Fun Field Day

I spent the day in Halifax today at a workshop information session about carpet bedding. The HRM gardeners were nice enough to invite us to attend when we expressed an interest in trying some out next year in Wolfville. Carpet bedding is something I have never had the opportunity to try, but I love the idea of creating pictures in plants and the folks at the Halifax Public Gardens and the Halifax Bridge Commission are pretty good at it.
Carpet bedding fell out of favour decades ago when the more natural looking (and way less time consuming) styles became popular but it was still all the rage when the public gardens were first designed, and they have stuck with the Victorian/Edwardian style throughout. Larger cities have often done carpet bedding designs but recently the Montreal Mosaiculture festival began in 2000, has really given this old fashioned style a popularity boost, not to mention a third dimention. I think we will start much smaller and more simple if we are to attempt this next season, but it is fun to look at the pictures for inspiration anyway.