Driveway to the House

The House and Driveway - Autumn 2003

As you walk around the big bend in the driveway you can see the house, partly hidden by the trees. The trees and shrubs in the Driveway Garden have changed a lot since I first came to Mooseys. And most of all - they've grown!

There was rough grass each side of the driveway, and the garden by the house was planted with a grid of Pittosporums and covered in bark chips. I removed the bark and added roses, flaxes and smaller shrubs like hebes.

White Iceberg Roses

The white Iceberg Rose has always been here (with companion conifer) at the driveway's entrance to the house. I used to appreciate this conifer - it behaved itself and always looked fresh and healthy. But it has recently grown too big for this position.

Below you can see an early photograph taken in the summer of 1997, when the Iceberg Rose had enough space to grow.

the house and driveway - summer 1997

The rusty-coloured rose is here no more - it died in very odd rose circumstances. The overhanging tree has vicious spikes on it which threaten the lawn-mowing person, and scratch the roof of the car. It's a locust tree.

first view of the house

There are other smaller locust trees, or Gleditsia, here in the garden which are completely thornless, although they must have seeded themselves from this parent tree.