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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 →

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My Garden Journal 2018 – February

Posted on March 1, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Part two of my 2018 Garden Journal sees us still freezing cold and struggling to get time in the garden. I opened my February entries by noting, “February is the month when we feel that the quality of the light … Continue reading →

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Simply Beautiful – 14

Posted on December 2, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Number 14 in this occasional series of posts will feature a very special little plant with the bluest flowers you could imagine – Commelina dianthifolia. This little gem of a flower is commonly called the Bird-bill Day Flower as each … Continue reading →

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The Weir – a riverside spring garden.

Posted on May 15, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

We took friends and fellow garden lovers, Pete and Sherlie, to visit a garden just a few miles south of Hereford which we have previously visited in spring, the time when it peaks. We knew our friends would love it … Continue reading →

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My 2017 Garden Journal – February

Posted on February 28, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Here is the second time in 2017 when I share with you my Garden Journal, so please enjoy my February pages. On the first double page spread I look at Snowdrops and some early plants of interest. I wrote, “February, … Continue reading →

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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 →