Botanic gardens

Fitzroy gardens conservatorium.

Open Garden courtyard, Fitzroy.

Warehouse Garden Fitzroy
I love the idea of the huge tall pots , once air cond ducts , rendered and pot plants placed in the tops of them.

Some loely photo’s there HP..
My fav’s would have to be the carved tree trunk and the vegie garden.
Conservatory pics also beautiful.

27 pics out of 200 odd.. it was hard to pick which one’s to put in.

I have a question too.. under heading ‘Fitzroy gardens conservatorium’ pics, 3rd last pic, what is that background plant? it’s got tiny tiny leaves , bit like a moss of sorts. I have some of that in my fernery that appeared and I quite like it. It’s growing up the wooden fence at the rear of the fernery garden and I want to know I if I can take some little bits and plant it between ferns as a groundcover..

Muschee said:

Some loely photo’s there HP..
My fav’s would have to be the carved tree trunk and the vegie garden.
Conservatory pics also beautiful.

Don’t ya hate that…. Some LOVELY photo’s….

Muschee said:

Muschee said:

Some loely photo’s there HP..
My fav’s would have to be the carved tree trunk and the vegie garden.
Conservatory pics also beautiful.

Don’t ya hate that…. Some LOVELY photo’s….

Thats ok Muschee! and thanks.
I think we can all read ‘typonese’ by now :)

Thanks for putting them up, Happy Potter…I looked at them as a slideshow in your Photobucket, hope you don’t mind…some very good ideas there too…

Dinetta said:

Thanks for putting them up, Happy Potter…I looked at them as a slideshow in your Photobucket, hope you don’t mind…some very good ideas there too…

No I don’t mind at all Dinetta, I leave the link open to my album on purpose.. I send it to family and friends too. Saves me sending one by one, and they can view by the slideshow , rather than open a new page for each pic :)

Great photos, HP. Looks like you had a terrific day! Your garden club is more dynamic than the one I’m in, but I shouldn’t whinge, I don’t volunteer to run it !

the fitzroy conservatorium water garden shots are particularly appealing to me at this point in time.

thanks happy – nice shots.

orchid40 said:

Great photos, HP. Looks like you had a terrific day! Your garden club is more dynamic than the one I’m in, but I shouldn’t whinge, I don’t volunteer to run it !

Thanks Orchid. I am so glad I went today..I came home with a new perspective on my own garden. I was always puzzled when people admired my garden as, to me it’s a mess.. I wished I could see what they saw. But now I can! :D

pepe said:

the fitzroy conservatorium water garden shots are particularly appealing to me at this point in time.

thanks happy – nice shots.

Thinking of making a bigger pond Pepe ? Or new plants in them ?

Lovely photos….just beautiful

Wow! I can’t believe everything is looking so good after the summer you’ve just had over there!

Love the hyacinth blue pergola! Don’t you just want to sit there!

Happy Potter said:

27 pics out of 200 odd.. it was hard to pick which one’s to put in.

I have a question too.. under heading ‘Fitzroy gardens conservatorium’ pics, 3rd last pic, what is that background plant? it’s got tiny tiny leaves , bit like a moss of sorts. I have some of that in my fernery that appeared and I quite like it. It’s growing up the wooden fence at the rear of the fernery garden and I want to know I if I can take some little bits and plant it between ferns as a groundcover..

Baby’s tears (Soleirolia soleirolii) – the plant with one of the most awful botanical names ever! LOL! and yes it is a groundcover and you should be able to transplant bits of it. It doesn’t like to dry out. Nice damp (but not wet) shady position and it will thrive.

Muschee said:

Muschee said:

Some loely photo’s there HP..
My fav’s would have to be the carved tree trunk and the vegie garden.
Conservatory pics also beautiful.

Don’t ya hate that…. Some LOVELY photo’s….

Didn’t even notice! My brain must be on auto-correct, LOL!

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

27 pics out of 200 odd.. it was hard to pick which one’s to put in.

I have a question too.. under heading ‘Fitzroy gardens conservatorium’ pics, 3rd last pic, what is that background plant? it’s got tiny tiny leaves , bit like a moss of sorts. I have some of that in my fernery that appeared and I quite like it. It’s growing up the wooden fence at the rear of the fernery garden and I want to know I if I can take some little bits and plant it between ferns as a groundcover..

