The small park (Rest Garden) where I go twice a day with Billy (and he goes twice a day with Lady M) has a dedicated group of volunteer gardeners who meet every Wednesday morning.
They weed, trim, plant, and sow. In fact they do everything other than mow the grass; which is undertaken by the council who have a big mower!
I came across a fellow dog-walker, a while ago, who was building (or re-constructing) a raised bed in one un-visited corner of the garden. I asked him what they planned to plant in it, and he asked me, in return, what I would plant in it.
Of course I replied VEGETABLES, and I thought no more about it.
So you can imagine my delight when, on returning to Brighton recently, I found that the raised bed (above), and another small area (below), have been planted with Pumpkins. You can just see one in the middle of the picture above.
They have beautiful foliage, plus the advantage of bearing wonderful fruits. I'm just wondering how they will decide who gets them!
The garden also has an Olive tree (I missed the fruiting period), and a Fig tree, but I think they could go further. There is a Chestnut tree but the fruits are tiny. I think they should have a decent grafted Chestnut, a Victoria Plum, and maybe a few good Apple trees.
I would be happy to buy them if permission was given to plant them.
Why not?
Your Rest Garden sounds like a community allotment. How lovely they can work together for the community. You should give your tree suggestions to one of the gardeners.
ReplyDeleteOur olive trees won't be harvested till late November after they've had a lot more rain to plump them up. I think the young olives were sun burnt along with the grapes. Don't seem to be very many