A few nice garden images I found:
Back garden, winter 2009
Image by Darkroom Daze
Westward view from our attic window over our back garden with the Rosendale Allotments on Knight's Hill, beyond. Taken just after the big February snowfall (February 2009).
Parts of our immediate neighbours' gardens can be seen here too. Of course the snow has covered many of the details of the garden, but I've listed the more conspicuous features and these can then be checked out in other photos in this set.
For those interested in seeing the gardening details better, go to Actions (top L) > View all sizes > Original. See also notes on picture. However, notes are not retained in downloaded versions of Flickr images.
Best on black - click on the photo
NOTE ON THE GARDEN
The garden was very plain and bare when we arrived in 1985. We have been developing the design gradually since then, but not from a single pre-planned conception. Eventually we developed the overall shape, with a 'winding river' effect made by the lawns and path (see the footsteps in the snow here). The shapes of the rockeries, planting and other features are based on the way a small stream winds between 'interlocking spurs' in hilly terrain. We did all the planting, and I built many of the features. For further history of our garden, see set description for BACK GARDEN: www.flickr.com/photos/brize/sets/72157619611607384/with/4...
FEATURES (also noted on photo)
- Arbour - R, by hedge, with trellis side visible, assembled from flat-pack.
- Bike shed - bottom L, assembled by supplier.
- Lower Rockery and mixed shrub border - nearest R side of garden to L of hedge with climbers.
- Path - footsteps in the snow mark its winding route - path made of reclaimed York stone laid in 'crazy' style by local landscaper, late Mr. Rogers, to our own design, shortly after we arrived in 1985.
- Pond - lower L, doubles as reservoir for the cascades etc. of the water feature, with cistern to hold more water hidden beneath nearest part of water course, all built mostly by me.
- Temple of Juno garden shed - upper L centre, with white portico, built by me in sections out of reclaimed timber ("Rosen Wanted") at a previous house, brought here and extended with portico, and finished by joiner Steve Cruse.
- Top Terrace - upper centre in front of Valrosa Cabin with bay and box trees in containers - recently completed by Acer Landscapes in Summer 2008.
- Upper Rockery (Railway Rockery) - upper centre, with evergreen planting and upper loop of garden railway (not visible), built myself of various kinds of stone to simulate geological structure.
- Valrosa Cabin workshop - centre background, brown, built for us by Acer Landscapes.
- Water Rockery - the round thingy, centre L, with pumped water course, upper pools, cascades, and lower loop of garden railway (not visible beneath the snow). Almost all built myself.
PLANTS (also noted on photo)
(I'm currently editing this information)
- Buxus sempervirens - jelly-mould box-hedge, centre L.
- Chamaecyparis, columnar, not sure what species or form - in neighbour's garden to L, along the fence, centre L.
- Chamaecyparis - probably C. lawsoniana, Lawson's cypress, 'Stewartii' or 'Westermannii' - neighbours' tall conifer upper R.
- Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa' - Sawara cypress, upper L centre immediately in front of Temple of Juno portico.
- Clematis armandii - evergreen climber, one of the mixed climbers on the nearest R part of the fence.
- Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica - growing over old apple tree stumps. centre L.
- Cotoneaster frigidus - L upper centre, to L of Temple of Juno.
- Escallonia macrantha - two shrubs shaped into an arch over side path, L side only visible here, centre R.
Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket' - pillar juniper, tall thin tree centre R.
- Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle, evergreen, one of the mixed climbers on the nearest R part of the fence.
- Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica' - dwarf white spruce, two trees one behind the other, on Upper Rockery, centre.
- Picea mariana 'Nana' - dwarf black spruce, alongside path, centre.
- Prunus domesticus (presumably) - the neighbours' plum tree, upper centre L, to L of Valrosa Cabin.
- Pyrus probably P. communis - common pear tree, uppermost L, in neighbours' garden.
- Taxus baccata - yew, golden fastigiate form, probably 'Standishii' - front L in neighbour's garden.
For history of our garden, see set description for BACK GARDEN: www.flickr.com/photos/brize/sets/72157619611607384/with/4...
