Evesham in the 1920s, before the garden was established.
Her garden was magnificent and the Palm Tree was out the back, near the water tank and next to a weeping cherry tree. Growing next to the water tank was a tree dahlia, which as you would know, has a very short flowering season. Behind the Palm was the vegetable garden and an orchard. If we went around the house to the west side, Grandma had lots of dahlias; round the house to the front or the north and the the east side - were trees, blossom trees, magnolias, a feijoa, a camellias, various roses - bush and climbing; lilacs, a wisteria, bird of paradise, and then around the back on the back path to the back door there was a Cecile Brunner pink rose, fuschias, violets, hellebores, Chinese lantern trees, snowball trees, a mulberry tree. Plus various flowers everywhere - stocks, snap dragons etc. It was her pride and joy and I loved her garden and I loved Grandma. I also love Palm Trees because of the one from Grandma's garden and because I also admire Carlo Catani (1852-1918), Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department, and who was very keen on Palm Trees. I write about Carlo here.
My Dad (Frank Rouse), my aunty Marion, and Grandma - off to church on a Sunday, around 1955 - and there's our Palm Tree in the back, behind the water tank.
Grandma in front of the tree dahlia, 1966 - and there's our Palm Tree on the right, next to the elevated tank.
No Palm Tree in this photo - but this is Evesham and Grandma with two children and holding a baby, most likely my dad, who was born December 1934.
Evesham, 1958. No Palm Trees in any of the following photos, but because I have talked about Grandma's garden, here are some photos.
Evesham, 1958
Evesham, 1964
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