Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Beth Zellner
Today’s photos are from Beth Zellner in Marysville, Ohio. Beth says, “I really enjoy opening my e-mail every weekday and getting to see a new batch of photos from GPOD! I learn and am inspired by what other gardeners are doing. I am not a professional gardener or photographer. I just love spending time out in the garden and consider it to be my creative outlet.
“When I first moved to my home in 2004, the lawn was of the ordinary, plain-Jane grass variety. There were no garden beds at all. I had an inkling of what I wanted: a wildlife-friendly meadow with endless blooms, with a splash of whimsy. My style continues to evolve, but as you can see from the photos, I think I am at least on the right path!
“At present, my beds are full of Siberian wallflowers, bachelor’s buttons, sweet Williams and poppies (to name a few). There are also the irises, lupines, and dianthus. The peonies are blooming. Soon these will all fade and the echinacea, black-eyed Susans, daisies, blanketflowers, and daylilies will take their place. My goal for the rest of the year and next is to increase the Ohio natives and create a butterfly paradise with milkweed, bee balm, and phlox.”
You’ve created your vision, Beth, and it’s so beautiful! Good luck attracting even more wildlife to your garden. I suspect you’ll be successful.
**These photos, and the accompanying description, were submitted in mid-May, so Beth’s garden may be quite different by now! Perhaps we can persuade Beth to send in more photos… ;-)**
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Comments
Your wild flower meadow is absolutely gorgeous! How did you get it started?
Truly beautiful! I agree - I would love to hear how you did it!
Very, very lovely, Beth, you have really accomplished a lot in such a short period of time (ha, proof I'm getting old that 2004 seems like just yesterday). Love your touches of whimsy..such personal selections always add so much personality to a garden. I can see you have a sense of playfulness and want your garden to evoke smiles of pleasure and surprise.
I definitely agree with Michelle...another round of pictures would be very much appreciated!
Beth, if as you say your yard was just plain sod, like your neighbor's, then in eight short years you did a yeoman's job creating a cornicopia of blossoms balanced with whimsey. Consider some carefully chosen conifers to add interest in winter and to offer homes for the birds. Thank you, Beth.
Beautiful garden; quality photos! I think, even at peak, meadow-type gardens can look 'weedy'. Yours is just beautiful. An airy, colorful delight. And the peonies and iris look amazing. My double peonies didn't bloom this year-they started to open and turned brown. Glad yours were stunning!
Very inspiring! I also want to know whether you started from plants or seeds.
Thank you, Michelle, for featuring my garden :) And thank you to those who left such lovely comments. They are SO appreciated! As I am a gardener on a budget, my technique is not very glamorous. I choose an area to create a bed and tarp it for a year to smother the weeds. The wallflowers, bachelor's buttons, poppies, lupine and others were started from seed that was direct sown (and no soil amendments). I purchase the seed in bulk and mix my own combinations. The irises, echinacea and peonies were divisions from friends, family and neighbors. The dianthus I purchased with a Groupon! I have a very strict "survival of the fittest" attitude here! To keep weeds down and flowers blooming, I overseed in the fall. ~ Beth
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