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Heritage Items in the Garden

4/12/2014

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This old shed was recently reclaimed by the branch members who take care of the main house. We are hoping to put a path on the left side through to the far back of the garden. We'll get to the gardening eventually but at the moment it's full of weeds and a big air conditioner.
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I couldn't rebuild this old post and rail fence because it's too fragile. I just propped the slabs of wood where they might have been. The gate was broken and crumpled and similarly the 1850s heritage would be lost if anything much was done. I straightened it and it's held together with a piece of bamboo and some copper wire. I'm quite proud of my hidden work.
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I'd kill to have features like this in my own garden. I don't even have my own garden yet because I currently live in a building but I know one day God will finally grant me my dream of having my own house. Without anyone telling me what to do and who to let inside, I think I am going to be the happiest person in this planet. Everything in there will be part of my heritage in the next decades to come. I know I am going to have very responsible grandchildren who will take care of them.

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    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.

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