Hi, Welcome to my blog Notefull Living. Today I am sharing my full garden tour. We are in the Fraser Valley in Zone 8b. My garden has been a huge part of my life that’s brought me through many tough times. Amongst all that, now I can see how far I’ve come and it brings great joy to me.
Backyard Gardens
Here is my Memorial Garden for our Daughter that passed away from a second trimester pregnancy loss. This is the first garden I worked on on our property and it’s dedicated to her. I fully missed capturing the white peonies blooming. This year we added a red Clematis. When this is in full bloom I can have better pictures of it.
I’m standing in the same spot for this next photo. We have a greenhouse (update coming soon about that). There is a nice covered patio over where I keep all the herbs in pots in a container garden.
I also love this view in seeing the veggie garden in the raised beds in the back.
I’m so happy how this turned out this year. BUT we have a huge issue with this and I have to change this AGAIN. Our neighbor cut down a willow tree and we lost ALL our shade that made my herbs grow amazing in this spot.
The second big issue is our new dog is peeing all over the pots on a steady basis. You can see the staining on the pavers. So this is all going to be changed again.
Here is another view. You can see where he’s constantly peeing and the pavers are wet.
So this space is going to become a blank canvas! What would you do with a covered paver patio? Love to hear you ideas in the comments.
I’m adding more patio planters and I’m excited how they are coming along. You can see memorial garden in the background.
Veggie Garden update!
As much as I’m Zone 8b and should be in a good gardening zone my garden is always slow to get started and then takes off. I’m waiting for the take off here shortly.
Well, My strawberry bed completely flopped and I have to pull it all out. I’m happy with the new trellis we added and this is the new raised bed that we added. I’m excited for this garden to produce more food for our family.
One of my favorite views is to stand on the deck and see the garden. Our kids made these planters at my husbands work for a kids make a planter day.
Front Yard
I’ll admit, I have yet to share much of our front yard. We’ve transformed so much of our backyard.
Not everything is in bloom when I took this but in time this will fill in and look amazing in the years to come.
This garden is actually fairly new. I got rid of the garden beside my driveway and expanded it here.
Our home is the average 1970’s cookie cutter in it’s heyday. Practical family home that has a simple, not all the bells and whistles like they make houses today.
I’ve been using my stairs as a way to change things up for the seasons and for spring and summer, pots and a collection of watering cans looks great.
That’s the end of this years garden tour. I hope you enjoyed it and it brought some peace and joy to your day.
Until the next blog post.
Carrie Plantinga
Home and Garden Blogger
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