Of the gardening type, that is. This past week I took several days to cut back the roses and hydrangeas in the gardens at Struan Farm.
Day One I tackled the rose garden area, where I cut back 13 roses and re-positioned three wisteria plants given the extensions done to the Perfect Pergola:
I also weeded, swept the walkways and edged.
Day two I took on Hydrangea Hill. Here's the before picture:
And then after:
Thirty-two hydrangeas and three roses, plus some clean up of the pongas/tree ferns and fallen leaves.
Day Three I did the roses and hydrangeas in the center and side gardens, with the far back and front roadside yet to do. Total tally: 53 hydrangeas and 30+ roses, with 24 hydrangeas and three climbing, prickly roses left to do next weekend.
This was one of those work projects where you could definitely see what you'd accomplished!
I told myself at one point that even if it is a bit of an annual mission, I'm happiest working outside at Struan Farm, and it does mean beautiful flowers in the gardens for most of the year, something for which to be thankful.
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