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.

4/02/2015

BIRDS LOVE NECTAR (蜜が大好きな鳥)

Japanese white-eyes and brown-eared bulbuls come to the cherry to suck nectar every day. They don't seasonally migrate but live all year round.

Petals of cherry fall just like snow flakes, when they suck nectar of the flowers.

Next rain and wind will make the flowers fall almost all together. It is called 'a shower' of cherry blossoms.

メジロとヒヨドリが毎日桜の花の蜜を吸いにきます。彼らは渡りをせずに一年中住んでいます。鳥たちが蜜を吸うと花びらが雪片のようにはらはらと落ちます。次の雨と風が一斉に花びらを散らしていくでしょう。花吹雪となって。）