{"id":92883,"date":"2018-06-30T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-create-a-container-water-garden-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2018-06-30T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T10:03:00","slug":"how-to-create-a-container-water-garden-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-create-a-container-water-garden-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a container water garden | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur gardening expert on mini pondsJapanese temple gardens are world-renowned for good reason, but although all that perfectly raked gravel and artful pruning can be incredibly moving, I\u2019m not sure it transfers well to a different setting. Or, to put it another way, I had no desire to come home and recreate any of it. The street gardens of Japan, however, are another thing; I want every one of them. At any opportunity, by the front door, in a sliver of a front garden, outside a restaurant or corner shop, there\u2019s a gathering of pots, holding everything from herbs to miniature azalea, bonsai and houseplants out for the summer.My favourites are the container water gardens, often no bigger than a bucket. Container ponds offer just what a large pond might \u2013 a slice of the sky and a mirrored surface to change the beat between plants \u2013 and yet can be squeezed into the smallest of spaces. I came home inspired. My mother donated a large iron cauldron-like thing, which, because it sits on top of the soil rather than sinks into it, reflects a floating sky among the foliage and introduces a very different sense of space. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…How to create a container water garden | Alys Fowler<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our gardening expert on mini pondsJapanese temple gardens are world-renowned for good reason, but although...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-oa7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86090,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mini-ponds-for-compact-gardens\/","url_meta":{"origin":92883,"position":0},"title":"Mini ponds for compact gardens","date":"April 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Bring a small plot to life with a water feature \u2013 however tinyOf all the ingredients that make up a garden \u2013 trees, boundaries, seating areas, planted beds, lawns \u2013 in my experience there is nothing that captures the interest of the visitor time and time again quite like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31262,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-my-ultimate-plot-would-have-a-muddy-island-for-flamingos\/","url_meta":{"origin":92883,"position":1},"title":"Me and my garden: \u2018My ultimate plot would have a muddy island for flamingos\u2019","date":"October 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Arthur Parkinson, pottery gardener, Stoke-on-TrentAs a child, I was obsessed with ornamental birds and chickens. I would ask to go to Chatsworth House to see the Duchess of Devonshire\u2019s poultry; and as a young teenager, I worked at a place called Newstead Abbey, which has peacocks. My love of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14564,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/10-things-we-learned-from-the-chelsea-flower-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":92883,"position":2},"title":"10 things we learned from the Chelsea flower show","date":"May 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The trends that dominated the 2016 show ranged from copper tones to native pine trees and rough-hewn stone The meadow planting that has been so prevalent in recent years has moved in two different and competing directions. In one clutch of show gardens, the naturalism (in Chelsea parlance, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":144515,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/at-the-chelsea-flower-show-foliage-is-in-which-bodes-well-for-small-gardens\/","url_meta":{"origin":92883,"position":3},"title":"At the Chelsea flower show, foliage is in. Which bodes well for small gardens","date":"May 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Slim pergolas, curved planters and fuss-free flora \u2013 this year\u2019s jamboree is full of understated greenery that can work beautifully in all spacesThe biggest hoorah of the horticultural year is coming to an end, and if you listen closely you might hear tiny sighs of relief from the industry.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87905,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-masterclass-in-soil-from-the-experts-at-kew-james-wong\/","url_meta":{"origin":92883,"position":4},"title":"A masterclass in soil from the experts at Kew | James Wong","date":"May 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Inside the newly restored Temperate House, James Wong is mesmerised by the potting mixThis month I was lucky enough to sneak in on a behind-the-scenes visit to the newly restored Temperate House at Kew Gardens, a building that blew my mind as a kid with its sheer size, its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94919,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-we-call-it-the-jungle-but-its-like-a-secret-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":92883,"position":5},"title":"Gardens: \u2018We call it the jungle, but it\u2019s like a secret garden\u2019","date":"July 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r In the well-heeled streets of Sandbanks, Dorset, many mature gardens are being ripped out and replaced with artificial grass and gravel. But not this one...Negotiating the well-heeled streets of Sandbanks involves weaving around many builders\u2019 vans. In this redevelopment hotspot near Poole, Dorset, many\u00a0old houses with\u00a0mature gardens are being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}