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.

8/18/2024

BLUE MISTFLOWER (セイヨウフジバカマ)

In the main garden, we grow plants that look cool in summer with bright blue-coloured flowers, such as chaste tree and potato vine, but the blue mistflower also blooms in August with cool-coloured flowers.

This year, some of the plants were diseased and about half of them died, but the rest are safe and have started to flower. You can enjoy the flowers for the next couple of weeks.

メインガーデンにはセイヨウニンジンボクやツルハナナスなどのように夏に明るいブルー系の色の花をつけて涼しげに見える植物を育てていますが、セイヨウフジバカマもまた涼しげな色の花を八月に咲かせます。

今年は一部に病気が発生して半分ぐらい枯れてしまいましたが、残りは無事で花を咲かせ始めました。これから2，3週間ほど花を楽しめます。