Transformations, transformations and a need to work, but Number 3 Lorikeet Lane is getting there and the garden is taking shape.

It definitely is a garden on the curve and I've deliberately set it out to ensure not one straight line of vision or image is projected. So simple and effective, the Chi (Qi) flow is uplifting to all who enter or view as they stroll along the roadway past the garden. This garden is catching eyes.

View from the veranda cannot be revisited until the two offending and sha Chi trees are removed by the park owners. Delays in their removal meant the rear garden and connection to Number 1 Lorikeet Lane have to be placed on hold until I return from visiting the three ''B's'', Borneo, Burma (Myanmar) and Bali from mid October until late November 2010.

There was no specific determining as to what plant to use in each garden bed. I used what's already there including Azalea, Hibiscus, a Kentia Palm, some tree ferns (Cyathea australis), a couple of Abelia and the odd straggler shrub. Some were relocated to suit the garden bed shape and the design criteria concentrating on curves and meandering of Chi flow throughout. I'm seeking Chi presence in the meandering image through lines of vision and personal movement, shape and colour balance and ensuring that important and overlooked factor of light and shadow balance is also considered.

I've deliberately chosen not to install embellishments or whatever until I return and in doing so, the Chi energy of the garden is on hold but can be monitored and eventually expanded. Feng Shui (the art of placement) in this case waiting until the fabric of the garden is established and relying on garden bed placement (rather than individual plants) to maintain and invigorate Chi flow.

This technique in garden bed instalment suggests emphasis isn't on the right plant so much but the compositions of plants used in each garden bed installation. I sought balance in their individual shapes, texture, form and colour. Individual plants can be manipulated by pruning if necessary or removal if I get it wrong. I'd like to point out gardening on the curve suggests getting the structure of the garden in place rather than individual plant selection and placement. This allows more flexibility and mistakes to be glossed over as each plant develops and marries into its surroundings.

Noticeably (photographs) is the dramatic change in visual appearance and Chi flow now emerging as the bare dirt is transformed into a carpet of green, the Earth tones of energy dissipating as Wood emerges and the gentle sweeping curves of movement imaging that of Water. The elements of Fire and Metal to stimulate and balance Chi can wait until I return. This garden is on track to be a good one.

*Please read this article on my website page for detailed images of this gardening project transformation*