Like the rest of the garden, this area looked like a tangled mess when I first started. We had tacoma growing under the old almond tree (circa 1860) and plenty of small feral olives, nothing worth saving. A working bee cleared the area, which I then marked with a rock border. I had no plans for the garden here because I had too much else to do, but like the rest of the garden, the area began to fill with donated plants. The clivia came from another other part of the garden, the Chinese lantern plants were purchased, the hellebores were donated like the forget-me-not and the bulbs, namely bluebells and snowdrops. Today, this is what the area looks like. I may have to down size a little when I get a bit more time.
The next four photos are about a year apart, the last being the oldest photo, #1. Not only did I have no time to waste on building the Great Wall of Beaumont, I had very little idea of to pile up the rocks. I simply used the next I could reach. The year later, #2, I understood the balance and found a little more time to choose better sizes.
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