WAB Members' Garden Photos

[littlemarchhare]

Hi,
I am new to the forum, and just found this thread. It's so nice to see what other people have done for wildlife in "ordinary" little gardens. I would like to add a link to my website which shows how we turned a small inner city square of grass into a wildlife friendly garden. So many of the houses around us have paved their gardens to accommodate their car or have a simple lawn. All we ever saw in our garden was a few pigeons and starlings. Now, please take a look and see the difference. Hopefully 2007 update pictures will be added soon.
Our Pond to attract wildlife into the garden: Home

[smartie]

It's enough to make you go over to the dark side.....

It went from this:



to this :



in only a few days thanks to lots and lots of these:



But even though the mullein moth is a drab little thing I restrained myself and left them alone - so wildlife triumphs over gardening again.

Did I show you my latest photos of the ravaging deer??

[epops]

this is my little bit of wildlife garden ohps no pic sory its coming lol

[dragonflyjo]

What wonderful pictures! I've just found this thread too. My garden isn't great....I just say its that way because we like it on the wild side. I go to my parents garden to enjoy their garden most days though lol, get the advantage that I didn't do any of the work then too. I know, I am a lazy bones!
jojo

[GME]

Well, if this works it'll be the first time I've put a pic in a thread so here goes...

The 'wild side' of the garden. Er, deliberately left like that!?


And my pond in the 'formal (tidy) side' just after I built it (nearly killed me)


Gareth

[epops]

[IMG]my littlle pond[/IMG] heres my little bit of wild life garden

[SparklySarah]

Originally Posted by smartie

in only a few days thanks to lots and lots of these:



But even though the mullein moth is a drab little thing I restrained myself and left them alone - so wildlife triumphs over gardening again.

Did I show you my latest photos of the ravaging deer??

We found two of those! Well, one of mum's school childeren found them, and the flipping thing bit me!! It was really strong; could push a substantial twig across the table. I think it was that one...... :P

[Paul mabbott]

I've got som before and after shots of gardens that we've had but this is just a bit of benign neglect - our front garden. It is actually supposed to be a parterre I think - beneath this lot the garden isdivided into five parts separated by stones/slabs, surrounded by privet hedges. There were some very stalky roses and not much else.

So we dug up the roses - tried to dig up the fuchsia (it's immortal) - have so far managed to extirpate the hedge on two sides. I put my collection of Allium spp in one section (front left); planted one son's herbs in another (front right) then everyone else put whatever they had elsewhere. Put in some bulbs for late winter and ....



Otherwise I try to ignore it although, at this time of year, I need to get in there and clear out the grass, avens and dandelions .... later ...

But it is very attractive to bees and other insects - especially the onions and herbs.

[kshotton45]

Here's mine . Keith.

[colincurry]

I am not sure if this is the proper thread, but it does concern our garden. I see that all the pictures previously posted are pretty much large scale and of major projects. We live in a new house with, at one stage, nothing but grass supplied by the developer plus a 40 foot ash tree. We have changed a great deal, introduced borders, beds, wooden arches, brick steps, a fountain, a small fruit patch, and lastly, a raised bed. We also have a small area that we have sown with wild flowers. We have planted trees and shrubs and are home to insects and a variety of birds, some of whom have nested over the past couple of years. My wife is the gardener and I am the hewer of wood and drawer of water. I am allowed to do heavy construction, mow the remaining grass, cut hedges and undertake supervised weeding and pruning. In reality, we complement each other very well.

As we all know, the weather has been pretty awful although we have been extremely lucky compared to some. As a result, I have practised macro photography on the smaller flowers, etc in our garden. There is a macro thread but I thought this one more apposite. All of these pics are hand held; and some of the later ones involve the use of the integral flash on the camera as advised on the macro thread.

I hope I have not over-egged the pudding.

The first pic is of an echinops with its attendant white-tailed bumblebee



This is a poppyhead with a small raindrop



Next is a double bloom hollyhock



Now we have a hibiscus



Here is a phlox



The mallow



This is a day lily



Part of a rampant jasmine



Now a sisyrinchium - an interesting mix of flower and bud



The dwarf runner bean - runner beans were originally introduced for their flowers rather than their fruit - I am sure you all know this, anyway



One of our dahlias



A montbretia hiding in the shadow of a pink hawthorn tree



Another dahlia



This a lupin taken from overhead



A simple marigold



A Chloromyia Formosa atop a wild carrot



A Dexia Rustica also on the wild carrot



And, finally, an inula



I hope you enjoy these and have not become bored before you reach the end.

Thanks

Colin