Here is a picture of my garden entrance that I just finished. I made it out of 150 year old barn boards and beams. The roof is a living roof with sedum and hens and chicks. Within a year or so the sedum should spread out and fill in the bare spots. I used sedum because it can stand up to the sun without a lot of attention and also I don't have to get the lawn mower up there. Once everything grows and the shed has "seasoned" it should look like it was always there.
Rustic garden entrance / shed
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beautiful. your hard work shows . 
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I love the roof!
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I admire people who are artistic with their garden. We have a small backyard garden but there's no art in there, not even a tiny bit because we are not creative when it comes to decorating. The original owner of this house has a small orchidarium but we didn't continue with orchids. Instead, we planted dragon fruit that now clings to the iron bars that used to be for orchids.
You can get really good ideas on Youtube as well as Pinterest
since the roof is new it has to be weeded so that means getting out the ladder. I was lucky when I bought the plants they were on sale for fifty cents each marked down for three dollars each, so I took all they had.Beautiful pictures yet again. I must say you have a great place there. How did you take that picture of the roof?
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I really like this- I have been reading up on some of the air ferns, succulents and plants that can be used for all sorts of side decorative plantings. As much as I would like to do a roof I don't think it would last thru a winter here, but the side frames might. Best thing is I can detach and put indoors for the winter.
I think on the shed I might have gone for a thyme instead of sedum, There are trailing versions with cute flowers that would eventually have filled in and started to drape down, but I am curious just the same to see the results with the Sedum will you send us another pic as it gets established and blooms?
I think on the shed I might have gone for a thyme instead of sedum, There are trailing versions with cute flowers that would eventually have filled in and started to drape down, but I am curious just the same to see the results with the Sedum will you send us another pic as it gets established and blooms?
Is it the plants or the roof that you feel wouldn't last? I thought about several different plants but settled on the sedium because of the conditions it would have to grow in.I really like this- I have been reading up on some of the air ferns, succulents and plants that can be used for all sorts of side decorative plantings. As much as I would like to do a roof I don't think it would last thru a winter here, but the side frames might. Best thing is I can detach and put indoors for the winter.
I think on the shed I might have gone for a thyme instead of sedum, There are trailing versions with cute flowers that would eventually have filled in and started to drape down, but I am curious just the same to see the results with the Sedum will you send us another pic as it gets established and blooms?
how do you get it to stay ... the dirt?
