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Garden Revisiting Part One – The Garden in a Cider Orchard

Posted on June 20, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We are so lucky to have so many great gardens that we can visit in a day from home. I thought a week of posts all about revisiting gardens would prepare us well for the warmer weather and get our … Continue reading →

Posted in climbing plants, colours, fruit and veg, garden buildings, garden design, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grow your own, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, Herefordshire, kitchen gardens, ornamental trees and shrubs, water in the garden | Tagged apples, foliage plants, fruit and veg, fruit and vegetable growing, fruit., garden photography, gardening, gardens of Herefordshire, ornamental trees, shrubs, Stockton Bury

Simply beautiful blossom

Posted on May 25, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We grow many fruit trees here at our Avocet patch, mostly trained as cordons, ballerinas or stepovers, plus one freely grown tree a Quince “Vranga”. In mid-May these apples and pears are in full blousy blossom. I went out into … Continue reading →

Posted in fruit and veg, garden photography, gardening, grow your own, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire | Tagged apple trees, apples, blossom, fruit and veg, fruit and veg growing, fruit blossom, pears | 1 Comment

Croft Castle – month by month – the final report

Posted on December 23, 2015 by greenbenchramblings

Illness has prevented us making our monthly visit to Croft Castle where I would take photographs and report back about all that is going on in the gardens of this Herefordshire property run by the National Trust. Thus this final … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, autumn colours, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, Herefordshire, irises, light, light quality, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, poppies, roses, shrubs, The National Trust, walled gardens, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged apple trees, apples, berried shrubs, berries, flowering shrubs, Herefordshire, Herefordshire gardens, nerines, ornamental shrubs, perennial wallflowers, scent, scent in the garden, scented plants, scented shrubs, trees and shrubs, walled garden, walled gardens, winter shrubs | 3 Comments

My Garden Journal – November

Posted on December 16, 2015 by greenbenchramblings

The penultimate visit to my garden journal for this year is here already, and I write this as November comes to a close. The strong winds of November howl around the house and roar down our chimneys. The rain has … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, garden photography, gardening, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, poppies, roses, Shropshire, shrubs, Winter Gardening | Tagged acers., apples, autumn, autumn colours, buddleias, buddlejas, deciduous euonymus, euonymus, Hydrangeas, November, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, Persicarias, shrubs, viburnum | 6 Comments

Aiming for an all year round garden – our garden in September 2

Posted on October 4, 2014 by greenbenchramblings

From the beginning to the end the month of September saw great changes as autumn began to show its glory. There may be fewer flowers out in this month but every one seems richer in colour and texture, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, Shropshire | Tagged apples, autumn, autumn colours, clematis, foliage, garden photography, gardening, grasses, hardy perennials, ornamental trees, September, trees | 2 Comments

What’s on the Plots? An end of year wander around the allotments.

Posted on December 23, 2013 by greenbenchramblings

Mid-December often sees the allotment site under snow or at least coated in frost, but not this year. We wandered around today with camera in hand and we were appreciative of the bright clear blue sky overhead. The midday sun … Continue reading →

Posted in allotments, birds, community gardening, fruit and veg, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, grow your own, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, light, light quality, meadows, natural pest control, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, roses, spring bulbs, wildlife, Winter Gardening | Tagged allotments, apples, birds, community gardening, foliage, foliage plants, fruit and veg, fruit and vegetable growing, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grasses, insects, meadows, organic gardening, ornamental trees, spring bulbs, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, winter gardens | 4 Comments

Telescopes and Trees – part one

Posted on November 20, 2013 by greenbenchramblings

Telescopes and trees do not normally go together but there is one very special place here in the Midlands where they certainly do. We drove northwards on the A49 making our way into Cheshire in search of Jodrell Bank famous … Continue reading →