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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 →

Posted in arboreta, autumn, autumn colours, Cheshire, colours, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, ornamental trees and shrubs, wildlife, woodland | Tagged apples, autumn, autumn colours, birds, dogwoods, garden wildlife, gardening, ornamental trees, thrushes, wildlife, winter migrants | 1 Comment

The Final Cut

Posted on November 16, 2013 by greenbenchramblings

At last a half day of dry weather allowed us a window in which to cut our last meadow on the allotments. This meadow is situated close to our very mature oak tree and within the grasses we grow wildflowers … Continue reading →

Posted in allotments, autumn, community gardening, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, meadows, wildlife | Tagged allotments, apples, autumn, autumn colours, community gardening, fruit and veg, fruit., garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, meadows, organic gardening, wildlife | 11 Comments

A Garden Bouquet for October

Posted on October 25, 2013 by greenbenchramblings

October this year is a very confused month, with some plants thinking it is already well into autumn and others believing they are still in mid-summer. And some, judging by the number of berries dripping from the trees must be … Continue reading →