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Shade for free

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19/08/2016

My wife and I had Sunday lunch at a pub (‘The Trout and Tipple’) in Tavistock, Devon a couple of months ago. It was hot and sunny, so we decided to sit outside in a secluded courtyard…with its own magnificent Gunnera plant providing us with some welcome shade.I was amazed by the close up of the leaf structure, which resembles an aerial shot of an urban landscape…

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PicPost: Purple Drop

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12/03/2016
Picture: Sally Smith

Picture: Sally Smith

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PicPost: Life Cycle of a Leaf

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19/11/2013

Life Cycle of a Leaf

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Style Counsel: Foliage Gardens

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12/06/2013

All about the leaves- Fatsia japonica

All about the leaves- Fatsia japonica

This latest  ‘snippet on style’  focuses on leaves. You might think that gardens designed around leaves would be boring. Not a bit of it. Foliage comes in all shapes, sizes and many colours (or shades of green). With the occasional splash of floral colour and other focal points thay can provide a  wonderfully soothing, and sometimes exotic air.  Foliage gardens are typified by the use of leaf and plant texture and shapes as well as subtle variations in leaf colour to provide interest, rather than floral display at different times of the year, which tends to drive other garden styles or at least their planting plans.

Sometimes the whole garden is about foliage, punctuated with flower or other colour (for example The Exotic Garden in Norwich – see link below). Sometimes specific areas in a larger garden are devoted to foliage, with the emphasis on contrasting varieties and plant forms. These gardens are typically organic in shape, with no hard edges and informal in layout and feel. They can also feature items such as sculpture or garden furniture made out of rustic materials and used as focal points set off against the foliage. Other key features of foliage gardens include:

  • Bold foliage

  • Colourful highlights

  • Pools and reflections

  • Containers

  • Locally sourced, rough materials

  • Height and structure

Shades of green and varied leaf shape and texture with splashes of colour at The Exotic Garden, Norwich
Broad leaves contrast with strappy leaf shapes and create a sense of enclosure
Informal path among the ‘leafscape’
Tree house – The Exotic Garden, Norwich
Ccontrasting colour and texture from bamboo canes atThe Exotic Garden, Norwich
Tetrapanax at The Exotic Garden, Norwich
Oriental sculpture provides a focus among the foliage at The Exotic Garden, Norwich
Canna musifolia at The Exotic Garden, Norwich
Vitis cognitiae autumn colour at The Exotic Garden, Norwich

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Other articles in the ‘Style Counsel’ series:

Family Gardens

Productive Gardens

Japanese Gardens

Country Gardens

Modernist Gardens

Formal Gardens

Mediterranean Gardens

Cottage gardens

Old School Gardener

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PicPost: Feather

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12/03/2013

PicPost: Feather

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PicPost: Vanishing point

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08/03/2013

PicPost: Vanishing point

Photo from The Exotic Garden, Norwich

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