Garden of the Day: Kensington DIY, Four Years On
[nggallery id=”22517″ template=galleryview] Here’s a submission from Kensington: “We did all of this ourselves, both front and back including designing and building the pergola. We wanted two distinct ‘rooms’ in back and used the pergola as a visual divider. We have no pics yet but are currently using the space as a lounge area in…
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Here’s a submission from Kensington: “We did all of this ourselves, both front and back including designing and building the pergola. We wanted two distinct ‘rooms’ in back and used the pergola as a visual divider. We have no pics yet but are currently using the space as a lounge area in back with outdoors couch and firepit and will be getting a small dining set for the area by the house. Old cracked cement will be going this year as well. Gardens are a work in progress and this one was started in 2004.” Check out the full photo set here.
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Answers to questions:
– Ground cover is creeping phlox “Emerald Blue” and “Candy Stripe” and the white is Candytuft (Iberis).
-Not sure what rose you are referring to since the pics here only have a shrub rose but the flicker pics have a far away shot of a hybrid rose and a climber that’s not in bloom. The pink shrub rose is “Baby Blanket”, the climber on Flickr is “New Dawn” and the hybrid rose is a mystery. The previous owner of the house said she bought it at the supermarket. We also have a “Coral Dawn” climber in the front that can’t be seen. I know that there are more disease free roses than what we have as these are older varietals, but we chose these because they DIDN’T have their thorns diminished through breeding. We were looking for a deterrent for kids climbing on our fence and these act as nature’s razor wire.
Really nice. I appreciate seeing the work in progress, as well as its current state. It’s good for folks to see how a garden gets to where it is: time and work.
What kind of climbing rose is that?
I am impressed at how your design of the space creates a sense of separation: from your neighbors (particularly the looming apartment building) and from the street. This is something we all strive for in creating some private space in our city residences.
I like the flowering ground cover: is that creeping phlox?
Oh wow. Best yet. I love this garden. It is just gorgeous. I am inspired. Please enjoy it this summer.
Thanks for the kind words. The pergola is our fave thing and was also pretty much one of our ‘vacations’. Instead of a slide show, we just walk people around the yard.
11:40- it is wider than 20′. We have a detached house on a 30′ lot so definitely get a little extra room that way. We have a 100′ lot and the house is around 35′ so the depth is whatever is left, minus the front yard. The little blue flowers are lobelia that we planted that year to fill in a little as the daylillies grew in better.
Action- we definitely wanted to break up the space to create a more private area and keep the area by the house for dining because it’s pretty shady and cool there at lunch and dinner. We did it for visual interest as well- I like not being able to see the whole yard at once and giving a visual reason to walk through the whole space.
Looks great. What are the dimensions of the garden? It looks much wider than the typical 20′ brownstone garden. You have more space out there don’t you?
What are the little blue flowers along the brick in the front garden? Lobelia? Squill?
Nice division of space between the front and back of the yard…I assume to create different sitting/gardening spaces.
Very nice indeed…great use of the space in separating it like that. Congratulations.