Fascinating post thank you. I have been experimenting with sand for a while - well, dating back to research days when I was establishing a vegetation cover in quarries where the only rooting material was a fine quarry sand. I have been using it ever since. There was a sand dune garden at Chelsea this year by Nigel Dunnett and the Beth Chatto Gardens have planted out front gardens in sand, so slowly the idea is catching on .... I think sand-grown plants are far more climate resilient.
Yes, there are some brilliant sand gardens that I've watched from afar. Love Knepp's walled garden and can't wait to see the pics coming out of Chelsea as well.
What type of plants did you utilize in your quarry experiments? that sounds fascinating!
I was using climbing plants - ivy , clematis vitalba and russian vine - the idea being to create a network of stems and leaves that would kick start succession and allow other plants to become established - fascinating that they all grew well in the ’poor’ sandy quarry waste, often with quite acidic pH. I have included some photos of Nigel dunnett’s sand garden in my latest post.
Fascinating post thank you. I have been experimenting with sand for a while - well, dating back to research days when I was establishing a vegetation cover in quarries where the only rooting material was a fine quarry sand. I have been using it ever since. There was a sand dune garden at Chelsea this year by Nigel Dunnett and the Beth Chatto Gardens have planted out front gardens in sand, so slowly the idea is catching on .... I think sand-grown plants are far more climate resilient.
Yes, there are some brilliant sand gardens that I've watched from afar. Love Knepp's walled garden and can't wait to see the pics coming out of Chelsea as well.
What type of plants did you utilize in your quarry experiments? that sounds fascinating!
I was using climbing plants - ivy , clematis vitalba and russian vine - the idea being to create a network of stems and leaves that would kick start succession and allow other plants to become established - fascinating that they all grew well in the ’poor’ sandy quarry waste, often with quite acidic pH. I have included some photos of Nigel dunnett’s sand garden in my latest post.
I think your sand garden is amazing. Looking forward to more updates.
Interesting indeed. Thanks, I’ll have a look. I saw some great ig posts as his team was building it.
What an amazing transformation! You certainly have been busy. Great job! Looking forward to reading more on the space. Keep up the good work 👏👏👏
Thank you for all of your support 💚