How to Create a Gothic Graveyard Garden
Plan out your garden., Decide on your Gothic plants., Order the seeds, as most are very hard to find at garden stores, and build the bed(s)., Get some statuary that compliments your new garden, particularly gargoyles, skulls, wrought iron trellises...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Plan out your garden.
First decide the planting area
- it should be a nice, sunny area, but one that also gets a good amount of shade.
Build a raised bed out of something slightly eerie, like inexpensive tombstone bricks or, for a splurge, aged stone. -
Step 2: Decide on your Gothic plants.
The 3 main categories are magic herbs associated with magick, poison and medicine, like opium poppies or mandrake, plants that bloom at night, like moonflower and nicotiana, and of course, plants with black flowers or foliage, like hollyhock or penny black nemohilias.
And every Gothic gardener needs some dark roses, too. , Put in a nice mix of topsoil, compost, and potting soil, and plant your seeds. ,, -
Step 3: Order the seeds
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Step 4: as most are very hard to find at garden stores
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Step 5: and build the bed(s).
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Step 6: Get some statuary that compliments your new garden
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Step 7: particularly gargoyles
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Step 8: skulls
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Step 9: wrought iron trellises - the possibilities are endless!
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Step 10: Keep your garden well watered and fertilized and you will be rewarded by a lovely and unusual place to enjoy
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Step 11: ponder the meaning of life
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Step 12: read a good book
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Step 13: or just sit and take in all the dark beauty of the garden.
Detailed Guide
First decide the planting area
- it should be a nice, sunny area, but one that also gets a good amount of shade.
Build a raised bed out of something slightly eerie, like inexpensive tombstone bricks or, for a splurge, aged stone.
The 3 main categories are magic herbs associated with magick, poison and medicine, like opium poppies or mandrake, plants that bloom at night, like moonflower and nicotiana, and of course, plants with black flowers or foliage, like hollyhock or penny black nemohilias.
And every Gothic gardener needs some dark roses, too. , Put in a nice mix of topsoil, compost, and potting soil, and plant your seeds. ,,
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