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seasonal visits to two very different gardens – mid-summer at Wildegoose nursery and gardens
We made one of our frequent visits to Wildegoose Nursery and Gardens in the middle of July on a warm bright day. We were pleased to find a new sign at the entrance to the nursery and garden, a beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in colours, garden buildings, garden design, garden designers, garden furniture, garden paths, garden photography, garden seat, garden seating, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, light quality, nurseries, ornamental grasses, outdoor sculpture, pathways, poppies, sculpture, Shropshire, South Shropshire, village gardens
Tagged garden sculpture, grasses, hardy perennials, hardy violas, new perennial gardening, nurseries, ornamental grasses, South Shropshire, unusual perennials, Wildgoose Nursery and Garden
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Ruth and Mike’s Garden – exciting plants and richly planted borders
Gardening friends Ruth and Mike opened their village garden for the first time under the auspices of the NGS this July. We were sadly away in Sheffield at the time so were unable to visit on that day. However we … Continue reading
Posted in climbing plants, colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shropshire, shrubs, village gardens, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged clematis, climbers, climbing plants, climbing roses, hardy perennials, NGS, NGS gardens, roses, Yellow Book, Yellow Book Gardens
My Garden Journal 2019 – June
As we reach the half way point in the year the garden really comes to life with bright green fresh growth and so much colour from flowers, herbaceous perennials, shrubs and climbers especially roses and clematis. I began by writing, “At … Continue reading
Posted in climbing plants, garden arches, garden design, garden paths, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, South Shropshire, water in the garden, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged alliums, bog garden, bog plants, brizas, climbing roses, foliage, foliage combinations, foliage plants, grasses, gravel garden, hardy perennials, hardy violas, herbaceous borders, herbaceous plants, roses, violas
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Julie’s Garden
Jude and I enjoy our monthly summer visits to gardens with fellow members of the Hardy Plant Society Shropshire Group but in addition we visit other gardens with our mini-group colleagues. The mini-groups are sub-groups of the main county group … Continue reading
Posted in climbing plants, garden design, garden fun, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden seat, garden seating, gardening, gardens, Hardy Plant Society, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shropshire, spring, spring gardening, village gardens, water in the garden
Tagged epimedium, garden pond, garden ponds, garden sculpture, garden structures, outdoor sculpture
A new NGS Yellow Book garden, Longden Manor
It is always exciting finding a new NGS garden to visit and when we find one that is just a few fields away as the crow flies it is extra interesting. Longden Manor with its organic farm still had to … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden furniture, garden paths, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, gardening, gardens, grow your own, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shropshire, shrubs, spring gardening, woodland, woodlands, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged flowering shrubs, kitchen gardens, NGS, NGS gardens, orchards, rhododendrons, topiary., water feature, water in the garden, woodland garden, Yellow Book Gardens
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The Citadel – a May garden full of colour.
We started our monthly garden visits with our friends from the Hardy Plant Society Shropshire Group with a visit to a garden called The Citadel, which although it is close, within 20 miles of where we live, we had never … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden buildings, garden design, garden furniture, garden photography, garden seat, gardening, gardens, grow your own, Hardy Plant Society, kitchen gardens, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shropshire, shrubs
Tagged fruit and veg growing, kitchen gardens, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, rhododendrons, tulips
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Seasonal visits to two very different gardens
Instead of a monthly visit to the same garden for a whole 12 months I decided to look at two gardens, one small and one large. We have already visited the large one, Bodnant Gardens in North Wales already. So … Continue reading
Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, garden buildings, garden design, garden designers, garden paths, garden photography, garden seat, garden seating, garden sheds, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, light quality, National Garden Scheme, NGS, nurseries, ornamental grasses, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shropshire, South Shropshire, spring bulbs, spring gardening, traditions, village gardens, walled gardens, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged hardy perennials, hardy violas, independent nurseries, new perennial gardening, nurseries, ornamental grasses, perennials, South Shropshire, violas, Wildgoose Nursery
