The Secret Garden

In Summer when our Japanese Maples are in full leaf, they make a beautiful canopy that you can hide under.   

Now we have little ones - It is time to finally turn it into a Magic Secret Garden.

With the trees bare it's a good time to get in under there and do some SERIOUS weeding.

I have no idea how the Violets arrived, but they are hard to get rid of.
Somewhere under here are my Hellebores.

Time to turn the problem into an asset and just leave it.

(Considering a 6"pot of Common Violets is AU $ 8:99 - I have a small fortune here!)

And I don't have to worry about them getting trampled! 

We pulled out enough to find the Hellebores and create a path. 

The old Step has, once again become a seat.

Now a Secret Garden would not be complete without a Guardian.

THIS is Colin - 

We didn't find him - he found us.

(And I know Colin is an odd name for a Battle hardened Dwarf but --- the sales guy said he looked like his brother....)

Add some Night Ambience 

and Wait for the Canopy to once again hide the Garden from all the "Grownups".