Maidstone Street, Ringwood

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First impression of this street is its multitude of colourful flowers.


It is a busy 1.3 km street starting at Canterbury Road.


It's a well-established street with footpaths on both sides and almost every house having a front fence. The exception being where the large deep blocks have been re-developed into units.


Daisies and pelargoniums were some of the most colourful flowers seen with roses giving good competition in the colour stakes.




It is a challenge to identify a not-seen-before flower. A beauty bush was one as were a Chinese snowball.




Only a few birds were seen - a raven, a crested pigeon and a noisy miner. Perhaps the lack of birds was the presence of a prowling cat.



I am prepared to call Maidstone Street the picket fence capital of Ringwood. There were numerous which is fitting for an older area when front fences were an essential part of a suburban block.


Picket fences are often associated with lychgates but I only saw one. The old-fashioned wire fences were in front of many properties.


Aster, hawthorn, hebe and weigela flowers were flowering bushes, the latter being a native of eastern Asia.


My walk coincided with Halloween and many properties were appropriately decorated.


Many camellia and rhododendron bushes were in flower, but only one azalea was seen.




Flowering aloe succulents look attractive with their orange flowers as did the flowering quince and marmalade bushes.




Many walkers were about, alone or with their doggies.


A food pantry or community cupboard was on the fence line of one house, offering free food to those in need. Please take time to read the information in the photo.


Iris, jasmine and polygala plants were in abundance as were many convolvulus ground cover plants.




A trend is garden beds planted around the base of trees. One I saw was around a tree stump and another on a nature strip.


Old almost overrun gardens often feature white lilies. A contrast between the old and new were a brick path and tea tree fence and several garden lamps.




Snapdragons were appearing in many gardens and a few bird of paradise flowers were at their best as was a sole grevillea.




A small playground was the only amenity along the street with one garden having a swing suspended from a large tree in their large front yard.


A couple of bird baths and a large urn were the only interesting garden ornaments seen.


A red bottlebrush and a cream callistemon bush complete with a visiting bee made for interesting photos.


A gazania, a rose and a prickly pear made an interesting combination.


Being a busy street a roundabout, chicanes and speed humps all combine to make Maidstone Street a safe thoroughfare.





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