Garden Name: Jimmy Cat's Secret Garden
Coordinates: Guangdong
Area: 260m²
Orientation: Full sunshine on the roof
Age: 5 years
Garden features: different flower landscapes step by step
Jimmy Cat Cat Secret Garden ▲
Everyone has an acre of land in their hearts,
Everyone has a dream in their heart,
What to plant with it,
Plant peach seeds plum seeds spring wind.
Whenever I listen to this old Taiwanese song "Dream Field", I will think of countless flower growers who love plants and gardening.
Guangdong flower friend Jimmy Cat Cat is one of them, 260m² of reinforced concrete large terrace, with 5 years to plant spring and summer, autumn and winter, into a poetic dream field in the heart.
Jimmy cat cat in the garden ▲
I once wanted to build a moon season garden, so I frantically collected hundreds of monthly varieties; the fairy tale world that had experienced typhoons and flowers was in a mess overnight;
And now, in 5 years and more than 1800 days, the planting of grass and trees brick by brick, the garden has finally taken shape, but it is also the time to say goodbye.
This garden visit is a sharing of Jimmy's 7 years of flower planting experience, and it is also his farewell to this fairytale garden.
Let's walk into the secret garden of Jimmy Cats.
Garden overview▲
I planted three or four hundred plants in the garden,
There are more than 100 kinds of vermilion red alone.
In the beginning, Jimmy The Cat wanted to create a monthly garden.
"At that time, I wanted to plant a whole garden of the moon season, red, green, blue, purple, purple, red, for this crazy collection of hundreds of varieties."
Cut flowers in the garden
But there is always a certain distance between the ideal and the reality, and it is difficult for him to maintain it after planting it.
"Most of the monthly seasons are actually quite suitable for growing in Guangdong, but there is no pop-up period in the parcel area." Conservation is indeed a big problem, especially in the summer: sweltering hot weather, day-to-day care and care, all kinds of red spider black spots and white powder... These have become problems to be faced. ”
No way, Jimmy decided to try some different plants, and this attempt, the garden slowly planted three or four hundred plants.
"Just by vermilion, I have collected more than a hundred different varieties."
Blue snowflakes and vermilion red in the garden
The gardens of Guangdong are indispensable to the bougainvillea. Whether in the height of summer or winter, it still blooms. Jimmy Cat cats are particularly fond of green and red cherry blossoms, as well as Snow White.
"Bougainvillea is very suitable for lazy people to plant, it is heat-resistant and dry-resistant, water control + fertilization, and it will soon bloom all over the branches."
Bougainvillea ▲
Spring is the vermilion stage. "I especially like this sunny plant, which is also one of the best bulbs to grow."
Exactly how many varieties of vermilion, Jimmy cats themselves can not count. "From the various collected balls to the self-hybridization, every time the flowers bloom, you feel happy. Sometimes in order to plant your favorite flowers and plants, you can stay in the garden for a day. This is my own little blessing. ”
Various vermilion reds in the garden
Summer has arrived, and the garden has a bright sun, and there are sunflowers in full bloom.
"At this time, freshly pick some lemongrass and mint to make a delicious cold drink."
Bougainvillea, lilies, clematis in the garden
Autumn in Guangdong is hot and dry.
At this time, the garden is slowly reviving, and the chrysanthemums are ready to appear. The sowing of various grasses and flowers should also be prepared.
Blue flower vine ▲
In winter, the gardens in other areas are still hibernating, and the Guangdong gardens usher in the highlight moment.
"Moon seasons, lilies, dahlias, and all kinds of grass flowers... A year of hard work ushered in the most beautiful time. ”
Gardens from various periods▲
plants, flower stands and debris,
Created a fairy tale world.
The whole garden was built, and it took about five years from idea to shape. "I didn't deliberately plan and design, I used ready-made flower stands and debris."
The garden is relatively long, only five meters wide. Pushing open the garden door, there is a small flower field surrounded by cement bricks.
There are different plant colors and different levels to create a small Japanese garden feeling. There is a small blue window on the white background wall.
The background wall of the garden is all made by Jimmy the cat, even every corner of the garden, the window sill, the table... They are all made by hand.
