Flowers From The Winter Garden

Garden Magic

This is the garden's magic,

 
That through the sunny hours

 
The gardener who tends it, Himself

 outgrows his flowers. 

He grows by gift of patience,

 
Since he who sows must know

 
That only in the Lord's good time

 
Does any seedling grow.

He learns from buds unfolding,

 
From each tight leaf unfurled,

 
That his own heart, expanding,

 
Is one with all the world.

He bares his head to sunshine,

 
His bending back a sign

Of grace, and ev'ry shower becomes

 
His sacramental wine.

And when at last his labors 

Bring forth the very stuff

 
And substance of all beauty

This is reward enough.

-MARIE NETTLETON CARROLL

A Visit to a Special Nursery Set in Australian Scrub Land.

Hi to all our Garden Gurus across the Globe.

 

It was now my pleasure to go visiting a beautiful Garden Nursery which is set in a most unusual setting south of where I live.

 

 

The Nursery is called Raywood Nursery and a more delightful garden full of exotics trees, shrubs and plants would be difficult to find any where else in such a unique environment.

 

 

Raywood, which used to be a renowned nursery in the Adelaide Hills situated in Piccadilly, was transferred in 1974 to Deep Creek, far south on the Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia and is established with in 30 acres of wild and thick Stringy Bark Forest.

 

 

 

The actual Deep Creek runs through the property supplying the nursery with the much needed water to keep everything looking so fresh and green.

 

 

Once inside this nursery, which sits next to a conservation park, it feels like you have stepped into another world.

 

 

Blue Wrens and many other bird species including Native finches all play a big part creating charm and uniqueness in this beautiful and captivating family owned nursery.

 

 

I hope that you enjoy my little slide show and might I say it was difficult to stop at posting many more photos into this slide show.

I had such a great day there with my camera and found the owners so very obliging.

I wish to thank them sincerely for the pleasure.

Cheers for Now Milli. 

 

 

So Long Since a Post Here.

A big hello to everyone where ever that may be.

It has been sometime since anyone posted here and after taking a small tour of the posts in this group, I could not help but notice how beautiful the posts have been.

Maybe it is autumn where you are and the leaves have turned into those magnificent colours nature adorns our foliage with before the winter comes and blows hard covering some of your gardens in a blanket of snow.

Here on the other hand it is spring and although it is a very mild spring this year with good rains and usually quite over cast conditions the garden has loved every drop of this welcome rain.

I went to the garden store yesterday and bought some fill up plants such as the ground cover snow in summer, a peppermint scented geranium, some beautiful blue lobelia planted beneath fragrant blue salvia and an old fashioned red Kalenchloe.

So today as it is over cast I will do some planting and hopefully these grey clouds over head will sprinkle the earth and help the new additions.

I also purchased a pink Hippeastrum in flower and have decided to leave it in the pot for now as it has one flower and two more buds to come out later. With Giant flowers these are such a glorious bulb plant and not overly fussy to grow.

I hope that you will share your gardens and photos with us here and of course videos as I said previously this group has posted some truly wonderful posts in the past and I for one would love to see more friends and input into our little Garden Gurus Group.

Peas and Peace to All.

Green is Good.

Milli in Australia.