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Our inspiration as goth gardeners will be multi-faceted. I'm thinking black flowers, cathedral-like details, wrought iron, interesting garden fixtures, dashes of white, red, and purple in the flower beds, big trees for shade. Basically, it's where you wouldn't mind risking a bit of a tan on a summer's day. Of course, I couldn't guarantee that this garden could exist, due to plant's tolerance for temperature, light, etc. being so varied, but it's fun to plan anyway.
We'll start with trees. Imagine them as the backdrop, a place to group your other plants around. A place to fit a stone bench under so that you can sit in the shade and admire your handiwork. A place to hang lights at Halloween time and to take cuttings from for centerpieces inside your home. For a Goth Garden, these trees might be:




Next, vines, grasses, bushes, and shrubs. These are the second layer to your garden, providing texture and depth. They draw attention away from the plain grass they grow on and toward your carefully sculpted bed of flowers. These would be :





Fruits, Vegetables, and Berries are up next. Have you, lately, been wanting to try out new recipes and do some Gothy cooking? It would be awfully nice if your garden could help you out there, wouldn't it? Take a look at these:






Flowers, of course, are the main event. They add the most color, the most excitement to your garden, so stock up on some of these essentials:







Decorations, as if the garden itself wasn't enough:

Roman Corinthian Capital Architectural Table from Design Toscano - 700USD





Tombstone Fog Machine from Costume Shopper

I absolutely love this.
ReplyDeleteI love gardening, i've got a bunch of seeds for a gothy garden.
Some foxglove, bleeding hearts etc.
:)
I had a garden box for a while, but as stated above, it didn't last long. Maybe with some practice I can grow something. I wonder how bleeding hearts would do here...
ReplyDeleteOh, these are gorgeous!! I'll try and incorporate some of these in my garden next spring. :)
ReplyDeleteIf you do, post pictures! :D
ReplyDeleteI have Blackberry, black mondo grass, black magic elephant ear, and black forest calla, they are too beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou gave me some nice ideas for pot decoration, that bat moon weathervane is really awesome!
I have that bat weathervane. It's the pride and centerpiece of my garden.
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ReplyDeleteOh how sweet! Black flowers? Tomb stones? Totally my dream garden!
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