Nice view behind the garden doors▲
"I always wanted the garden to have a path full of fine grass flowers." So the anti-corrosion wood was used to make a good interval and then raised, put in the planting cloth, and a garden path came out.
Trails in the garden▲
The sun room is also one of the must-haves in the garden, and the decoration of various small clutter is like a fairy tale world.
"Every rainy day, I'm in a daze inside. But because Guangdong is a typhoon-prone area and the floors are so high, it is only a small house. ”
Various fittings of the sun room▲
Love is broken ten thousand times and healed ten thousand times.
Because the garden is on the roof, even if it is just the usual wind and rain, it makes Jimmy's cat fidget.
"Occasional typhoons, strong convection can make the garden messy overnight, and the flowers and leaves are lost. In addition to being sad or tearful to clean up. ”
2017 Typhoon Tiange, Jimmy Cat Cat is still fresh in my memory.
"This typhoon directly hit the garden hard, and also let me know how small human beings are in front of nature."
After Typhoon Mangkhut crossed in 2018, the garden was shattered and messy.
"I was faced with those broken flowers, broken debris, flower pots, and thought it was the end of the world."
If you started building a garden, you did it wherever you thought about it; now, it's become a typhoon that destroys you, rebuilds it, slowly cleans up and recovers, and prays that there won't be a positive typhoon.
Cats and dogs in the garden ▲
Put the old things to an end, and the next year will still blossom.
For some personal reasons, the roof garden was emptied.
Empty roof garden▲
"This matter is sad to mention, although it is no longer willing, it is still necessary to learn to say goodbye." But I'm not going to give up on building a garden, new ones are already being built slowly, and now there's a try to plant some dahlias. ”
A new garden in the process of being built▲
For the new garden, Jimmy Cat cat did not make much special planning, but it is certain that it will still be based on the theme of the monthly season.
The building is basically using the old garden things, and most of them are built by himself, so take it slowly.
"This time I'm looking forward to all kinds of seasons, hydrangeas and beauty, and more importantly, I'm not afraid of typhoons anymore."
Dog in the new garden ▲
The new garden is basically built by Jimmy the cat with his own hands.
In order to save a little labor costs, even moving bricks is done by yourself. On the day the bricks arrived, under the scorching sun, three thousand bricks were moved with tears.
Jimmy the cat working in the new garden▲
It's not hard to give up, but it's cool to stick around.
Even though it's hard work and has to deal with all kinds of weather factors, Jimmy's love of gardening has never changed.
Building a garden brings him not only the freedom to cut flowers, but also spiritual joy and satisfaction.
Flowers, cats and books▲
In fact, the friends around me are not very supportive of Jimmy cat cat flowers, feel silly, is a plaything lost. But planting flowers is a great joy for people who love flowers.
Jimmy the cat just likes to plant flowers, he said:
"If there is no grass on this road, I will go barefoot and stand in the sun and watch the sun." Even if the world ends tomorrow, today I will still plant a flower in the garden..."
Jimmy Cat Cat in the New Garden ▲
Q: There are so many plants planted in the garden, does it usually take a lot of time to take care of it?
A: Haha, I put all kinds of bottom fertilizer before planting. Aside from watering and pruning, I don't take much care of it. Still basically in the garden after work.
Q: Can you recommend some plants suitable for Liangguang to your two flower friends?
A: Perennial recommended hydrangeas, moon seasons, other seasonal recommendations foxglove, flying swallow grass, margaret ...
Recommended specific varieties of hydrangeas: Endless Summer, Flower Hand Bow, Wanhua Mirror, Sun Temple, Milky Way, are some of the more classic varieties.
Recommended specific varieties of the moon season: The moon season recommends the red dragon, the cutju, the true universe, the free spirit, the Abel, the feather, the Monet, the summer fireworks...
Q: Do you have any conservation experience that you would like to share with you?
A: The main three points: sunlight, ventilation, and planting medium. In the summer in Guangdong, it was very sunny, and at first I tried to give shade nets for hydrangeas, which were afraid of the sun, but they would be overturned by the wind, and then I transplanted them to the edge of the fence that could shade the sun.
Interaction at the end of the article
The process of owning a garden is not always smooth. But all the problems we encounter are making us and the garden better and better, a new year, a new beginning. What kind of New Year's plan have you prepared for the New Year's Garden? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to tell us ~