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some of my garden

Posted: May 18th, 2012, 7:04 pm
by Matthew
apart from bonsai im pretty keen on gardening as well, Not a japanese garden but im starting to incorporate some of that near my bonsai area. thought id share abit of the garden at this point in time. i have put alot of maples, hornbeans, larches and drawf conifers in the garden however they are still quite young , also wisterias over the arches ive made again several years off. we have about 1300 tulips in the garden also. still a work in progress as where been here just over 2 years now :fc:
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Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 18th, 2012, 7:35 pm
by Andrew F
Looks really great Mate.

What % shade cloth do you have over your bonsai bench?

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 18th, 2012, 7:44 pm
by anthonyW
Looks beautiful Matthew
Anthony

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 18th, 2012, 7:45 pm
by Matthew
mate i use 50% on both front and top just different colours . the top rides along a guide wire and retracts however i dont really use it . it was more for winter keeping frost out.
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Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 18th, 2012, 8:30 pm
by Andrew F
Matthew wrote:mate i use 50% on both front and top just different colours . the top rides along a guide wire and retracts however i dont really use it . it was more for winter keeping frost out.
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Matthew, you look to have a great collection and wonderful garden, thank you for sharing with us.

I'll be using a similar thing for my bench but more to keep the humidity in.

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 19th, 2012, 12:03 pm
by bodhidharma
Very, very neat Matthew. It looks as if you spend a lot of time on up keep. It reflects onto the quality of your Bonsai which is also high. Thanks for sharing.

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 19th, 2012, 12:30 pm
by fireworks
Matthew, what a wonderful setup. I am so envious. It's neat, tidy and productive. Congratulations and thanks for sharing with all of us. :hooray:

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 19th, 2012, 12:48 pm
by Barry1
Beautiful garden love the colors of your deciduous trees ,that is something I do miss about living in Queensland (but not much else) and your bonsai display area is stunning :tu:
Thanks for sharing
Barry

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 20th, 2012, 9:46 am
by Diane
Stunning.

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 20th, 2012, 11:13 am
by craigw60
Hi Matthew your garden is looking beautiful, its great to see a fellow bonsai grower who also loves to grow lots of other plants
Craigw

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 20th, 2012, 12:54 pm
by emi93m
Now thats what i call living the Bonsai dream :tu: I have nothing but :clap: :hooray: for you.

Regards Mick

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 20th, 2012, 1:38 pm
by Matthew
thanks guys. I got 50 or so 6 foot trident maples to go along the fence lines around the paddocks creek which ill do in the next month or so. should look good in 10 years when they get bigger :fc: craig if my garden gets a 10th of yours ill be quite happy. Hows that large garden radiata with the primary low long branch coming. I love that tree :worship:

Re: some of my garden

Posted: May 20th, 2012, 6:10 pm
by micro
hi mat garden looks great you must have lots of free time do you have open garden parties