Morning blooms

Look what I picked this morning from my garden, with all this rain we have had in Sydney, the hydrangeas have gone mad!

Garden joy

Spring time prettiness. Loving those suspended glass vessels too! We spent lots of time in the garden yesterday, it's so good to see all my favourite hydrangeas starting to show signs of life again. I look forward to having little bunches of flowers inside, courtesy of our little garden. Kellie xx

Source: Style Me Pretty x

Patience, patience!

This divine image reminded me that my lovely little sweet peas still haven't bloomed yet... Fingers crossed they are not too far off. I just adore the fragrance of home grown sweet peas. Kellie xx

Image via Style Me Pretty x

Garden Waterfall - how to make it?

Garden Waterfalls







Garden Waterfall
Garden Waterfalls
Our first advice is a real opportunity to visit a waterfall, or at least to find the real pictures of waterfalls. You should get a real idea of how water flowing over rocks.The design of your garden waterfall depends on the topographical features of the place you chose the type of pump and the tube, which will use the distance from which water falls and the shape of the pond.It is good to maintain the proportions of the entire facility.Often err to be transported large quantities of earth to build a garden waterfall , tall and more than a meter. The effect is that it acquires as a dramatic form that more resembles a volcano that is not in place.

Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls
Garden waterfall , about 60 cm high, would cause a very satisfactory effect both visual and audible.If you are building your home garden waterfall building level, with normal amounts of pool, the amount of soil that you need to accumulate around the filter and build a ridge of the garden waterfall is just as much dust and you had to dig a pond, which is quite convenient.If you decide later to enlarge the garden waterfall , you could add more soil or accumulate large blocks and other natural-looking elements.

Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls

If you work on sloped terrain, you can put the filter over the pond and thereby create a true cascade of tiny garden waterfalls.For better visual effect, you could reduce the amount of water so it will run though more slowly, but waterfall you will do is wider.If you build a garden waterfall a few steps from the pond will create the impression of a faster flow of water.It is recommended to use in rubber liner pond in which to lodge just over its edge to return back to splashing water.Once you have finished digging for rocks, and once you are sure that the terrain is flat, stack rocks on top of one another. Take your time, try different combinations, such as watch the water flow to them.





Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls

When you think the garden waterfall is finally built, use the black foam to form the relief so that water runs down the rocks rather than under them.Although construction of the garden waterfall requires considerable imagination and patience, this activity provides great pleasure. If you take some time to experiment, you could get a better effect on the outcome.So do it! Soon your home will appreciate at a garden waterfall for relaxing and peaceful place in your garden.




Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls


 

Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls



Garden Waterfall
Garden Waterfalls

Garden Waterfall - how to make it?

Garden Waterfalls







Garden Waterfall
Garden Waterfalls
Our first advice is a real opportunity to visit a waterfall, or at least to find the real pictures of waterfalls. You should get a real idea of how water flowing over rocks.The design of your garden waterfall depends on the topographical features of the place you chose the type of pump and the tube, which will use the distance from which water falls and the shape of the pond.It is good to maintain the proportions of the entire facility.Often err to be transported large quantities of earth to build a garden waterfall , tall and more than a meter. The effect is that it acquires as a dramatic form that more resembles a volcano that is not in place.

Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls
Garden waterfall , about 60 cm high, would cause a very satisfactory effect both visual and audible.If you are building your home garden waterfall building level, with normal amounts of pool, the amount of soil that you need to accumulate around the filter and build a ridge of the garden waterfall is just as much dust and you had to dig a pond, which is quite convenient.If you decide later to enlarge the garden waterfall , you could add more soil or accumulate large blocks and other natural-looking elements.

Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls

If you work on sloped terrain, you can put the filter over the pond and thereby create a true cascade of tiny garden waterfalls.For better visual effect, you could reduce the amount of water so it will run though more slowly, but waterfall you will do is wider.If you build a garden waterfall a few steps from the pond will create the impression of a faster flow of water.It is recommended to use in rubber liner pond in which to lodge just over its edge to return back to splashing water.Once you have finished digging for rocks, and once you are sure that the terrain is flat, stack rocks on top of one another. Take your time, try different combinations, such as watch the water flow to them.





Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls

When you think the garden waterfall is finally built, use the black foam to form the relief so that water runs down the rocks rather than under them.Although construction of the garden waterfall requires considerable imagination and patience, this activity provides great pleasure. If you take some time to experiment, you could get a better effect on the outcome.So do it! Soon your home will appreciate at a garden waterfall for relaxing and peaceful place in your garden.




Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls


 

Garden Waterfall

Garden Waterfalls



Garden Waterfall
Garden Waterfalls

Rock Garden Designs

Rock Garden

Rock Garden

A rock garden, which can only be stones or combination of stones and low alpine vegetation. Rock garden can build both in court, which has displacement suitable for this purpose and place equal emphasis as that will attract the eyes.Rock garden is built quickly and easily, provided you have enough desire to work on maintaining it because of the maintenance of planted rock garden plants after 1-2 season will be mandatory and integral part. He needs regular weeding, pruning and cleaning so as to retain its aesthetic value and clear idea of the project.


