The Gardens of. . . Rural Rootz
Come and relax surrounded by
the beauty of the Magical Hundred Acre Woods!
the beauty of the Magical Hundred Acre Woods!
The gardens are unique in nature, owing to the fact that there is no soil here. In order to garden at all, we brought in beach sand and manure as a base so that we would not bring any chemically contaminated soil onto the property. This served as a gardening medium for about three years until the expansion of a neighbouring quarry offered us the opportunity to buy a couple of loads of "virgin soil" to incorporate into our soil.
After forty five years of sound composting and soil management practices, we now have a friable sandy loam to work with. Due to the rugged nature of the terrain and the proximity of the trees to any areas where we wish to grow plants, we settled on container gardening as our solution. Most of the containers we use are recycled truck and tractor tires. Once surrounded by rocks and overflowing with plants they soon disappear to the eye.