We have done a small flower bed at Seaview’s Depot Restaurant (our favourite!) for several years. Here is how the north side garden bed looked in the mid 90s:
Sometime around maybe 2007 we started to garden there. (This is the sort of moment when I really miss iPhoto and its dates in my defunct computer. I could reload it year by year from discs but am hoping to find an expert who can extract it into my new computer in one fell swoop.)
I had been wanting to get rid of that strip of lawn for several years, especially since restaurant owner Nancy wanted more colour that could be seen from the street. In 2012, we were given the go ahead and …
We waited til the next day to plant because the Soil Energy mulch was hot.
Above, my favourite perennials, Ergyngium ‘Sapphire Blue’, Cistus, and Agyranthemum ‘Butterfly’.
The new part of the garden is planted mostly with Savlia viridis (painted sage) and assorted tall Cosmos grown at The Planter Box.
The lattice is behind the garden covered with hops.
The shrub to the left is Leycesteria formosa (Himalyan honeysuckle), a particular favourite of Chef Michael’s.
foreground: Schizostylis (pink, blooms late), Agyranthemum ‘Butterfly’ (yellow), Acidanthera (white)
On October 30th: Here’s a first: the hops we grow at The DEPOT Restaurant were included in an ale made by Astoria’s Fort George Brewery.
Not only that, but the Fort George harvesters did an impressive job of picking the hops without trampling the garden. Thank you!
On December 5th, the Cistus and Ageranthymum were still blooming (both from The Basket Case Greenhouse).
The cosmos had gone over and we pulled them, and mulched the new garden with a yard of scrumptious washed dairy manure from The Planter Box. (Photos to be inserted, perhaps, if/when I get my iPhoto revived…if I took any that day.)
At Chef Michael’s request, we stuck some greens and some bits of Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ dried flowerheads into the windowboxes to replace dead annuals.
(Preview: I am pleased to tell you these still looked passably good on February 10th 2013!)
Nancy had wanted colour that showed from the street to draw attention to the restaurant, and at the end of the season, she told us that with the new garden bed expansion, “You knocked it out the park!”
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