Fusion Garden Fun

Shortly after we moved into the present home, I noticed that the grass on the boulevard was sparse and looked awful.

For several years I tried fertilizing, adding manure, adding fresh topsoil. No success. And, because it is on a slope, it was very annoying to mow.

In Spring of 2013, our local parks gardener (with whom I was doing volunteering) came along and suggested planting some shallow rooted perennials there. She donated a bunch of bearded Iris that we had recently thinned out in the park garden.

2013 — The sunniest end of the boulevard with the new Iris. Photo by Louise Peacock.

2015. I added a few more plants — some more Iris, a couple of Daylilies and some Greek Oregano. Photo by Louise Peacock.

2017 early spring. A fresh coat of wood chips and you can see some sprouting going on. photo by Louise Peacock.

2017 mid July. This Iris have pushed through the wood chips, as have the Daylilies and the Greek Oregano. Photo by Louise Peacock.

June 2018. The plants have really matured and we get some colour. Photo by Louise Peacock.

June 2019. Iris in flower. Photo by Louise Peacock.

Some passers-by have been bewildered by this boulevard garden, but our local government calls this type of project a Fusion Garden, and they came by to admire it last year, and to encourage me to continue with it.

Our neighbour across the way (who we have nick-named Trash Warrior for his unrelenting fight against plastic waste — see photo below) is very artistic and also handy. He created a sign for the garden, as seen in the lead photo.

Trash Warrior of Stonepath, in full protest garb. Photo by Louise Peacock

For fun, some of us decided to have a little sign dedication ceremony a couple of weeks ago.

Photobomb by Laker. Photo by Bruce Walker.

Official ribbon cutting for the Fusion Garden sign. Photo by Bruce Walker.

We toasted with some home made liquor from Madeira, donated by one of our Portugese neighbours. Thank you Maria!