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Behind the Hedges 2013 - Garden 3

Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:51:56+00:00
Gardening guru Mary Robertson bought this 1,5ac easy contour property 9 years ago.

The villa with its French doors and wide veranda has been built out of demo materials to create a house that appears to have been there a 100 years. The rambling garden features perennials, roses, herbs and annuals near the house with maples, hostas and pond in the sheltered woodland. It's a garden of contrasts - full sun and wind swept areas feature colour while the sheltered dell shows trees and leaves of different shapes and textures. A large vege garden uses companion planting and cheeks complete the picture:

Garden 3 Geometric box hedge with palms and tussocks
Garden 3 - Geometric box bed
Garden 3 Front of House
Garden 3 - Front of House
Garden 3 Back of house with plant sale
Garden 3 - Back of house
Garden 3 Corner verandah of house
Garden 3 - Corner verandah
Garden 3 Terrace with outdoor table
Garden 3 - Corner Terrace
Garden 3 Corner of house with pots
Garden 3 - Corner with pots
Garden 3 Pale pink cosmos in flower
Garden 3 - Cosmos in flower
Garden 3 Dark pink cosmas in flower
Garden 3 - Dark pink cosmos in flower
Garden 3 West side of house
Garden 3 - West side of house
Garden 3 Approaching east side of house
Garden 3 - East Side of house
Garden 3 East side of house Garden 3 - East side of house Garden 3 Path down from lawn to gully
Garden 3 - Path leads off lawn
Garden 3 Border on east of lawn
Garden 3 - Bed on east of lawn
Garden 3 Path down from lawn to gully
Garden 3 - Path down to gully
Garden 3 Box beds on Northeast of house
Garden 3 - Box edging around tree
Garden 3 Boarder on east side of house
Garden 3 - Boarder on east side of house
Garden 3 Angels Garden 3 - A pair of Angels Garden 3 Seagulls
Garden 3 - Seagulls