Every photo is taken in our garden. Enjoy! View fullsize Our property when we first bought it! Dry, lifeless soil and hardly any birds or insects to be found. We knew there was potential. View fullsize The main entrance to our open grass area which is called "The Green". We wanted to make a statement and went for this curving step look. Notice how the path narrows to capture your attention. View fullsize Bumble bee on a self sown Lupin (Lupinus) View fullsize Wild finch just after feeding from inside the homemade birdhouse during winter. View fullsize Looking down into a Pink Tulip with a white throat. View fullsize Foxglove (Digitalis) growing through an old metal wheel rim View fullsize View fullsize A small wild parrot (Green Rosella) stripping the fronds off of a Man Fern (Dicksonia Antarctica) to eat in winter. View fullsize A tiny spider on a Viburnum Tree flower. Common names include Snow Ball Tree and Guilded Rose. View fullsize Tulips are amazing flowers View fullsize An old wooden wagon positioned in a garden bed adds interest. Pink Lupins in the background. View fullsize Grape Hyacinth about to get a visitor View fullsize View fullsize Anemonie flowers View fullsize Erigeron Daisy (Pink Jewel) View fullsize Double daffodil View fullsize Close up of a Heuchara variety called Gold Rush View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Osteospernum flower View fullsize Yellow Granny's Bonnet (Aquilegia). All of our Granny's Bonnets come from an old fertile variety that has cross-pollinated over the years. We now naturally have a huge variety of colours and flower shapes. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Anemone Flower View fullsize View fullsize Alyssum flower View fullsize Heuchera View fullsize The little girl garden ornament is framed by seaside daisies to either side. An Itoh Peony (Julia Rose) is in bloom above. View fullsize A view looking out from our Shady Garden area. View fullsize Flowering Cherry (a variety called Ukon) flowering beautifully above a barrel with red and purple tulips View fullsize View fullsize Vibrant coloured mountain phlox (Phlox Subulata) View fullsize A view from our lawn area called "The Green" View fullsize Crab Apple (Malus Ioensis) on the left View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Chinese Lantern Flower (Abutilons) View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Clematis Flower View fullsize Bearded Iris View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize A spider web revealed by the evening light. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Hanging baskets of petunias add colour along our entrance driveway. They offer a nice contrast to the stacked firewood behind. View fullsize You can add formality to your garden as we have here by creating a circular bed around a water fountain. View fullsize The metal arbour draws your eye as you start to walk along this winding path. Three hanging pots on the arbour add a splash of colour at head height. View fullsize View fullsize Hanging baskets from the awning over a window makes it feel like the garden is even closer to the house. View fullsize View fullsize Metal gates with pot holders frame an entrance way to our house. The two hanging baskets draw your eye from the baskets in the gates.