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Spring bulbs at Avocet

Posted on March 28, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

This time of year is made extra special as the bulbs we planted in the autumn start to burst into flower. Daffodils give splashes of every shade of yellow often with orange trumpets. We have a few whites left from … Continue reading →

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The Sheffield Gardens – Part 2 – James Hitchmough’s patch

Posted on December 19, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

So during our weekend up in Sheffield after visiting the garden of Nigel Dunnett, we moved on to explore the garden of his colleague, Professor James Hitchmough. This garden was half way up a steep narrow road near the city … Continue reading →

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Simply Beautiful – no 32 in an occasional series – iris flowers

Posted on August 2, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Back with the 32nd post in my Simply Beautiful series where I look at the beauty of a single object, in this case Iris flowers, one white and one black found in the same garden. Simply beautiful!

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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 →

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My Garden Journal 2019 – April

Posted on April 30, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

April is one of our busiest months in our Avocet patch, a month when we are busy, our wildlife colleagues are busy and the plants are growing apace. We have tasks to complete as well as usual garden routines. As … Continue reading →

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Early Spring in Bodnant Gardens – Part 2 – The Dingle and back to the hall

Posted on April 23, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

So here is Part 2 of the post concerning our visit to the National Trust’s Bodnant Hall Gardens. We will explore the Dingle and then make our way back to the nursery via a route taking us by the hall … Continue reading →

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My Garden Journal 2019 – March

Posted on April 1, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

It is already time for sharing my third month’s entries in my garden journal. So here are the March pages for you to enjoy and for you to see what the garden has been up to and what we have … Continue reading →

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Snowdrops and Creative Pruning – Ivy Croft Garden

Posted on June 28, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

I often publish posts about summer days out in winter to help us warm up so as we are in the middle of an exceptionally hot period of weather I shall do the opposite and publish this post I wrote … Continue reading →

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The Dingle Garden in April

Posted on May 4, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

We made our April visit to this year’s chosen garden for monthly visits expecting to enjoy all the freshness of early spring. How wrong could we be! The day dawned cold and misty and as we walked around the gravel … Continue reading →

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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 →