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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

A Garden in Winter – RHS Rosemoor – Part 2

Posted on February 28, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

We continued our tour of the RHS Rosemoor Garden as we passed under the underpass which led us to the original gardens now called Lady Anne’s Garden. As we left the tunnel and regained daylight, albeit rather dull, we heard … Continue reading →

Posted in flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, ornamental trees and shrubs, spring bulbs, trees, Winter Gardening, winter gardens, woodland, woodlands | Tagged bamboo, Devon, Gardens of Devon, RHS, RHS gardens, RHS Rosemoor, Rosemoor, salix, willow, willows | 1 Comment

Odd Harvests

Posted on January 17, 2013 by greenbenchramblings

In the last few weeks of last year we harvested two plants that we have rarely harvested before but for very different reasons. The first crop came from the greenhouse where the plants had been growing away all summer in growing bags after … Continue reading →