incorporate design

Maybe now that I have seen properly at the park I could incorporate its design into my own garden. By using the simplicity of the design, I can probably make my garden less complex, making it feel more peaceful rather than overworked. I could invest more in using drought tolerant plants instead of the plant I’m using now, because to be honest the plants that is being used now tend to require a large amount of water in order to survive and grow lusciously, and if they didn’t get that amount of water, they would rather go looking in unhealthy state or they will die off. Lucky there is enough water tanks in use to water the garden, so there is enough water for them to grow. But what improvement can be made to the park, maybe we can install some water tanks on the park to use on the garden, or maybe we can use some more to easy grow plants in order to teach the little children that comes to the park to use the playground. Maybe more faculties can be installed onto the park, like basketball court could be added that can attract more school kids to come and play basketball from the school that is nearby

.

Burden history

So I have researched on the history of burden park, the park was name after a man George Burden, he was apparently Springvale number one citizen, but I would count on that cause I wasn’t around the time of his era, but I doubt his is Springvale number one citizen. He died in 1948, so the park lost ownership after his death; other did contribute with paying the rates, fencing it and removing the sand over the years. The park had remained in place as the tip of the depression. In 1959, development on the park had begun in restoring the park, the tennis court, lawn bowling and croquets was later installed on the park. So that the history of park, not much has happen for the park except it was named after a man named George Burden and that the park was restore, but whoever restored the park did do a great job with development of the park. Ok, so we know about the park’s history, what instalment will there be made on the park in the future or will it be just the same, there is a lot room on the park, maybe a new community garden can be made on the park, the park is virtually in the middle of a neighbourhood.

http://www2.smartgardenwatering.org.au/

I have went onto the http://www2.smartgardenwatering.org.au/, and I have found out how much a simple garden can drink up so much water, just to maintain it. The water consumption has been compensated at my house by installing water tanks to be able to collect rain water that can be used to water the garden instead of using fresh water from a tap to water the garden. That takes a lot of guilt off my mind about using water on the garden that I didn’t require the fresh drinking water to use on the garden. But if a simple home garden can drink up that much water to grow at its optimum, how does a park which is virtual 50 times the size survive with the water restriction watering. There wasn’t any water tanks that I can see using rain water, but yet the trees, the turf and the entire surroundings was growing lusciously. Was this all coincidence or was it all planned to use the plants that was able to look lusciously even though they had limited water to absorb. I would have to look more into the design of the park, for the park to look so simple and luscious but yet to survive the harsh Australian weather. 

Eucalyptus radiata

So the Eucalyptus radiata what dangerous potential do they have when they are being used in a local park that is currently being used by people of all ages. What I do know from some light research is that they don’t pose any toxic substance that can affect any humans, so it seems to be safe around kids. This tree is able to tolerate most soil as I have heard, so that would mean it is able to grow on most sites, that would the soil at the park wouldn’t be too much of a problem the trees to grow in, so we won’t be worry about the tree dying too soon. The tree did originated from Australia, so we won’t have any problem with the tree adapting to this environment, maybe because it probably adapt or even evolved to fit to the climate million of years ago. They are from I have learnt, is that they are able to survive in drought condition, so they don’t require to water often because they are design to retain more water than other plants do, I can see why they are mostly the best tree to use in the park. I have visit the site http://www2.smartgardenwatering.org.au/, this site did give me a lot of incite on how to save water.

There is a park that has a simple design, Burden Park which is literally a 10 min walk down from my house. This park is simple, with nothing over worked and its place where I go if I ever feel like I am carrying too much on my shoulders.  The tree mostly used in this park is Eucalyptus radiata, the design doesn’t overdo it by planting it everywhere but by aligning it along the edge of the park.

Burden Park icon playground

But the park itself has been design with a peaceful place to think, but it has been design to have place to have a family picnic, a playground for the kids to play, a lawn bowl area for the elderly to play and a tennis park for any youth to play. It is not only been designed well but it is built only 5 min away from a school; this would allow more student from the school to perform more outdoor activities at the park. But how will this affect the trees being used to design the park. Is the eucalyptus dangerous to be around any kids or are the kids damaging the trees and what can be done to prevent this.

to start off my blog - with my garden

backyard

front yard

driveway

front yard

To start off this blog I would have to be personal, I just don’t know how to feel whenever I see a garden; at the house I’m living has this lovely garden in the front lawn, but I don’t feel anything toward this garden, I just see it just, what is the point to all this effort to just decorate the front lawn and to maintain it. I just feel as if the garden is too over work, where I can’t feel a thing from this garden as if it’s being overworked, which would result into this. The backyard doesn’t make a difference to me, all there is a slab of concrete with a few plants being hanged around on pot, and a couple of plants being planted at the edge. The good thing about this garden is that it is able to produce chilli, which I love eat in my food. The garden I grew up in my parent’s home is the type of garden I miss; it was a simple garden, with a big slab of grass in the front yard, and slab of grass in the backyard, with nothing anyway but a hill hoist. It was simple with nothing being over complicated and it made feel calm, it was simple as life should be, just being in that garden, it made me feel the weight on my shoulder was taken off, and the fun part is that I was able to play on the hills hoist. One of the plants I know is French marigold, the botanic name is Tagetes patula.

front yard