The bench sits atop the rockery offering a great perspective on the entire garden. Now in Winnipeg, there was a brand
new learning curve to deal with. It was back to clay soil coupled with fierce winters, punctuated by out-of-zone surprises that have convinced Diana that zone labels are not reflective of actual conditions and need to be taken with a grain of salt. She is learning to be more adventurous with her plant choices here, but still relies heavily on heritage and native stock. Diana has very definite tastes in
Marigolds offer a splash of colour in the vegetable garden.
plants. “I have plants I detest and ones I like,” she says, and she doesn’t care if her garden follows any of the rules. “I put things in where I think they’ll do best,” she declares. The result is a casual, free-form garden that is relaxed and confident in its unique style. Soon after moving in, Diana and Dhali made some major changes
to
the structure of the garden, adding curves at the front and taking out some overgrown lilacs and out-of-control rhubarb. They added a fence around the back and are still trying to deal with hungry deer that come in through the front garden. The latest defence is a multi-tiered, fishing line “fence”, invis- ible to the naked eye but enough to stop the deer, and a water-filled motion sensor near the breezeway. Maybe next year the hosta will survive. One unusual feature of the garden
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Diana in her kitchen.
is the rustic harrow that resides in the front yard under a magnificent pine tree. “We had a massive garden in Thunder
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