I too struggle with how to identify parts of my garden so that I can refer to them with visitors or helpers. I tend to rely on a significant or central plant for the name -- like the Heptacodium garden or the Yellowwood garden. But sometimes I can no no better than "long perennial border" which my partner says does not help her distinguish what I am talking about from any other garden bed. She herself has the "veg plot" and so does not face my challenges. Absolutely adore your posts.
Yes, plants do tend to inform the names but only help those of us who know them. I often find it easiest to remember somewhere we may have visited because of something that happened, as opposed to what it looked like. Maybe the same might apply in the garden? (I'm resisting inventing fantasy garden happenings..)
Well,with your now acres you've become a Grand Garden I guess.
The fields are not very gardeny.
I too struggle with how to identify parts of my garden so that I can refer to them with visitors or helpers. I tend to rely on a significant or central plant for the name -- like the Heptacodium garden or the Yellowwood garden. But sometimes I can no no better than "long perennial border" which my partner says does not help her distinguish what I am talking about from any other garden bed. She herself has the "veg plot" and so does not face my challenges. Absolutely adore your posts.
Yes, plants do tend to inform the names but only help those of us who know them. I often find it easiest to remember somewhere we may have visited because of something that happened, as opposed to what it looked like. Maybe the same might apply in the garden? (I'm resisting inventing fantasy garden happenings..)
Thank you for your encouraging appreciation!