The end of the beginning

I have been busy planting box. With the hard landscaping at an end (although we are still awaiting the decorative stone dressing), we can now get planting structural plants such as box. Buxus sempervirens or Common Box (European Box also known as Boxwood) formed an integral part of our old garden and we intend to use this old friend again here at Ordnance House.

An example is the central main bed around which the whole garden circulates. And today I have been planting the box that encircles this key bed. The box plants are small but I believe planting small develops stronger more resilient plants in the long term.

Meanwhile, the grass seed sown last week, has taken and a green sheen can be seen on the new lawns. I see all this as progress. It's fun watching a landscape transformed by machinery but it scars the ground no matter how careful or light footed you are. And it is now time to let the garden start to settle. It is the end of the beginning...