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A spring time canal walk
We love to take gentle strolls along canal towpaths once stepped on by the large feet of horses pulling barges. At this time of year leaves are coming out from their buds, wildflowers are beginning to flower and birds are … Continue reading
Posted in canals, countryside, hedgerows, pathways, Powis, Powys, trees, Uncategorized, Wales, wildlife
Tagged canals, Powis, Powys, Welshpool, wildflowers
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Another NGS Garden : Gorsty Bank – a wildlife friendly garden
This a wonderful wildlife friendly garden which opens for the NGS and is owned and gardened by fellow Hardy Plant Society Shropshire Group members Annie and Gary Frost. The garden is a short distance from home so we soon arrived … Continue reading
Posted in countryside, flowering bulbs, garden arches, garden buildings, garden design, garden paths, garden photography, garden seating, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, meadows, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, pathways, spring, spring gardening, village gardens, wildlife, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged daffodils, garden wildlife, gardening for wildlife, gardening in spring, gardens of Powys, meadows, NGS, NGS gardens, Powys, primulas, spring blossom, spring bulbs, tulips, wildflower meadows, wildlife gardening
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Simply Beautiful No 23 in a very occasional series
Butterflies dominate our summer gardens for their beauty and the movement they add to our gardens. But let us not forget their cousins who grace the darker times in our gardens, the moths. Throughout the summer months Jude and I … Continue reading
Posted in garden wildlife, wildlife
Tagged Elephant Hawk Moths, garden wildlife, hawk moths, moths
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My Garden Journal 2018 – June
I finished my latest entries into my garden journal just as we reach the mid-point of the year. June has once again been a month of mixed up weather and the garden plants have continued in their state of confusion. … Continue reading
Posted in colours, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shropshire, shrubs, wildlife
Tagged centaurea, flower colours, knautia, orange, potentilla, purple, roses, summer, summer gardens, summer in the garden, thalictrum
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Anglesey Woodland in mid-May
During our family holiday on Anglesey in the middle of May we spent a few days discovering ancient pre-historic sites on the island. The walk to a fortified hut group took us through this beautiful patch of woodland growing happily … Continue reading
Posted in colours, light, light quality, trees, wildlife, woodland, woodlands
Tagged Anglesey, colour, ferns, light, wild flowers, woodland, woodlands
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My Garden Journal – December 2017
I decided to post my final Garden Journal 2017 post for my Christmas post this year. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great Christmas time! Here is the final episode of my 2017 Garden Journal, my entries for December. … Continue reading
Posted in birds, colours, flowering bulbs, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, irises, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, village gardens, wildlife, Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged Dan Pearson, December, garden sculpture, Hesperanthus, Hesperanthus coccinea, owls, seed heads, snow, snow in the garden, tawny owl, the garden in December, winter, winter garden, winter gardening
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Painting in a Meadow in Norfolk
Sometimes when you choose a holiday location and select accommodation you hit the right spot. When we spent a week in Norfolk in 2017 we did just this. We booked a barn conversion with its own little nature reserve in … Continue reading
