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My Garden Journal 2018 – April

Posted on May 13, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

I began my April entries in my Garden Journal 2018 with the words, “April this year is a month to play “catch up” as the poor weather in the first quarter of the year has held us up so!” But as will … Continue reading →

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The Dingle Garden in April

Posted on May 4, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We made our April visit to this year’s chosen garden for monthly visits expecting to enjoy all the freshness of early spring. How wrong could we be! The day dawned cold and misty and as we walked around the gravel … Continue reading →

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The Winter Garden at Bodnant Hall

Posted on April 23, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We left home for a journey up towards Chester and then West along the North Wales coast after listening to the local weather forecast for our destination. It predicted a heavy snow storm passing through early morning and warnings were … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2018 – March

Posted on April 12, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Into the third month of the year and we should now be seeing the cheerful signs of early spring. Spring should start the birds singing afresh. We should expect to see green returning to the garden as freshly-burst buds bring … Continue reading →

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A Favourite Winter Garden – Dunham Massey

Posted on March 18, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

This will be our third visit to the relatively new winter garden at Dunham Massey, a National Trust property in Cheshire, our neighbouring county to the north of our home county, Shropshire. The leaflets concerning the garden refer to it … Continue reading →

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A canal-side garden in winter – John’s Garden Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We have visited “John’s Garden” before in the height of summer and really enjoyed it, so much so that we were determined to re-visit at different times of the year. We imagined it would be an effective all-year garden. Mid-February … Continue reading →

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The Dingle Garden in Welshpool – February

Posted on March 7, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Back to Welshpool to explore The Dingle Gardens for February, we expected little change since our January visit as the weather had remained very similar. We were greeted by a stunning wooden owl sculpture! Soon we noticed there were lots … Continue reading →