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Almond Trees 1856

27/9/2014

This is a before and after shot taken of the view from the olive grove towards the cottage. It took forever to get rid of the pile of rubble and clay, and the heap of dumped clippings, but all the goodness went back into the garden. The area of the bared soil outside the rock border will grow into the weeds we call 'grass' and will in a couple of months look pretty nice, since it's now being regularly mowed.

The twisty trees are 150 year-old almonds. This year they have a good crop to repay us for giving them a garden border and lots of lovely mulch. Now the view from Dashwood Road is a lot more civilised.

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The Views of Beaumont House

18/9/2014

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The front of the house.

The side of the house.

The long view of the side of the house.

The back of the house.

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The Vegetable Garden

18/9/2014

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The front garden

11/9/2014

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These are areas of the front garden, which is magnificent.

The tree with the branch recently sawn is a grey box, which is indigenous to the area and could be a few hundred years old. The other big trees were planted by early owners of the house.

The rest was established by volunteers.

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The Project

6/9/2014

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This was what I saw first, and wanted to make into a cottage garden.

The tidier garden 6 months later. You can see the side of the 'cottage' and the same clothesline in the distance.

A year later and it's the third day of spring. The garden is ready to bloom. The gravel path leads to the olive grove.

The photos below are of the sides of the main path that leads to an 1860 olive grove, past the 1856 almond tree in the distance.

This leads towards the main house.

The old shed, before.

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The Garden Blog

Beaumont House is a South Australian National Trust home built in 1839. I used to walk past the place often and think to myself that someone ought to do something about the garden.

In my head I shifted plants and weeded and plotted. I did that for a lot of the gardens I walked past but those gardens were owned by people and I couldn't weed for them. Or, I wouldn't.

Anyway, I finally plucked up the courage to send a design plan for the part of the garden I could see from the outside boundary. I eventually got an email answer telling me I was welcome to join the garden volunteers and start working on my plan.

I have taken various before and after photos in the past year. This garden, like all gardens, is an ongoing project.

Virginia Taylor - Author

Almond Trees 1856

The Views of Beaumont House

The Vegetable Garden

The front garden

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