Source: A Place Imagined
My four, yes four, Christmas trees are still fully decorated, the
kitchen cupboards remain stubbornly coated in paper snowflakes and I'm
about to bake a batch of mince pies. It would be an understatement to
say I'm a bit of a fan of Christmas and, quite frankly, I'm going to
milk my full 12 days worth.
Sadly though, I will have to think about moving on tomorrow and, for
me, this is going to involve a little garden planning. I usually
ruminate on ideas in January in the hope that I can have come to some
conclusions and pulled my finger out before we're well into spring.
This year I have more pressure than usual as I'm due to open my garden
in six months time as part of the National Gardens Scheme and I want to add a few more areas of interest, especially for children.
If you're looking for a little design inspiration, I would recommend stopping by Pinterest.
This is a kind of virtual pin board where you can collect and organise
images. Although you can apply for an invite to be a 'pinner' there is
still a lot to find by browsing other people's boards.
Of course it covers everything under the sun, not just gardens, but
there are plenty of pinned images with a horticultural flavour.
Rochelle Greyer, editor of the new online Leaf Magazine and the woman behind Studio G blog always has brilliant boards to browse - you can check them out here. For more specific kids garden ideas I've put together this board
(which includes the playhouse image above) but there are plenty more
out there - just put in your search terms and then look at either pins
or boards that use those keywords.
Happy pinning. I'm off to roll some pastry and hum a few carols.