My Brother's Garden: Part One

Wherever you look, just like with the Impressionists' paintings, you are overawed by the brilliant colours and lushness of line and shape!

My brother's property is on the side of a hill and this is the view he has of the world beyond his garden.

And when you turn around and approach his property you know you are about to see something very special right from the entrance.

I am going to present a series on My Brother's Garden and it will be like reading through an exquisitely illustrated book because he has created rooms of beauty on his property with the plants he has grown and each room is like viewing a chapter.

And so today we will take a walk along the front fence line of his property which spreads each side of his impressive entrance as seen above. and you can imagine that this is the cover to his Illustrated Garden Book.

But first let's say a quick good morning (as he does) to some lucky frogs who live in his letter box...

Standing on the road in front of his gateway, his garden stretches to the left and to the right and yes, as you can see it is a large garden of over 2 acres though some at the rear remains as native bush.

I know nothing at all about tropical gardens and so I'll leave it up to those of you who know to comment on the particular species. I do know that he has many varieties of bromeliads but apart from that I am completely lost and when I walk around his garden I just take in the amazing variety of colours, shapes and textures: it's an artist's heaven!!!

When I return in a week or so with Part Two of My Brother's Garden we will begin to step inside the property and take in an unimaginable array of tropical plants displaying their riches in colour, shape and texture.