Great Western Studios: a thriving creative hub in West London

Who woulda thought?

Some plants actually need to be dug up and split every few years to keep them really healthy.If a friend has a plant you like, it can be dug up in the early Fall, or the early Spring and half of it can be replanted in your garden.

Great Western Studios: a thriving creative hub in West London

A lot of flowering shrubs can be grown either from little shoots that they put out around their base, or from clippings of their branches.I have quite a few perennials around the property that I hope to dig up this Fall and maybe add in to some of the bare spots.. That little purple-ish heuchera as well as some of the hostas all came from other gardens on the property..So here’s how progress is looking on our little perennial garden experiment so far:.

Great Western Studios: a thriving creative hub in West London

We cleared away some of the  excess weeds and old, dead bits from last year, set out all the plants where we wanted them, and dug in!It was a lot of work, but really only took a few hours..

Great Western Studios: a thriving creative hub in West London

There are definitely still quite a few bare spots and the garden isn’t nearly as full as our inspiration garden, but we’re well on our way to having a respectable little slice of heaven here.

We’ll probably add in a few more things from other gardens around the property this Fall, but until then, a good fresh layer of free mulch from the recycling center will do the trick and keep things looking nice!.The crib was Kennedy’s 8 and a half years ago.

I thought about painting it, but decided I still really like the look of the wood on this one..I haven’t yet decided if I’m going to get a glider for in here later on, but for now I really like the look of this navy blue rocking chair that I stole from outside..

I wanted it to be a “baseball room” because Chris is such a huge baseball fan and I just think baseball themed stuff is really cute, but I didn’t want it to seem really tacky and cartoonish, so I just added in a few subtle baseball things here and there, mostly DIY projects.. Chris bought this ball pitched by Roy Halladay when he was on a baseball road trip this fall.It was a pretty big deal for him.