My Garden

When I bought my house there were no boarders so before I could decide what roses I wanted I have I would have to get digging! Armed with a spade, a fork and a pair of gardening gloves I manically set to work. I should have used a hose to plan out where I was going to dig but as I didn't have one I decided to wing-it. This meant that my boarders ended up a lot larger than I intended but hey-ho.

I went for an S shape garden as I wanted to be able to see a variety of different displays from my kitchen window. I soon discovered that I have an Alkaline based soil after a few chunks of chalk were unearthed so that was something of a help in relation to choosing my future plants.

Once the boarders were dug I sat down with some graph paper to figure out what colours I wanted to have in which display. I didn't know the names of any flowers so that's why I began with colour. I then went out and bought several books and began to read.

I invested in a book called Roses: 200 Roses for Every Place in the Garden by Patrick O'Neill. This is a fantastic book as O'Neill gives a really gives excellent reviews and the photographs used are fantastic. I recommend this to anyone who wants to create their own rose garden.

Now that I have done that brief introduction in to the beginnings of the garden I can start loading, discussing and hopefully hearing from you in regards to various roses.