Thursday, March 20, 2014

Overgrown Garden


I drive past this gate into an apartment complex often and I always chuckle a bit at the overgrown look of this garden area.  Last week I decided to stop an check out just how overgrown it is.


The overgrown area is right up against the fence and the gate but, once you get inside it's a little like a shady oasis.  I bet it feels good to relax here especially during the brutal Arizona summers.

15 comments:

  1. Overgrown gardens have always appealed to me. It feels like you might discover a secret.
    Just catching up on your posts since I got back from Spain. Love memo and the mouse eating the prickly pear.

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  2. "No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow." ~Proverb

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  3. I'd think in Phoenix as here, the more overgrown the more shade and thus more cool and more cool in the summer is a blessing.

    But there's always the danger that the plants "overgrow" to the point they make things disappear. We had stuff growing on a gate at our old house that I couldn't kill. I'd cut it down every year and by the summer it was a jungle!

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  4. That's a little like mine Sharon, I never did get in there and 'tame' it last weekend. My sister in law who is a poet calls it a 'romantic' garden, sounds better than overgrown :)

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  5. It is overgrown, but very tastefully so!

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  6. I like an overgrown garden. Looks like a nice spot.

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  7. A nice cool place for hot summer days.

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  8. The garden is beautiful and the residents probably make good use of it.

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  9. It makes it nicely secluded and quiet-looking, Sharon!

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  10. Oh gosh, that's so pretty and serene and you've got roses already!!! Or are they bougainvillea?

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  11. I keep thinking of The Secret Garden - it's like a world unto itself. Shaded, serene and welcoming...so inviting!

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  12. If this is the place I think it is, it has been there for well over 40 years and has always been a lush oasis.

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