Re: Tall, thin screen -for shade

I know a garden in a small city called Castlemaine in central 
Victoria (state) of Australia that is surrounded by high sheds of 
rusted corrugated iron and ancient clapboard fences. As ugly a 
setting as could be imagined. Yet the owner/ designer, Barbara 
Maund, has made a great assett of these decrepit features by very 
cleverly picking up the silver and rust colours in her planting 
scheme and complimenting them with a range of subtle foliage and 
flower effects that includes orange and wine red (in small doses). 
The garden is very formally laid out but utilises rustic 'found' 
materials for paving, edgings etc and also makes clever use of 
naive sculptures and small pieces of pottery. Sometimes a clever 
gardener can make a mundane background beautiful instead of 
trying to hide it (all too often inadequately).

regards

trevor n
Trevor Nottle
Garden Historian, Garden Writer, Designer, Consultant
WALNUT HILL, 5 Walker Street, Crafers, SA 5152 AUSTRALIA
Tel./ Fax. 61 8 83394210
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