Category Archives: Shropshire

Gardening in lockdown – new wildlife strip

Posted on June 7, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

At the bottom of our back garden we had a stock fence for which we were responsible under the details of our house deeds. Recently the farmer who owns the land behind us created a new enlarged paddock in which … Continue reading →

Posted in garden design, garden wildlife, gardening, log piles, meadows, Shropshire, wildlife | Tagged gardening for wildlife, meadows, the wildlife garden, wildflower meadows | 2 Comments

My Garden Journal 2020 – May

Posted on June 1, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

My May pages for my garden journal are full of summery gardening. I opened with a page featuring two of my paintings of blue irises, one Iris germanica and the other Iris sibirica. I used Japanese brush pens. I wrote, “May … Continue reading →

Posted in flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, irises, Shropshire | Tagged bearded iris, betula, Betula albosinensis, Betula albosinensis "Septentronalis", euphorbias, iris reticulata, irises, thalictrum

Are you sitting comfortably – no 21 in an occasional series

Posted on May 5, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

First set of seats in this installment about garden seating features those we found while on holiday near Pembroke followed by more we discovered at Bodnant Garden in north Wales. Then a set we found at Wildegoose Nursery and Garden … Continue reading →

Posted in garden design, garden furniture, garden photography, garden seat, garden seating, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, National Garden Scheme, National Trust, NGS, nurseries, Shropshire, South Shropshire, The National Trust, village gardens, Wales, walled gardens, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged garden seating, garden seats, gardens of the National Trust, National Garden Scheme, village gardens | 1 Comment

My Garden Journal 2020 – March

Posted on April 2, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

This is already the third visit to my Garden Journal 2020 and this month is officially the start of spring. On the first day for March I wrote, “March, the month when we are informed by the Met Office, marks the … Continue reading →

Posted in allotments, garden photography, gardening, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shropshire, village gardens, Winter Gardening | Tagged coloured foliage, foliage, foliage plants, garden journal, March, March garden, pittosporum, primulas, pulmonarias | 2 Comments

Spring bulbs at Avocet

Posted on March 28, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

This time of year is made extra special as the bulbs we planted in the autumn start to burst into flower. Daffodils give splashes of every shade of yellow often with orange trumpets. We have a few whites left from … Continue reading →

Posted in flowering bulbs, garden photography, Shropshire, South Shropshire, spring, spring bulbs, spring gardening | Tagged bulbs, crocus, daffodils, flowering bulbs, gardening in spring, iphaeon, March, March garden, Muscari, spring bulbs | 1 Comment

My Garden Journal 2020 – January

Posted on February 6, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

A new year starts here and along with it a new garden journal in a new book. This year I will restructure the format of my journal so that it includes fewer photos and written reports but more paintings. For … Continue reading →

Posted in garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, South Shropshire, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged arum, cornus mas, Cornus Midwinter Fire, hamamelis, shrubs in winter, the garden in winter, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, winter shrubs, witch hazels | 2 Comments

My Garden Journal 2019 – December

Posted on January 20, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

My Garden Journal 2019 comes to an end this month, so here are the entries for December. On the first page I wrote, “December sees most of the berries stripped from our shrubs and trees by dozens of thrushes including migrants … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden photography, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, trees, village gardens, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged bark colour, berried shrubs, coloured bark, coloured foliage, coloured stems, December, deciduous trees, foliage, foliage combinations, grasses, herbaceous plants, ornamental grasses, seed heads, shrubs in winter, silver foliage, the garden in winter, variegated foliage, winter berries | 3 Comments

Oakley Mynd – a wildlife garden with views

Posted on January 6, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

Here is a post I wrote back in the summer which I thought would be good to post now to bring back memories of warmer days. We always like finding new gardens opening for the NGS, and Oakley Mynd was … Continue reading →

Posted in fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, Land Art, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shropshire, South Shropshire, village gardens, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged gardens of Shropshire, kitchen gardens, ornamental grasses, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, productive gardening, South Shropshire, South Shropshire Hills, Yellow Book, Yellow Book Gardens

Seasonal Visits – Wildegoose – Winter Weekends

Posted on December 2, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

We were so pleased to get the opportunity to visit Wildegoose Nursery Garden this weekend a time when it is usually closed but two special “Winter Weekends” have been arranged. We arrive in fog which added so much to the … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, garden design, ornamental grasses, Shropshire, South Shropshire, Uncategorized, walled gardens | Tagged autumn, autumn colours, autumn gardens, autumn plants, gardens with nurseries, grasses, nurseries, ornamental grasses, seed heads, the garden in autumn, Wildgoose Nursery, Wildgoose Nursery and Garden | 1 Comment

My Garden Journal 2019 – August

Posted on September 10, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are with my journal entries looking at the last month of summer according to the the MetOffice. August has been a bright month with confused weather as has been this year’s norm. plants have continued to grow oversized … Continue reading →