Petit English Garden of MARPLE & POIROT

My wife and I started gardening in Fukuoka (Japan) in 2003. There was nothing but muddy clayey sloping land. At the beginning we made several structure such as steps and paths, and planted turf, fruit trees, roses, herbs etc. In 2010, we visited several famous English gardens, including Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Mottisfont Abbey Garden and Hidcote Manor Garden. We were shocked by the glory of those gardens. Since then, we have been trying to make small but glorious gardens by ourselves.

庭の紹介

　夫婦で庭づくりを福岡の郊外で2003年に始めました.　赤土むきだしの斜面にまず階段や園路をつくって芝をはり、果樹やバラ、ハーブなどを植えました.

　2010年にイギリスの有名なガーデンの、シシングハースト、モティスフォントアビー、ヒドコートマナーなどを回り、その素晴らしさに圧倒され、それから自分たちで小さくても素晴らしい庭をめざして庭づくりをつづけています.

7/02/2014

MY MOTHER'S BATHTUB

This is a very small pool in our garden. In this, we planted water lily, sweet flag, and canna. And a lotus is planted in a pot.

June 2014

A light blue sweet flag flower is blooming now.

At the end of June a gorgeous lotus flower bloomed. (June 2014)

This small pool is made of a bathtub of my mother. She suffered from brain tumor when she was 50s, and since then she had been bedridden for 30 years. She had used this bathtub in her bedroom. It has four casters for moving in and out her bedroom. She died in 2006.

In 2011, I hit upon a plan to make a pool by using the bathtub. My son helped me to make it during a Christmas vacation. A water lily withered, but other water flowers bloom every year.