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The Fig Garden

18/10/2017

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We started with this overgrown, tangled mess in winter, a couple of months ago. The convolvulus was thick and green.  A team of fourteen people removed every last scrap, taking three weeks because every single little stalk had to be pulled out. The dear old 160 year old fig was growing interesting moss and quite a lot was dead. I have used the mossy offcuts elsewhere in the garden.

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An expert pruned the fig, finding another three the same age, also pruned, and a new offshoot which is apparently rare.

​This is the area today with the fig sporting new leaves. The plantings are growing quickly, hurried on by our 'home-made' compost.

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Before and after, the first taken from the same spot along the marquee pad (normally referred to as the helicopter pad), the second today, a couple of months later. The fig looks ecstatic and the leaves were shining in the sun. The plants beneath have grown steadily without water, which is what they have to do, no excuses accepted.
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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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