 

Rock Garden

To build their own rock garden, you need a quantity of stones, if the yard is quite flat, and a few cubic meters of soil and alpine vegetation. First, consider what is the best place to build a rockery. This may be the center of the yard, to ensure your exotic accent, may be sheltered in a corner of the yard and discreetly be provided to him in a landscape lane, and can be done on site with displacement, which will it closer to its original, namely the corner alpine scenery with rocks and vegetation. It is easier to build a rock garden   in the displacement of your site, but impossible to achieve better results if you build and on an equal footing.



Rock Garden

Rock garden with the stones can be purchased from a specialized shop or nursery, and the watercourse. For this purpose, benefiting mainly calcareous stones. If the yard is flat, pour soil already marked spot, then dug stones. Prior to be selected and may use different types of low standard and plants weeping forms of trees and small shrubs. Consider the dimensions that will reach your plants, and how often you need to shape their crowns. Must also comply and climatic conditions, which is your yard. Depending on your preferences you can use other plants - you rock garden may consist of evergreen or be combined with flowering species. If you select flowering plants, maintenance will be more difficult.

Rock Garden

You can opt for different types flowers that are attractive with their Fruits in autumn and gentle with their blooms in spring. Relevant are also low standard spiraea that better tolerate pruning and trimming in various forms.In the empty spaces of the rock garden can be planted succulent plant (Sempervivum). Different types of ornamental grasses can also find their place somewhere. 

Rock Garden 

Rock Garden Designs

Rock Garden

Rock Garden

A rock garden, which can only be stones or combination of stones and low alpine vegetation. Rock garden can build both in court, which has displacement suitable for this purpose and place equal emphasis as that will attract the eyes.Rock garden is built quickly and easily, provided you have enough desire to work on maintaining it because of the maintenance of planted rock garden plants after 1-2 season will be mandatory and integral part. He needs regular weeding, pruning and cleaning so as to retain its aesthetic value and clear idea of the project.


 

Rock Garden

To build their own rock garden, you need a quantity of stones, if the yard is quite flat, and a few cubic meters of soil and alpine vegetation. First, consider what is the best place to build a rockery. This may be the center of the yard, to ensure your exotic accent, may be sheltered in a corner of the yard and discreetly be provided to him in a landscape lane, and can be done on site with displacement, which will it closer to its original, namely the corner alpine scenery with rocks and vegetation. It is easier to build a rock garden   in the displacement of your site, but impossible to achieve better results if you build and on an equal footing.



Rock Garden

Rock garden with the stones can be purchased from a specialized shop or nursery, and the watercourse. For this purpose, benefiting mainly calcareous stones. If the yard is flat, pour soil already marked spot, then dug stones. Prior to be selected and may use different types of low standard and plants weeping forms of trees and small shrubs. Consider the dimensions that will reach your plants, and how often you need to shape their crowns. Must also comply and climatic conditions, which is your yard. Depending on your preferences you can use other plants - you rock garden may consist of evergreen or be combined with flowering species. If you select flowering plants, maintenance will be more difficult.

Rock Garden

You can opt for different types flowers that are attractive with their Fruits in autumn and gentle with their blooms in spring. Relevant are also low standard spiraea that better tolerate pruning and trimming in various forms.In the empty spaces of the rock garden can be planted succulent plant (Sempervivum). Different types of ornamental grasses can also find their place somewhere. 

Rock Garden 

Garden Water Features

Garden Pool

In building a harmonious and closely resembling natural yard space in which peace reigns conductive than much vegetation is nice to be included and water. When fits into the surrounding landscape, water extremely beneficial effect on humans for its dynamism and flexibility, and evokes different feelings, awakens memories and creates new emotions.Admittedly, it draws the eye with diversity, which are tempts the observer to get close and stay longer in this wonderful atmosphere. Therefore, water pool is an important factor influencing heavily on people, and therefore its position in the green areas must be well thought through and then precisely place.

Garden Pool

In practice, water is present in the form of garden pools, water cascades and a variety of water effects. Depending on the size of space it can deploy a standard form garden pool, river, stream, fountain or just a small but beautifully landscaped fountain.To decide what you most need, and also - most appropriate, consider first the size of water area. It depends on green space and should look natural in it, not completely dominated, but not too small and get lost among the vegetation. Then you should consider the effect you want to get through the water. If you seek peace and quiet in the corner for rest, it is best to place it in water or water area with a mirror size you selected in which the sky will be inspected and environmental vegetation.

Garden Pool

If you want more performance and life in the garden pool, put water cascade at several levels, where water falls from different heights; playful brook, meandering between plants, or fountain, which spray to refresh and make the air cool. Such effects, however, produce more or less noise is better to be built on such sites that are furthest from the residential building.The entry of water into the green space led to the creation of a specific microclimate around it, especially if it is larger.The greatest problem with mosquitoes that summer fly swarms near the water surface. To deal with them, should be regularly sprayed with insecticides, but this is not always pleasant.

