In the spring, while exploring local fishing spots, I discovered this church in a very remote and isolated location at the end of a country road in the deep forest. I was curious to have another look so while fishing again this week I checked it out. It was a surprise to see the church yard covered in purple thyme. All throughout Muskoka I see thyme in full bloom along many roadsides too. Large stretches of the cottage country roads have sandy shoulders turning purple.
Not too far from the old church I spotted an amazing perennial garden. The cottage garden was such a masterpiece of perennial gardening, and specially impressive when you consider the harsh climate conditions we deal with in Muskoka, that I had to stop and take a few photos.
It seems Muskoka plants have a theme going on right now as there is a lot of blue-purple-lavender color in the landscape. The pickerel weed looks great, thyme is in bloom and cottage gardens have beds bursting with blooming lavender too!
cheekiweeki
I love thyme, had it as ground cover at our last house, only today I cleared an area of our new garden (which is over the ‘soak’ area of the fosse septic, in order to plant lots of thyme – it spreads quickly, has a beautiful bloom for several months and fills the air with a lovely aroma, The house in the photograph looks adorable, surrounded by this wonderful garden.
Otter Boyd
It sounds like a nice idea to use thyme as a ground cover. We have a lot of dry sandy areas with good drainage which would be ideal for thyme, and now that I’ve seen how well it thrives here I should give it a try in the garden too.
Alexia
Otter you’ve got a great eye for photography. I’m new to it myself and your pics inspire me to take more photos and try to produce shots like these. Keep posting I love them.
Otter Boyd
Thanks! Photography is fun, specially around here where I can find new things to photograph every day. Good luck with your photography too.