We should probably call this part of the garden The Mulberry Garden but we got used to saying 'the red garden' so that everyone knew the place we meant. It was never part of my plan but it shows from the street and I don't want people walking past to think that the rest of the garden is a mess. Therefore, I got into the habit of maintaining this part, unless I am too busy. I wish I had a 'before' photo. It was full of weeds. Long ago, someone thought a weed mat would be a good idea but without maintenance, it buried itself so deeply that it took a couple of weightlifters to tug out most of it. Some is still there but impossible to remove because of the plants growing on the top. The main feature used to be a rusty old plough sitting on the dry soil. One day we had a working-bee and cleaned up the worst of the weeds and planted red geraniums around the sides. Later on I bought more hebe but it died. We put in succulent cuttings and sebum and more red geraniums. The mulberry tree is there as a feature because one was purported to be in the original garden. The below is a photo I took today from the path below.
Photos from summer, autumn, winter, spring, for three years. The mulberry in the bottom left is looking better than I ever thought possible. It's starting to be the star of red garden bed.
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