Category Archives: Shropshire

The NGS get together at Hodnet

Posted on April 12, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Every year in late March we attend a get together with the NGS county organiser and the garden openers. This year was our friend Allison’s first year as county organiser and as her garden is small she had to arrange … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2019 – March

Posted on April 1, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

It is already time for sharing my third month’s entries in my garden journal. So here are the March pages for you to enjoy and for you to see what the garden has been up to and what we have … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2019 – January

Posted on February 4, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Back with my new journal for a new year, my Garden Journal 2019. January is often described a s a quiet month in the garden and gardeners are often told to keep inside in the warm, order seeds from catalogues, … Continue reading →

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Another NGS Yellow Book Shropshire Garden – Sunningdale

Posted on January 21, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

I would like now to look back to the summer gone to share some visits and re-visits to other National Garden Scheme (NGS) gardens from a town garden to a huge old garden in North Wales. The garden at Sunningdale … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2018 – December

Posted on January 18, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are with the final visit to my Garden Journal 2018, as we discover what has been going on at out Avocet patch in December. It has been a year of difficult weather for us gardeners with freezing winds, … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2018 – October

Posted on November 7, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are in October, my 10th visit to my garden journal this year. I love October, with its special rich light and the fire and flame colours of foliage on trees, shrubs and perennial plants alike. The first words … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2018 – July

Posted on August 22, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Here is my garden journal entries for the month of July, a month when the garden continued to suffer the effects of the drought. My opening words were, “July begins as June ended, in a heatwave with temperatures in the upper … Continue reading →