Syd’s Hugel Garden

Turning fallen logs into a beautiful garden

Today we ’re meet a beautiful garden create by Syd Carpenter . We ’ve visited her house garden before ( Last Summer in Syd Carpenter ’s Garden ) , and today she is sharing a cool project she late discharge .

I am a sculptor and a nurseryman . horticulture plays a very enceinte part in my art , and my own garden has been an endless source of shape for my sculptures . Last year I , along with my hubby , Steve Donegan , also an creative person , was invited by theWoodmere Art Museumin Philadelphia to design a garden in an underutilized orbit of the museum grounds . The emphasis on the growth of this garden was onsustainability , with use of on - site materials a precedence . It was suggest that I might create a “ hugel , ” which is German for mound or hill . It is an ancientraised - bedtechnique that makes usage of fallen Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and other compostable materials . Fortunately , there were several fallen trees uncommitted for the project . My design include two curve hugels that undulate across the site , border by a pattern of logarithm tile . Each hugel is about 45 feet in length , with a maximum height of just under 6 feet at the high point . The plant I selected aredrought patient of , deer and rabbit tolerant , and havefour season of interest .

The mounded ground is build up over pile log , and here some of the logs were left exposed to show how the hugels were built .

Log roofing tile take form thepathwayaround the hugels .

Here ’s how the hugels begin , with putting in the logarithm and other base material .

The hugels built and newly imbed .

The log tile break down into shoes .

The ruined project in June is grown in and blossom . The yellow flush areAchillea‘Moonshine ’ ( Zones 3–9 ) , their color echoed by clumps of the yellow - leavedCarex‘Evergold ’ ( zone 5–8 ) .

deep pink flowers of Double Play spirea ( Spiraeajaponica , Zones 3–8 ) .

The height of the hugels allows layers of plant to be displayed without the one in front obscuring the ace in the back . At the top of the cumulus , a heavy chunk ofborage(Boragoofficinalis , annual ) withblue flowersmakes the mount feel even taller .

A final persuasion of this inspiring planting . I make love that they used fall Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to create something exciting and beautiful .

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