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.
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.
Golden Winter
While most changes in the garden happen more or less leisurely over the course of the seasons and blend seamlessly into one another, snow completely transforms the landscape from one moment to the next.
Winter wreath
A winter wreath made from hazel branches, hop vines and the seed heads of Lunaria rediviva, Aster divaricatus "Tradescant" and Hydrangea paniculata "Kyushu".
Frosty sparkle
The first frost seems to preserve the last splashes of autumn colour under its sparkling ice crystals.
Autumn leaves
We would love to stop time in autumn, when trees and bushes shine in the most beautiful colours.
The Flower Gardener
Every now and then, the thought flickers in my mind that we could do something more useful with the 90 square meters of our cut flower garden. Is it an unnecessary luxury?
Cut flower bed in morning mist
The mornings when the rising sun pushes aside dense fog with all its might are one of the most beautiful things about autumn for us.
September mowing
With the mowing of our wildflower meadows at the latest, the farewell to summer becomes very clear.
Transformation of the new perennial beds
It is amazing what a few square metres of change can do to the overall appearance of the garden.
The wild front garden
In early summer, the front garden goes through a rather quiet phase for a while. We think that's great, because one floral highlight doesn't have to chase the next.
Creating new structures and flower beds
To break up the large meadow area behind the house and give our seating area a lively setting, new perennial beds are being created here.