LOCATION DETAILS:
Country: UK: England
City: London
London Borough: Lambeth
District: West Dulwich, SE21
Altitude: 40m
Aspect: view is approx westward and R side of garden catches most sun.
Photo: Darkroom Daze
Creative Commons. Please attribute.
ID: CIMG2223_2
jap_garden_maple_tree
Image by ahp_ibanez
Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, OR
hi guys,
thanks for all the comments! about the photo... its a japanese maple tree in the japanese garden of portland OR, shot position will probably be the same for anyone since its along the pathway and enclosed within a low metal fence, you can't get any closer , behind or to either side of it unless you go inside the enclosure, my shot angle was from the ground using the low fence to support the camera, the low height was to get maximum vertical foliage coverage, lens was11mm wide, post-process (guilty as charged... but just a little) was done obviously 
- reduced red/orange lightcast by the red/orange foliage which made the ground/rock/foliage in front greener, this also made the furry moss on the branches popped out; a bit of channel saturation was done on magenta/green to the foliage to add contrast with red/orange; curves for overall contrast then high-pass filter sharpening and voila...
now, you should really check this out:
www.flickr.com/groups/14678506@N00/
Back garden transition, spring 2008
Image by Darkroom Daze
The rather scruffy upper end of our garden in Spring 2008 (1).
We were in the midst here of changing the top end of our garden from an unkempt bare patch to a terrace with borders. The cabin (Valrosa Cabin), upper R, was quite new (2007). The nearer stone paths had just been realigned, and the block path to the cabin was also new. These were all the first steps in the plan. Here we are moving things into the cabin.
For those interested in seeing the gardening details better, go to Actions (top L) > View all sizes > Original. See also notes on picture. However, notes are not retained in downloaded versions of Flickr images.
(Currently editing notes on the photo, tags and the details below.)
FEATURES
- Decking - removable decking 'bridge' (recently completed by Acer Landscapes) over middle section of Garden Railway. Ideally we'd have been able to make this a fixed bridge in stone but this would have meant having a step-up here in order to give full clearance for the trains.
- Garden Railway (G-scale) - 45mm gauge G-Scale, based on Märklin-LGB system, parts and rolling stock, and own garden-sized civil engineering. Part of the middle section is visible here bottom L, laid on a temporary trackbase of loose cellular concrete blocks. Part of the upper loop is visible centre R on the Upper (Railway) Rockery.
- Path (1) - of reclaimed York stone laid in 'crazy' style. L branch is a recent realignment of an older path. R branch is a new section of path, part of the access route to Valrosa Cabin (upper R). Both these bits of path had just been laid by Acer Landscapes.
- Path (2) - leading to steps to Valrosa Cabin, newly laid in concrete block paving by Acer Landscapes, R centre.
To immediate R of track on L we are preparing a new border and a realignment of the railway. Back L is the Temple of Juno garden shed. The doors and pillars are in need of some paint. I made the columns from a flagpole and the double doors came from an architectural salvage shop.
To immediate R of the path is a corner of the upper rockery. Top R is the Valrosa Cabin. This is a fully insulated workshop built for us during the previous year but we had to paint the inside and put floor covering in, before we could fit it out and move in. In front of the cabin are some 'Banks Cabinet' drawers waiting to be moved in. The untidy area in front of the cabin had become a temporary dumping area for garden materials during the construction work, but was soon to become our upper terrace.
I built the Temple of Juno mostly out of redundant wood. The cabin and new path were built for us by Acer Landscapes. See also notes on picture.
PLANTS
- Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa' (on L).
- Cotoneaster frigidus (upper L).
- Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica' (on R).
See also notes on picture.
For history of our garden, see set description for BACK GARDEN: www.flickr.com/photos/brize/sets/72157619611607384/with/4...
LOCATION DETAILS:
Country: UK: England
City: London
London Borough: Lambeth
District: West Dulwich, SE21
Altitude: 40m
Aspect: view is approx westward. Border on L faces N, so mostly in shade.
Photo: Darkroom Daze
Creative Commons. Please attribute.
ID: CIMG0563 - Version 2
