GPOD Vignettes: Small Gardens with Big Impacts

Three gardeners prove you don’t need a big footprint to create something special

Happy Friday GPODers , and welcome to our 2d installation of GPOD Vignettes ! In case you missed it , check out our first episode of this series here : GPOD Vignette # 1 .

When I was assembling this collection of entry , I did n’t pull in at first that all of these photo and garden fit into a plebeian melodic theme : modest spaces . Whether a small garden or a small section of a big landscape , all these GPOD contributors wanted to share how their small space was making a big shock .

I have it off the GPOD community at large appreciates see gardens of all size , but many particularly love see the smaller , more “ relatable ” garden spaces and I have to accommodate that I ’m in that camp . Though this should n’t derive to a surprisal to anyone who has read my post about living and traveling in a camper avant-garde for month out of the year , I wanted to take this opportunity to partake some of my love and appreciation for those diminished spaces .

Whether it ’s an indoor plant collection , raised vegetable garden beds , or beautiful ornamental borderline , more is always more . More blank space allows for more plant that create more bloom , fruit , foliage , or all of the above . When someone catches the gardening bug , in whatever form it manifests , one of the most common persuasion is “ if only I had a little more space for X. ” This is , I think , a entirely normal and logical reaction to something we love and brings us joy . However , the idea that more = better is where I draw the line ; because more space is also more body of work , more metre , and more money . Yes , more blank is more , but less infinite does not equalize less chance . If you ’re ever feeling defeated by your lack of “ more ” , pass down a tiny rest home coney hole on YouTube ( diminutive Home Toursis one of my personal favorite ) . While not directly garden related , I promise you will come in out appreciating the space you have and having a whole new perspective on what you demand to create something inspiring .

modest distance , whether a dwelling or an outdoor orbit , are only limited by the creativeness and perspective of the inhabitant . And this is not to put down big space in any room , as I observe there is a great deal of challenges that go into crafting and uphold big infinite that should be applauded when done well . If you ’re reading this post from a big domicile with a sprawling garden , this is not a smash to you by any means . I ’m but waxing poetic for those of us who may never need a bunch of blank space , or have to make the most of the small space they ’re turn with right now .

That ’s enough babbling from me . permit ’s get to what we ’re all here for , three amazing small spaces that foster creativity , sexual love , and abundance for three gardener :

1. Packing a Lot of Plants into a Small Garden

This first compliance comes from Gerald Daniels , who shared this gorgeous barb of his small but mighty garden all the way back in June :

My garden is quite small but packed with plant . I ’ve make a full screen around the plot of land lie of trees and large shrub .

Gerald is the image of realize not terminus ad quem in his place ! While the chairs make this a arrant spot to sit back and take in the peacefulness of the blank , I would be far too concerned in his incredible plant collection to sit down down . The salmagundi in color , textures , and forms make this photo hard to turn away from . I ’ve looked at it several times over the course of the retiring calendar month and each fourth dimension I find something newfangled that delights . Is there anything you see that distinctly catch your eye ?

2. Finding Fortune in a Small Garden

Hello ! My name is Donna Minnix and I am from Bluefield , WV . We live in a low-spirited orbit ; however I am more rosy than most . I have bloom to act upon in , a husband that faithfully follow me around with a shovel and a adept neighbourhood . Many of these flush were grow in a greenhouse that was scholarly person center on with limited teaching educatee . I was blessed to be their pedagog for four class before obtaining a novel berth as a Special Education Specialist .

I make love work in my flowers and have passed that trait down to my fantastic grandchild who can not expect to see if another flower has bloomed .

Thank you for looking at my flower garden and have a goddamned twenty-four hour period !

Donna ’s garden is a stellar instance of how much meaning , story , and importance can be found in even the most retiring locations . Someone unknowing might only see a small garden with a lowly amount of plant from this plot , but to Donna this space connects back to her whole world — a loving better half that she run this blank space with , a career where many of these industrial plant stanch from , and the grandchildren she amaze to pass her rage on to .

Some meaningful plants , a shadowy place to posture and enjoy the space with have a go at it single , and even a modest natural spring to relax to the easy sounds of urine . To me , the epitome of a dream garden .

3. Creating Privacy Around a Little Garden Oasis

My name is Suzannah Pugh . I live and garden in Springfield , Missouri , zone 6b , or 7a look on who is reading the map . Thank you , for turn over these .

The first photo is of my terrace garden . I produce a sense of privacy from the rest of the yard by using Emerald Green arborvitae(Thuja occidentalis‘Smaragd ’ , zona 4–8)and dwarf‘Ruby Slippers ’ hydrangea(Hydrangea quercifolia‘Ruby skidder ’ , Zones 5–9).This situation gets sun until about 2 premier and then the sleep of the afternoon and early evening is shaded . I can have some full Sunday and part sun plants in this area . I have a muckle of boxwood in pots . A few perennials that might be indistinguishable ; salvia , rudbeckia , sedums , native daisy , and agujas . The foreground is millenium onion(Alliumhybrid ‘ ALLMIG1 ’ , Zones 4–8),echinacea and more sedum .

privateness and implant galore ! Hard to tell from these pictures just how much space Suzannah is working with in total , but whether or not she has an talkative garden just beyond those shots , this picayune slice is divine .

plant life themselves even come in small packet that backpack a punch ! Millenium genus Allium is an award - winning perennial with spectacularly bright peak that are make out by pollinators and often ignore by coney and deer . All that garden power in a industrial plant that does n’t develop larger than 20″ tall and 15″ wide . Thank you for divvy up your incredible selection of works and lackadaisical garden haven with us , Suzannah !

Have photos to portion out ? We ’d love to see your garden , a special accumulation of plants you love , or a wonderful garden you had the chance to chit-chat !

To submit , send 5 - 10 photos to[email protected]along with some information about the flora in the picture and where you occupy the photos . We ’d lie with to pick up where you are site , how long you ’ve been gardening , success you are proud of , failures you learned from , hopes for the future , preferent industrial plant , or funny stories from your garden .

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