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My Garden Journal – July
So it is already time to share my July entries in my garden journal. This year in the garden seems to be moving on so quickly. I began my July report by writing, “The arrival of July moves us into the … Continue reading
Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, July, Shropshire, shrubs, South Shropshire, village gardens
Tagged begonias, berried shrubs, eryngiums, flowering shrubs, hardy perennials, herbaceous plants, linaria, lychnis, pelargoniums, salvias, scented pelargoniums, seed heads
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My Garden Journal 2017 – June
We have reached the half way point through the year and I am beginning a second book in my Garden Journal 2017. A book of blank pages waiting to be filled with words, paintings and photographs. On the first page … Continue reading
Posted in birds, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, poppies, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, trees, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged Avocet garden, digitalis, dry weather, foxgloves, gardens of Shropshire, June, poppies, roses, Shropshire, Shropshire gardens, summer, summer gardens
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A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park – June
We made our June visit to Attingham Park early in the month to see how summer was coming on in the walled garden and in the wilder parts of the park along the woodland walks. We enjoyed a view of … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, The National Trust, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, woodland, woodlands
Tagged Attingham Park, gardens of Shropshire, kitchen gardens, productive gardening, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire gardens, walled garden, walled gardens, woodland garden, woodland walks
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A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park May
Spring is slowly turning into summer as we enjoy our monthly visit to our local National Trust property, Attingham Park. The walks are getting busier, the volunteers in the walled garden even busier. Continuing our through the woodland … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, The National Trust, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, wildlife, woodland
Tagged fruit and veg growing, fruit and vegetable growing, kitchen gardens, National Trust, The National Trust, trained fruit, walled garden, walled gardens, woodland garden
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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
