Garden diary
Old leaves, fresh greenery
Now, in mid-March, our impatience for fresh greenery is growing day by day.
First frosty nights
Away from the protected beds, the frost reveals its natural beauty. We are particularly fascinated by the Evereste crabapple and the smoke bushes.
End of the dahlia season
The first frost today has enchanted the cut flower garden in the morning twilight and ended the dahlia season.
Autumn harvest
September is one of our favorite months, and not just because of its diverse moods.
In the blooming glory of late summer
Over the past four years, we have arranged a dozen bouquets for our small village festival each time.
A touch of white and pink
Beneath the spreading crowns of our birch trees, the cow parsley is particularly striking this spring.
Spring is charging up
Now, in April, the transition between winter and spring is finally noticeable and visible – a state of limbo in which everything is charged.
Candied morning
When hoarfrost settles over the garden like a layer of granulated sugar, every leaf, every twig, and every berry becomes a fragile work of art.
A calm exhalation
When thick fog and bright sunshine alternate, the fleeting nature of autumn moments becomes particularly apparent.
Moments of exuberance and farewell
The beginning of fall is the most exciting time of year for us in the garden. On the one hand, it is hard to beat in terms of abundance, but on the other hand, there is already a quiet sense of farewell in the air.
Morning flames
The morning sun bathes the garden in glowing orange. For a moment, everything seems to be bathed in fire.
Among harvest baskets and seas of flowers
In July, the time begins in the vegetable garden when we no longer ask ourselves what we want to harvest today, but what we have to harvest.
What grows alongside dahlias and snapdragons
The cut flower garden is now at its most abundant in terms of variety in July.
Like painted with watercolors
In recent weeks, the focus in the new perennial beds around the seating area has shifted from imposing, expansive plants to more delicate ones.
Curated wildness
The planting of our front garden was planned so that there would be enough space between the perennials from the nursery for natural seeding.
Where perennials shape spaces
Last late summer, we already got a taste of the impact of the newly designed perennial beds around our seating area.
Meadows covered in daisies
In addition to our vegetable garden, which is redesigned every year through crop planning, the flowering meadows are the most flexible part of our garden.
A hesitant early summer in the kitchen garden
June has been wet and cold – the nights are barely reaching 10 degrees Celsius, and even during the day, temperatures are struggling to climb higher.
Of light and shadow
At any time of the day, there are areas in the garden that only reveal their full magic at exactly the right moment, which is sometimes very brief.
A greenhouse packed with seedlings
To extend the season and give the seedlings an easier start under controlled, optimised conditions, we start most of our vegetable crops and cut flowers from seed indoors.
The joy of spring
This year everything is different, a good three weeks earlier. While we are still busy preparing the beds, everything around us is blooming and turning green.
Lush green, delicate blossoms
A dense green carpet, woven from a wide range of colours and leaf structures, covers the ground of our front garden on this misty morning.
Preserved flowers
Drying flowers is like preserving our vegetables: a way to take the abundance of spring, summer, and fall into the cold season.
Fog and hoarfrost
For us, the cold season is at its most beautiful when the soft snow is joined by hoarfrost, which coats even the finest twigs, leaves or dried berries in icy crystals.