.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh wow, putting the garden to bed! I love winter images from you all because it is such a strange concept to me in the tropics. the pond is looking beautiful from this pov

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a lovely view as the garden goes to sleep ! It may not be colourful , but the many shdes and structurs of the plants make a lovely view!

[Joanne Diochon]

It does have that ‘off season’ look to it…but lots of hope and anticipation for next spring tucked neatly in and under the soil.

[Pat Knowles]

You just wrap the root? I love those ferns but they are so expensive yet grow like weeds in NZ. Your house & garden look lovely in its winter mode.

[Heather]

Maybe a little sad, Sue, but you still have many greens and that lovely pond giving a nice reflection! (Wow- the duvet!)

[Judith Johnson]

I hope it will all be worth it, and your tree fern will survive

[John Falconer]

The cycle goes round and round! Lovely shot.

[Babs]

Beginning to look rather wintery.

[Sue Cooper]

@happypat Thank you Pat. Chris stuffs fleece or something similar into the crown of the tree fern. Usually he cuts all the fronds off but decided to leave a few this year - I think he saw that on a gardening programme. This tree fern has survived 5 winters in it's current position and last year was extremely cold.

[Sue Cooper]

@busylady It's survived 5 winters so far Judith and last winter was a particularly bad one. It came back bigger and stronger than ever this year. It's always well wrapped for the winter and Chris stuffs the crown with fleece and I think the fact that it's in a corner gives it some protection.

[Dorothy]

What lovely garden even at this time of the year.

[Valerie Chesney]

Oh Sue, it is a little sad but, will be beautiful again.

[Rosie Kind]

Nice to see the pond though

[Merrelyn]

It must be quite a job to prepare a garden for a cold, snowy Winter.