Rebuilding a Garden After a Fire

Epitaph of a much loved home and garden

Today ’s exposure come from Carol Cowee . Her images cue us to cherish the beauty of our gardens and inspire us to reconstruct when catastrophe strikes .

This was my garden of 34 years in Redding , California , Zone 9 . We had nine Accho , mostly on a hill , and could only garden on the top part , which was not level . It was a very ambitious garden : no soil , only rocks , and nowhere to dig land with a shovel . My main dick was a rock bar ! I had 170 rosebush , and as a plantaholic , I had countless plants and bulb . We had a magnificent persuasion of Mt. Lassen and Mt. Shasta .

On July 26 , 2018 , the Carr Wildfire tore through our arena and directly destroyed our brand prefab house and the garden . fortuitously , I constantly took photos of the garden , the menage , and the many arrangement I had made over the years . I be after to write a book , mostly a painting Good Book , titledEpitaph of a Much Loved Home and Garden .

We have sell this attribute , which now looks like war zone , and bought a nine - class - old dwelling house on the other side of Ithiel Town with a nice , small garden . At 80 , I will bear on and stay on my dearest of gardening . I was capable to dig up about a dozen mini roses that survived not only the fire but three hot months with no weewee . They are alive and vigorous , in flowerpot , wait to be institute in their new garden .

The rosaceous Mme . Isaac Pereire go up up the rose treillage .

Climbing Iceberg lift

ripe ginkgo and persimmon tree preside over the garden .

Climbing Peace rose on the railing , Royal Sunset mount an oak tree in back , and Mt. Lassen to the right .

After the fire : the good ever get up treillage made from chainlink fencing post .

After the fire : my 44 - year - sometime gingko and the persimmon tree .

The organisation here is the last one to come from my garden . Farewell . . .

Read this clause to line up plant that can avail prevent fire harm .

Read our interview with Douglas Kent to learn about firescaping . Doug is an adjunct prof at Cal Poly Pomona , where he teach ecological land direction , ecological renovation , regenerative life sentence - support systems , and landscape construction . He is also the author of the bookFirescaping .

Ways to help

take donating to relief efforts by going to California Community Foundation ( a five - star organisation on Charity Navigator ) and donate to itsWildfire Relief Fund .

Here are other administration to consider .

To learn more about firescaping

Doug Kent ’s volume , Firescaping , is available from Amazon .

Read Doug ’s article in theLATimes

More information on firescaping fromFineGardening .

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