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My Garden Journal 2019 – May

Posted on May 30, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

It is the last month of spring and the garden is alive, everything is thriving and growing apace. But the weather is still confusing our plants. Towards the end of the month we had a few daffodils still in flower … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, shrubs, South Shropshire, spring, spring bulbs, spring gardening, trees, village gardens, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged acers., Cercis siliquastrum, creative pruning, euphorbia, euphorbias, ferns, flowering bulbs, flowering shrubs, garden journal, gardens in May, hardy violas, May, Niwaki, pruning, the garden in May, violas

Gregynog Part 2 – the woodland walks

Posted on January 25, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are back at the NGS garden, Gregynog where you left us just starting out on our exploration of the park’s woodland. We wandered past the rose hedge along the gravel drive before turning off to the left along … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, garden design, garden photography, gardens, gardens open to the public, lakes, landscapes, light, light quality, ornamental trees and shrubs, pathways, Powis, Powys, shrubs, Wales, woodland, woodlands | Tagged acers., autumn, autumn colours, autumn leaves, deciduous trees, gardens of Powys, Gregynog, Powis, Powys, pruned shrubs, woodland, woodland garden, woodland walks

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 →

Posted in flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, irises, light quality, National Trust, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, shrubs, spring bulbs, The National Trust, trees, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged acers., bergenias, betula, birches, carex, cornus, dogwoods, ferns, flowering bulbs, groundcover, shrubs in winter, snowdrops, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, witch hazels | 3 Comments

The Most Romantic Garden in England – Cholmondeley Castle

Posted on November 18, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Many visitors believe that the gardens at Cholmondeley Castle are the most romantic in England, and after each visit we have made it is hard to disagree. Jude, the Undergardener and I visited in mid-September with a group of college … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, Cheshire, garden design, garden paths, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden seat, garden seating, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, trees | Tagged acers., Cheshire, Cheshire gardens, Cholmondeley Castle, gardening, gardens open to the public, grasses, ornamental grasses, trees and shrubs

Westgate Villa, a Japanese garden in Shropshire

Posted on August 19, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Jude and I have a soft spot for gardens with a Japanese feel to them, and we are lucky to have an excellent example in our home county of Shropshire and just a short drive away. We had heard of … Continue reading →

Posted in garden buildings, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, Shropshire, town gardens, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged acers., bamboo, cloud pruning, ferns, foliage, foliage plants, formal gardening, formal planting, front gardens, Japanese Garden, Japanese maples, maples, pruned box, raked gravel, succulents, tea house | 2 Comments

My Garden Journal 2017 – April

Posted on May 3, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

We are well into Spring now as I share my April journal with you and there has been lots going on. This April has been the most colourful ever in our Avocet Patch. The last week in March or the … Continue reading →

Posted in climbing plants, flowering bulbs, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, shrubs, spring bulbs, spring gardening, trees | Tagged acers., April, April garden, bark colour, betula, Betula albosinensis "Septentronalis", clematis, coloured bark, coloured stems, Corylopsis, flowering shrubs, flowering trees, Muscari, shade, shade borders, shade plants, species tulips, spring, spring blossom, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, the garden in April, tulips | 1 Comment

Bodnant Garden – The Valley Sides

Posted on April 9, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Back here at the wonderful Welsh gardens at Bodnant, we will finish our little series of 3 posts as we take you down the path that contains the colourful collection of Acers and then drops down into the steep sided … Continue reading →