Dot and I headed out to nearby Uralla mid-morning to visit four open gardens there. They were part of a suite of ten or so gardens open to the public for a small fee in the Armidale district. We went along with two of Dot's friends who are also interested in viewing garden flowers and ornaments. We interspersed these visits with coffee and lunch in Uralla itself, an attractive little town acting as a dormitory suburb of Armidale located 22 km away.
My first pictures show some of the garden landscapes we saw - trees, shrubs and flowers.
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Here's a beautiful white bottlebrush.
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And a formal vege garden!
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An avenue of flowers with a statue at the end, somewhat Romanesque.
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Some Tasmanian (?) dogwood.
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And a formal lily-pond.
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Many of the gardens had metal sculptures like this pear.
And these dancing Brolgas.
Not to mention fake birds of prey flapping in the wind - designed to scare off birds that might damage flowers and shrubs.
Then there were lots of fountains or bowls full of water for the birds - giving us some ideas about how to improve our own garden.
And here's a child's personal sculpture garden, which we rather admired.
Not to mention this fancy barbecue are which had its own pizza oven.
I hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as we did visiting the various gardens, each of which was attached to a private home. Some were close to the centre of town, but others were some distance away on what we call rural residential subdivisions - maybe 3 or 4 hectares (7 - 10 acres). The gardens are in effect the sort of thing that you or I might create using our own labour, money and imagination.
AS
My first pictures show some of the garden landscapes we saw - trees, shrubs and flowers.
.jpg)
Here's a beautiful white bottlebrush.
.jpg)
And a formal vege garden!
.jpg)
An avenue of flowers with a statue at the end, somewhat Romanesque.
.jpg)
Some Tasmanian (?) dogwood.
.jpg)
And a formal lily-pond.
.jpg)
Many of the gardens had metal sculptures like this pear.
Not to mention fake birds of prey flapping in the wind - designed to scare off birds that might damage flowers and shrubs.
Then there were lots of fountains or bowls full of water for the birds - giving us some ideas about how to improve our own garden.
And here's a child's personal sculpture garden, which we rather admired.
Not to mention this fancy barbecue are which had its own pizza oven.
I hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as we did visiting the various gardens, each of which was attached to a private home. Some were close to the centre of town, but others were some distance away on what we call rural residential subdivisions - maybe 3 or 4 hectares (7 - 10 acres). The gardens are in effect the sort of thing that you or I might create using our own labour, money and imagination.
AS
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