Bill and Dawn’s Farm Gardens in Ontario

A farm in Canada is picturesque in fall with vibrant foliage and captivating rock formations

Happy Monday GPODers !

We see gardens great andsmallhere onGPOD , but it ’s not every twenty-four hour period we get to see gardens on a 76 - acre farm . Today , we ’re heading north to see photos from Bill and Dawn Loney ’s heroic space exploding withfall color .

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We , Dawn and Bill Loney , have developedKeppel Croft Gardenson our 76 - acre farm located near the petite village of Big Bay in Ontario , Canada on the south shore of Georgian Bay . It has direct years . We get raising sheep , highland cattle , various bird — enjoying the “ hobby farm “ experience . We also operated a B&B , taught elementary school locally and in the High Arctic of Canada , and arouse a girl as well ! All the time we garden until we had about four acres of various gardens , nature trails and an arboretum . We even managed ( with a friend ) to construct a full sized Harlan F. Stone henge ( Keppel Henge ) to lionise the second millenary ’s arrival . And , here we are in our early LXXX struggling to maintain the gardens .

As elderly people do , I ramble . There is so much to differentiate and the pipe dream never end … but it takes so much longer to institute them to realism . We are so fortunate that the gardens have brought joy and a feeling of peace to so many visitors . We have create a ‘ ashen elephant ‘ as far as real land is concerned , but the actual pleasure is knowing that something as ephemeral as a garden has given us so much pleasure and , perhaps , others if you so choose to mail the photos .

On that note I contract off . As always , Bill Loney ( and Dawn also )

fall splendour on the lower lawn record two big monolithic Harlan Stone . The foreground one is name Lewis , the further one is Connor .

A nearer persuasion of Connor retrieve from the sheep ley beyond the fence .

Vibrant sumachswhich just appeared in the garden .

Connor , given that name because it resembles the head word of a young condor .

Sugar maples(Acersaccharum , Zones 3–8),columnar English oaks(Quercus robur , Zones 5–8)and staghorn sumachs(Rhustyphina , Zones 3–8 ) .

The contrast of cement domain lead the eye to the focal point . They run to be a bit of a chore for the person mop the lawn which was a former sheep pasture .

Autumn rock garden scene withburning bush(Euonymus alatus , Zones 4–9),ginkgo tree(Ginkgo biloba , Zones 5–9),weeping white pine(Pinusstrobus‘Pendula ’ , Zones 3–8).Bird house with a sedum - covered ceiling hides an electric outlet .

View down our farm lane with burn bush , ginko Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and a bit of Georgian Bay showing in the distance .

View up our lane with ginko tree , burn bush , ashen birch(Betula papyrifera , Zones 2–7)and Douglas fir(Pseudotsuga menziesii , Zones 4–6)at the end .

Gateway to no where in particular .

Some plants may by faded , like the genus Hosta drooping in the with child square pots on the right , but this tract to “ no where in particular ” is exactly one I ’d like to follow .

give thanks you so much for sharing your garden in peak downslope people of color , Bill ! While you and your wife may now struggle to maintain this picturesque landscape painting , I can assure you that what you’re able to manage is dramatic . It was such a delectation to take heed of all your were able to achieve on this particular property , and I hope we get to see it again in the future .

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