At the entrance to my home is a small area that consisted of a gnarly old Dracaena and an air conditioner unit, and when the wind blew, the leaves on the driveway swirled around and piled up in that area. Not the welcome I wanted for my front door.
I could never really decide what I wanted to do with that area until I saw a Buddha statue in a garden shop who asked me to take them home. Who am I to refuse the Buddha? I did some research as I didn’t want to disrespect the Buddha or break any spiritual rules but what I did find was it’s more about how the statue, and the garden, makes you feel.
I cleared and leveled the area with course sand and piled up some drainage gravel in a mound to sit the statue on. I mixed bags of garden soil with the sand and formed it into the shape I wanted and sat an air con cover on pavers.
The plants are Ornamental Gingers at the back, Pratia ground cover on the mound, Adenium Desert Rose at the sides for their sculptural look, New Guinea Impatiens in the front with an assortment of succulents.
So how does the new garden make me feel?
Peaceful, Contented, and Zen.
Stuart.
