For those of us that lament not having enough property to garden on I just had to show you this tiny jewel of a garden. This house sits at the end of the parking lot of our post office. This is what you see as you pull out of the parking lot. It is the tiniest little garden that you can imagine.
As you can see the asphalt goes right up to the sidewalk that the occupant enters their apartment. The hell strip, if you will, has been turned into the most inviting, amazing garden. I have enjoyed it for the past couple of years always thinking I would take photos to share and hopefully meet the gardener. Well, I finally gave up on meeting the gardener and took a few photos today. The clematis is about to climb the little trellis and is blooming. All is filling out.
Even the stairs and small landing has much to offer.
I would love to meet the creative mind that has taken such a small space and created such an intriguing garden. Now if you fail to find a spot for your latest purchase just think of this poor gardener that has certainly made a pleasing garden from very little space. You simply can't feel sorry for yourself. I'm talking to myself here I guess.
If I have merely wetted your appetite for a garden tour you can pop over to
Creating Our Eden to get some "Dirt Therapy". I can promise you won't be disappointed.
As you can see the asphalt goes right up to the sidewalk that the occupant enters their apartment. The hell strip, if you will, has been turned into the most inviting, amazing garden. I have enjoyed it for the past couple of years always thinking I would take photos to share and hopefully meet the gardener. Well, I finally gave up on meeting the gardener and took a few photos today. The clematis is about to climb the little trellis and is blooming. All is filling out.
Even the stairs and small landing has much to offer.
I would love to meet the creative mind that has taken such a small space and created such an intriguing garden. Now if you fail to find a spot for your latest purchase just think of this poor gardener that has certainly made a pleasing garden from very little space. You simply can't feel sorry for yourself. I'm talking to myself here I guess.
If I have merely wetted your appetite for a garden tour you can pop over to Creating Our Eden to get some "Dirt Therapy". I can promise you won't be disappointed.
Amazing! You're right; no one can complain after looking at that creative little gem.
ReplyDeleteLisa, this is an amazing space. Evidently this gardener has a wonderful talent.
ReplyDeleteI loved your daffodil post! I wouldn't call the one ugly-just different. I think the white one with the big white bell is my favorite, although each is stuning, Thanks for sharing them and giving me ideas for this fall.
There's never a space too small for a green thumb! :-) That is very inspiring. Thanks!
ReplyDelete"Bloom where you're planted" certainly applies to this gardener!
ReplyDeleteCarol, May Dreams Gardens
How cute is that little garden.
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa....I have always said you do not need lots of space to create something beautiful.....
ReplyDeletethat is indeed a lovely space, and someone obviously has a love of plants.......if only everyone would have the same creativity, the world be full of greenery and blooms........whoever he/she is, well done.....
Thanks for sharing this creative little oasis.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad we have lots of space, but sometimes think we'd be better off with less. We'd be better able to focus and get all the needed work done.
That is such a clever use of space, and how wonderful that the person has taken lemons and made sweet lemonade.
ReplyDeleteNow that's definitely taking advantage of the available space! They did a great job!--Randy
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely little gem of a garden! Often the smallest spots like this are the prettiest.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good point... and I love how "big" and "generous" it all looks! The march of terracotta pots up the stairs really ties it ll together. Cute. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful sight..this gardener knows how to use every available bit of space...even climbing the walls! Thanks for posting this...I can't wait to show my sisters...gail
ReplyDeleteThis person definitely has a green thumb and an eye for creating the beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLisa, this just goes to show that you don't need a huge expanse of ground to have a garden. This gardener has no doubt put a smile on the faces of many a passer-by.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great example of feeling blessed with the smallest things...or blooming where you're planted! I'd love to see it as summer approaches and things are lush, full and overflowing. Please bring it back again!
ReplyDeleteYou'd be so blown away at one of my friend's little spaces. She rents a guest house and her garden is more full than the local nursery. It's stunning...mindblowing.
I've let my yard go this year because we're moving :(
I'll just have to make a pretty garden where I go!
Isn't it wonderful. This person is obviously a born gardener who, for some reason, finds herself without any ground. Thanks for showing us this little garden.
ReplyDeleteOh, BTW, a new daffodil opened yesterday and I think it's the same as your 'ugly' one;)
Marnie
That is a fabulous and inspiring garden. The gardener must be a wonderful person with immense generosity to do so much to make her space beautiful when it can be shared with the public coming to us the PO.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing those tiny gardens. This is one of the smallest I've seen - how clever!
ReplyDeleteThey know how to do it! I love urban gardens. We need, and will have, our green.
ReplyDeleteI love tiny garden spaces. So creative and much needed green space!
ReplyDeleteI love this garden and the gardener! I can tell this person loves plants!
ReplyDeleteBless them.
Sherry
Bravo to those folks and their little garden paradise! HOw wonderful it must make them feel!
ReplyDeleteA very creative use of such a small space I would agree perhaps a fairy gardener lives there...certainly one with a green thumb!
ReplyDeleteOh! That was so lovely. Thank you. I needed that.
ReplyDeleteNow, come over to my blog and try to win a rain chain. O.K.?~~Dee
Hi Lisa, that is a very ingenious gardener. It looks like there are even plants growing in the concrete seam with the building. Yes, we should never complain about a lack of planting area. So glad you got a closer look too. Maybe someday you can meet the gardener. :-)
ReplyDeleteFrances
I'll bet garden cleanup is a snap! Beautiful garden and so neat and tidy. I agree, your daffodils are a delight.
ReplyDeleteWow, Lisa. That's amazing! I hope you do get to meet the gardener sometime!
ReplyDeleteWow! I can't believe my eye, it's certainly smart planner and executor in gardening.
ReplyDeleteThis gardener really put in all the effort. Small ideas big return!
Such beauty and comfort!
It's all so exquisitely neat, too - variety without mess is hard in small spaces. So many are herbs: lavender, rosemary, rue, sage, lavender, tansy, feverfew ... think this is also a useful garden, isn't it Lisa?
ReplyDeleteAnnie at the Transplantable Rose
The owner of this tiny garden probably loves plants and flowers as much as we do with our "normal" sized gardens. Perhaps he/she is just a little more creative than we are, as he/she wants to make out the most of the place.
ReplyDeleteI feel ashamed after seeing this wonderful tiny garden! What creativity, Lisa! The person truly is amazing!
ReplyDeleteSo true, Lisa. It's not how much you have, but what you do with it. What a lovely little oasis they have created, and I bet inside is like a greenhouse! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday dear Lisa:)
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Containers make a lot of sense in a tight urban space like that.
ReplyDeleteLisa, thank you for sharing this... Sometimes I drive by and a certain home catches my eye and I wonder about the owner and what makes them happy. This reminds me of an elderly couple who plant a fairly large sunflower garden every spring and during the drought and water restrictions, it dried up and died before the end of June for the past two years. I have wanted to stop and visit with them. Maybe this will be the year as we have had and are getting lots of rain!
ReplyDeleteThe owner of that garden you share here has a good heart and creative mind, just like you. I hope one day you are able to meet...
Hugs,
Mary
...quality not quantity ...comes to mind!
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