Warren B

This was an interesting one. A naturalistic garden planted with wildlife friendly plants using the ‘hardcore gardening’ technique. This technique is a variation on gravel gardening using a thick layer of either crushed hardcore, crushed brick or in this case sharp sand, spread over the soil. The plants are planted into this layer of material. The roots of the plants grow down through the layer of sand to the soil underneath and the sand acts as a free-draining mulch which suits dry climate plants and wild flowers. Eventually the plants here will spread and seed over the layer of sand and it will become hidden. For the moment though the client is enjoying how it reminds them of a “Californian garden”!
More photos of this garden will follow as the plants mature.