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The Garden Folly
Every garden should have a folly or two. This is an illusion we created
to hide a very bleak new fence at the back of the garden. It is constructed of
nothing more than old fence pailings, mirrors and paint.
We can't claim this as an
original idea. We first saw something like it at a large garden center
nearby and, by reducing the scale, incorporated it into
our own Garden Fantasy. It's meant to look like an old outback cottage,
with a pathway leading to the door and its own garden beds, complete with
a fushia in an old metal pail and geraniums in the window box. The
mirror backed windows reflect the garden adding to the illusion.
This latest picture shows the recently added veranda and pergola which has frangrant, pink
climbing roses ("Cecile Brunner") that hopefully will soon cover the structure.
There is also now a side gate and a little pathway runs up under the
Camillia trees to a secret corner where a cheerful Gnome resides
and a large pot of Seaside Daisies cascades with white and yellow flowers.
The next addition we are planning to construct is a Billabong opposite
the folly with a tiny jetty and a quiet fishing spot for "The Folkoutback".
For larger versions of garden photos please visit Virgo's Webshots Garden Albums
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