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A canal-side garden in winter – John’s Garden Part 2

Posted on December 22, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

I found this unpublished post originally written back in mid-February of 2018. I hope you enjoy it! Back at John’s Garden for our February visit in the cold we can carry on with our exploration as we wander further along … Continue reading →

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A canal-side garden in winter – John’s Garden Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We have visited “John’s Garden” before in the height of summer and really enjoyed it, so much so that we were determined to re-visit at different times of the year. We imagined it would be an effective all-year garden. Mid-February … Continue reading →

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The Dingle Garden in Welshpool – February

Posted on March 7, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Back to Welshpool to explore The Dingle Gardens for February, we expected little change since our January visit as the weather had remained very similar. We were greeted by a stunning wooden owl sculpture! Soon we noticed there were lots … Continue reading →

Posted in garden photography, gardening, gardens, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, spring bulbs, trees, Wales, Winter Gardening, winter gardens, woodland, woodlands | Tagged conifers, deciduous trees, gardens of Powys, gardens of Wales, Powis, Powys, rhododendrons, shrubs in winter, The Dingle Welshpool, Welsh gardens, winter, winter garden, winter gardening | 1 Comment

The Dingle Gardens Welshpool – January

Posted on January 21, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are back visiting our chosen garden each month, with our garden for 2018 being the attached garden at The Dingle Nurseries near Welshpool. This garden is of a totally different scale, atmosphere and style to Attingham Park, our … Continue reading →

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Bressingham Gardens – 1 – Colour Combinations and Conifers

Posted on December 15, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

Jude and I have a book in which we write and keep our bucket list, or really bucket lists. We keep lists of places to visit, gardens to visit and activities to try out. We add to them throughout each … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, trees | Tagged Blooms, Blooms of Bressingham, Bressingham, Bressingham Gardens, conifers, Crocosmia Lucifer, crocosmias, hardy perennials, hardy plants, herbaceous borders, herbaceous plants, island beds, island borders, mixed borders, Norfolk, ornamental grasses, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees | 3 Comments

Another NGS Yellow Book Garden – visiting a friend’s garden.

Posted on June 2, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

Our friend Mary and her husband Bob open their garden for the National Garden Scheme just as we do, so we were determined to go and see her garden this year. A few weeks before her open garden she told … Continue reading →

Posted in flowering bulbs, garden design, garden ponds, garden pools, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, irises, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shropshire, spring bulbs, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged betula, bulbs, conifers, container gardening, flowering bulbs, garden containers, garden sculpture, National Garden Scheme, NGS, NGS gardens, spring bulbs, tulips | 3 Comments

Walking the New Forest – part two

Posted on November 7, 2015 by greenbenchramblings

We will continue our walk where we left off at the end of part one of “Walking the New Forest”. We left the old Oak behind crossed a clearing and followed a pathway through Beech trees as we aimed … Continue reading →