The Garden group learns about trees
On a perfect winter’s day, more than 20 degrees in the sun and no early mist, the Garden Group had a wonderful morning at Chris and Gina Grubb’s home in the Valley.
This was a sharp learning curve for some of us, as they took us on a tour of the native tree plantations they have been establishing on their property and explained their aims and methods.
They had a number of reasons for planting this way, such as, to break up a large, treeless paddock with carefully sited tree groupings that provide bird corridors and to grow trees that will, one day, provide wood suitable for building and furniture timber.
Gina has gathered the knowledge from experts and it is, as is all gardening, a case of trial and error with improvements made each time.
The results are some lovely vistas and areas that invite picnics on dappled grass, just like a Renoir painting.
It was very generous of Chris and Gina to open their garden for us and to provide the sunny, sheltered spot for our lunch.
Thank you for a very interesting day and the chance to see that not all gardening has to involve daisies and roses! Lee Sharam