Baby’s tears (Soleirolia soleirolii) – the plant with one of the most awful botanical names ever! LOL! and yes it is a groundcover and you should be able to transplant bits of it. It doesn’t like to dry out. Nice damp (but not wet) shady position and it will thrive.

Yep tried this one for a while and got fed up with trying to keep it moist..as much as I loved it…I no longer have it.

Fitzroy gardens conservatorium

Do you know what the plants are in the hanging baskets HP? Possibly some type of begonia but I don’t know really. Beautiful colours.

I meant to mention the tree trunk too.

Happy Potter said:

27 pics out of 200 odd.. it was hard to pick which one’s to put in.

I have a question too.. under heading ‘Fitzroy gardens conservatorium’ pics, 3rd last pic, what is that background plant? it’s got tiny tiny leaves , bit like a moss of sorts. I have some of that in my fernery that appeared and I quite like it. It’s growing up the wooden fence at the rear of the fernery garden and I want to know I if I can take some little bits and plant it between ferns as a groundcover..

I’m probably too late now but it looks like what we call “baby’s tears.”

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

27 pics out of 200 odd.. it was hard to pick which one’s to put in.

I have a question too.. under heading ‘Fitzroy gardens conservatorium’ pics, 3rd last pic, what is that background plant? it’s got tiny tiny leaves , bit like a moss of sorts. I have some of that in my fernery that appeared and I quite like it. It’s growing up the wooden fence at the rear of the fernery garden and I want to know I if I can take some little bits and plant it between ferns as a groundcover..

Baby’s tears (Soleirolia soleirolii) – the plant with one of the most awful botanical names ever! LOL! and yes it is a groundcover and you should be able to transplant bits of it. It doesn’t like to dry out. Nice damp (but not wet) shady position and it will thrive.

Oh ok, thanks Horty!
I wouldn’t mind it creeping through the ferns. I did read though , it can become a pest. It obviously loves the shade because I didn’t know of it’s presence until the heatwave killed off some fern fronds , it was hiding in a little dark spot.

pomolo said:

Fitzroy gardens conservatorium

Do you know what the plants are in the hanging baskets HP? Possibly some type of begonia but I don’t know really. Beautiful colours.

Cascade Begonias Pomolo , they were lovely , and something I’ve never taken that much notice of before.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Fitzroy gardens conservatorium

Do you know what the plants are in the hanging baskets HP? Possibly some type of begonia but I don’t know really. Beautiful colours.

Cascade Begonias Pomolo , they were lovely , and something I’ve never taken that much notice of before.

Thought they might be. Won’t grow up here I suspect.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Fitzroy gardens conservatorium

Do you know what the plants are in the hanging baskets HP? Possibly some type of begonia but I don’t know really. Beautiful colours.

Cascade Begonias Pomolo , they were lovely , and something I’ve never taken that much notice of before.

Thought they might be. Won’t grow up here I suspect.

Why ever not ? They’re tropical plants..

GA site: Begonias are tropical plants that can adapt to outdoor cultivation in a frost-free climate. If an area experiences winter frosts, these plants can be grown in tubs and brought indoors in autumn, kept in a well-lit position away from fires and heaters.

Bugger. thing dropped out. Now I don’t know whether my post got thru.

Trying again. Trying not to upset LF with too many quotes. He can be mean when he’s stirred.

We can’t grow tuberous begonias up here. I have never tried to, mind you but it’s just well known.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

the fitzroy conservatorium water garden shots are particularly appealing to me at this point in time.

thanks happy – nice shots.

Thinking of making a bigger pond Pepe ? Or new plants in them ?

i just love water – and water gardens and those ones in particular. water gardens are cool, relaxing and give quite a sense of relief when you’ve got a hot sticky skin. yesterday was one of those days. overcast, some rain – yet hot. i kept thinking it would cool down so i worked in the garden without a hat. it did cool down eventually which gave us about 5 different climates all in one day.

pomolo said:

Bugger. thing dropped out. Now I don’t know whether my post got thru.

Pain in the arse….. this drop out and slow thingy…..things we have to put up with to bond with the “family’:D