View From the Patio

It's hard when showing photographs of an Island Bed to get any sense of position. Each side blends into the next if the edges are curved. The most common view of the Moosey Island Bed is from the house patio.

front view summer 2004

The shiny green shrub to the right is Choisya Ternata, commonly known as Mexican Orange Blossom. Like tree blossom it flowers in spring.

The picture below is from the Moosey Archives, taken (I think) in the spring of 1998. The red flaxes must only just have been planted, and of course everything looks so small!

front view spring 1998

Photographs have to be taken when the lawns are freshly mowed. This type of border looks dreadful surrounded by messy lawns.