Progress of a Wellington garden

22 Dec '06 7:12 pm

What a beautiful garden! To begin with, a lovely location, coupled with much hard work and planning has resulted in a place that I'm sure is hard to leave for more than a short shopping trip!

Thanks for sharing the pictures with us!

-gordonf

20 Jan '07 9:30 pm

I've just stumbled on this post and echo everything the forum friends have said. THank you for sharing, and wish your daughter and family joy from me! Jack

21 Jan '07 4:27 am

What more can I add. Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures Dixie.

21 Jan '07 5:56 am

I got such a surprise to see this story here this morning .I have been waiting for my daughter to send me a photo of the mosaic in place ,so I could post it .
However ,here are some more photos taken at different times.
The first is of the bay near their home .As you can see the hillside rises steeply .,and is dense native bush .
The sign says to watch out for little blue penguins -they come in at dusk and go across the road and scramble up through the bush to their nests.
Dixie

21 Jan '07 6:00 am

Here is part of the track going up to their home .(puff puff)
I successfully transplanted some of these little ferns to my garden at home here.The bush is full of ground cover ferns .
Dixie

21 Jan '07 6:11 am

At the top of the steps they have a sign
'the road to the house of a friend is never long'
NZ readers -the house on the left was in 'NZ House and Garden'May 2004 Page 47>
Dixie