Garden Water Features

Another drawback is the noise from the surrounding trees, which falls in the water and contaminates, especially in autumn, when it comes to cleaning becomes more regular. So when building a garden water features, consistent with the surrounding trees and possibly put out by them.To enter naturally in the environment, water features must not imposes much, but to present delicate. Actual it's nice to put large and small river stones, which end to plant shrubs and flowers. Garden water featureswill give a beautiful look at the place where the water mirrors its effect will be magnified by the mirror image. The same principle applies in the construction of a fountain or spring.

Garden Water Features

In plants with dark green color in the leaves put a lighter foundation, and in those with lighter - darker foundation. This will provide great contrast and your garden water features will be lost against the backdrop of greenery, on the contrary - will act as a focus.Once you have clarified these details should comply things from their technical perspective. Various garden water features facilities are built differently and according to different requirements.

Garden Water Features

Garden Pool

In building a harmonious and closely resembling natural yard space in which peace reigns conductive than much vegetation is nice to be included and water. When fits into the surrounding landscape, water extremely beneficial effect on humans for its dynamism and flexibility, and evokes different feelings, awakens memories and creates new emotions.Admittedly, it draws the eye with diversity, which are tempts the observer to get close and stay longer in this wonderful atmosphere. Therefore, water pool is an important factor influencing heavily on people, and therefore its position in the green areas must be well thought through and then precisely place.

Garden Pool

In practice, water is present in the form of garden pools, water cascades and a variety of water effects. Depending on the size of space it can deploy a standard form garden pool, river, stream, fountain or just a small but beautifully landscaped fountain.To decide what you most need, and also - most appropriate, consider first the size of water area. It depends on green space and should look natural in it, not completely dominated, but not too small and get lost among the vegetation. Then you should consider the effect you want to get through the water. If you seek peace and quiet in the corner for rest, it is best to place it in water or water area with a mirror size you selected in which the sky will be inspected and environmental vegetation.

Garden Pool

If you want more performance and life in the garden pool, put water cascade at several levels, where water falls from different heights; playful brook, meandering between plants, or fountain, which spray to refresh and make the air cool. Such effects, however, produce more or less noise is better to be built on such sites that are furthest from the residential building.The entry of water into the green space led to the creation of a specific microclimate around it, especially if it is larger.The greatest problem with mosquitoes that summer fly swarms near the water surface. To deal with them, should be regularly sprayed with insecticides, but this is not always pleasant.

Garden Water Features

Another drawback is the noise from the surrounding trees, which falls in the water and contaminates, especially in autumn, when it comes to cleaning becomes more regular. So when building a garden water features, consistent with the surrounding trees and possibly put out by them.To enter naturally in the environment, water features must not imposes much, but to present delicate. Actual it's nice to put large and small river stones, which end to plant shrubs and flowers. Garden water featureswill give a beautiful look at the place where the water mirrors its effect will be magnified by the mirror image. The same principle applies in the construction of a fountain or spring.

Garden Water Features

In plants with dark green color in the leaves put a lighter foundation, and in those with lighter - darker foundation. This will provide great contrast and your garden water features will be lost against the backdrop of greenery, on the contrary - will act as a focus.Once you have clarified these details should comply things from their technical perspective. Various garden water features facilities are built differently and according to different requirements.

Garden party...

I thought this was a gorgeous image! Those large glass windows, the white furniture, the soft floral arrangements and the beautiful trees in the background. The perfect setting for a divine lunch... Kellie xx

Image via Tiny White Daisies, fashion from Net-a-Porter x

Blossoms and where I have been

Oh this lovely picture reminded me that cherry blossoms should be in season very soon. I adore them and always wanted to have one in my garden. With my short attention span and their very limited flowering season i decided that it's probably best to simply buy a bunch or two each season. Oh, and in gum boots - yep i could definitely do that!

On a side note, apologies for being a little absent this week and not visiting your gorgeous blogs. Unfortunately things have been very hectic but I plan on spending lots of time on the weekend catching up with you all xxx

Image from Dress, Design and Decor via Everything Fabulous. x

Having to be resourceful...

Times are tough. My garden of flowers is almost non-existent. It's kind of in between season, too early for my annuals like sweet peas so i've had to become resourceful and see what I can find around my garden. Still, any flowers are good flowers to me.

Think I really need to make a trip to the flower markets and find some lovely roses to keep me happy over the weekend. Kellie x

Photos by Kellie Collis for Ada & Darcy x

An easter surprise

Just when I thought all my hydrangeas had gone to sleep for the year there was a pretty surprise out the front.

Photos by Kellie Collis for Ada & Darcy

R.I.P Flowers in Garden

Well it's official. The Sydney sun has absolutely toasted almost every flower growing in my garden. The only thing that is still going strong are my lovely petunias who can't get enough of it. Well the others are burnt to a crisp. I thought I would share with you what I salvaged for my little entry way. The splashes of colour I do like. Kellie xx

Photos by Kellie Collis for Ada & Darcy