{"id":4589,"date":"2015-08-13T01:08:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T08:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4589"},"modified":"2015-08-11T05:37:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T12:37:44","slug":"change-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/change-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Your Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2536\/3743345956_bfa1e17a0e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the lack of sun this summer there has still been quite a splash of colour in the garden. In my case a bit too much colour perhaps. I have several desires when it comes to changing my garden and it is time I put thoughts into action.\u00c2\u00a0 If I do not act this Autumn next season could be a frustrating repeat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Masters Degree in One Plant<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First I have to graduate from GCSE grade D but there is aspiration &#8211; so watch this space.<\/li>\n<li>I would like to get the best out of one type of plant. Genera, family and even species may be too wide ranging to start with but who knows.<\/li>\n<li>A real best of class performance would be a good start. Good show winning characteristics from good perennial flowers or fruit rather than vegetables.<\/li>\n<li>Due to my acquisitive nature a selection of varieties a &#8216;mini national collection&#8217; is what may be in my mind.<\/li>\n<li>First chose your subject! I started with &#8216;P&#8217;\u00c2\u00a0 plants, primula, pansy, pelargonium and peony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Better Colour Schemes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I should be able to organise more harmony with less sharp contrasts.\u00c2\u00a0 I must discipline myself not to squeeze in more plants of the wrong sort just because I like the individual plant but\u00c2\u00a0 thereby destroying the main theme.<\/li>\n<li>I would like to have a natural flow of colour, not as in your face as purples, pinks and yellows all mixed in.<\/li>\n<li>Separating blocks of colour may be the answer and I will try with annuals. Self colour seeds rather than mixes would be a start. There are some good selections in the new\u00c2\u00a0 catalogues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Shock and Awe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More unique eye catching or even startling features that make passers by want to pause<\/li>\n<li>Grow some unusual or unexpected plants to display their full pomp.<\/li>\n<li>Exploit the clever use of garden hardware as containers or weird features (like the eponymous, continually pouring watering can )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Resources <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/Home\">Royal Horticultural Society RHS<\/a> &#8216;Gardening for All&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccpg.com\/\">National Council for Conservation of Plants and Gardens<\/a> &#8216;Conservation through Cultivation.&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenorganic.org.uk\/\">Garden Organic<\/a> National Charity for Organic Gardening.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/gardening\/\">BBC Gardening<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the lack of sun this summer there has still been quite a splash of colour in the garden. In my case a bit too much colour perhaps. I have several desires when it comes to changing my garden and it is time I put thoughts into action.\u00c2\u00a0 If I do not act this Autumn next season could be a frustrating repeat. Masters Degree in One Plant First I have to graduate from GCSE grade D but there is aspiration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/change-your-garden\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}