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Celebrating the Glory of Spring – the garden at a cottage called Cartref
I thought I would look back at a visit we made with friends, Pete and Sherlie in the spring to a garden called Cartref. It was a “pop up” NGS garden which is a garden that opens unplanned but that … Continue reading
Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden wildlife, gardening, hardy perennials, log piles, logs, National Garden Scheme, natural pest control, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, spring bulbs, spring gardening, village gardens, water garden, water in the garden, wildlife, woodland, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged April, April garden, NGS, NGS gardens, spring, spring blossom, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, the garden in April, tulips, Yellow Book, Yellow Book Gardens
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Return to The Picton Garden
The Picton Garden situated close to the Malvern Hils in Worcestershire, is well known as a garden to visit in late summer through to early autumn, mainly because it holds a national collection of Asters. The vast number of asters … Continue reading
Posted in flowering bulbs, garden design, garden furniture, garden photography, garden seating, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, irises, National Garden Scheme, NGS, nurseries, ornamental trees and shrubs, shrubs, spring bulbs, spring gardening, village gardens, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged April, April garden, asters, spring, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, the garden in April, the garden in spring, The Picton Garden, Worcestershire
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My Garden Journal 2017 – May
So as spring moves towards its end and we look forward to summertime, it is time to look at my Garden Journal 2017 entries for May. I began by writing, “May is the month when Spring turns to Summer and Roses … Continue reading
Posted in birds, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, irises, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs
Tagged Avocet garden, bearded iris, cercis, Cercis siliquastrum, climbers, climbing plants, dodecatheon, euphorbia, euphorbias, flowering shrubs, garden wildlife, gardens in May, gardens of Shropshire, May, roses, Shropshire gardens, summer, the garden at Avocet, the garden in May
Camassias – subtle springtime beauties.
When we visit the walled garden at Attingham Park in early summer, we enjoy looking at their collection of the beautiful bulbs, Camassias. The ones usually seen are mid-blue and few varieties are made available via the garden centre trade. … Continue reading
Posted in flowering bulbs, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, National Trust, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spring bulbs
Tagged bulbs, cammasia, spring, spring bulbs
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A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park April – Part 2
In this, the second part of April’s report of our wanderings around Attingham Park, I want to feature the flowers of the park , the wildflowers living in the woodland and the cultivated flowers in the borders and walled garden. … Continue reading
Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grow your own, hardy perennials, irises, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, spring bulbs, spring gardening, The National Trust, trees, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, woodland, woodlands
Tagged Attingham Park, flowering shrubs, gardens in May, gardens of the National Trust, kitchen gardens, May, National Trust, rhododendron, rhododendrons, spring blossom, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, the garden in May, The National Trust, tulips, walled garden, wild flowers
A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park April – Part 1
We managed to find a day close to the end of April to make our monthly visit to Attingham Park. It was a bright warm day so we knew we would have much to look forward to. As we made … Continue reading
Posted in flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden buildings, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grow your own, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spring bulbs, spring gardening, The National Trust, trees, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens
Tagged Attingham Park, bluebells, fruit and veg growing, gardens of Shropshire, gardens of the National Trust, kitchen gardens, National Trust, productive gardening, Shropshire, Shropshire gardens, spring blossom, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, The National Trust, walled garden, walled gardens
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The Weir – a riverside spring garden.
We took friends and fellow garden lovers, Pete and Sherlie, to visit a garden just a few miles south of Hereford which we have previously visited in spring, the time when it peaks. We knew our friends would love it … Continue reading
Posted in flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden buildings, garden photography, garden seating, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, Herefordshire, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, spring bulbs, spring gardening, The National Trust, trees, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, woodland
Tagged daffodils, flowering bulbs, flowering shrubs, gardens of the National Trust, Herefordshire gardens, Natiional Trust Gardens, National Trust, spring, spring bulbs, spring garden, walled garden, walled gardens
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