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Carex – the grass no garden should be without.
The Carex family of grasses are evergreen, neat and so useful in any garden. Recently introduced (over the last 5 years or so) varieties add slightly different foliage colours, variegations and patterns. We use them on the edges of borders … Continue reading
Posted in garden photography, gardening, grasses, hardy perennials, ornamental grasses
Tagged carex, grasses, hardy perennials, ornamental grasses
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The Sheffield Gardens – Part 1 – Bramble Wood Cottage
Via the NGS book, The Yellow Book, we had the opportunity to book a weekend up in Sheffield to explore three gardens, owned by members of the “Sheffield School of Planting” who have been encouraging the use of wildflowers and … Continue reading
Posted in garden design, garden designers, garden paths, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, log piles, meadows, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, village gardens, wildlife, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged garden photography, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, herbaceous borders, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental grasses, Sheffield
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Seasonal visits to two very different gardens – Autumn at Wildegoose
This is the last visit to the smaller of our two gardens that we have been visiting throughout 2019, so please enjoy my report on Wildegoose Nursery and Garden which we visited on its last open day of the year. … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, garden design, garden furniture, garden paths, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, National Garden Scheme, NGS, nurseries, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, pathways, shrubs, South Shropshire, walled gardens, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged autumn colours, autumn gardens, autumn leaves, hardy perennials, herbaceous plants, new perennial gardening, ornamental grasses, walled, Wildgoose Nursery, Wildgoose Nursery and Garden
Pembrokeshire coast and gardens – a week away in June – Part 5- Dyffryn Fernant
Dyffryn Fernant is one of those gardens that makes such a lasting impression that I can walk through it in my mind in great detail whenever I wish to. It is one of the best gardens we have ever visited, … Continue reading
Posted in garden buildings, garden design, garden garden arches, garden paths, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, recycling, sculpture, Wales
Tagged garden sculpture, gardens of Wales, hardy perennials, Mid Wales, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, outdoor sculpture
My Garden Journal 2019 – August
Here we are with my journal entries looking at the last month of summer according to the the MetOffice. August has been a bright month with confused weather as has been this year’s norm. plants have continued to grow oversized … Continue reading
Posted in climbing plants, garden arches, garden design, garden furniture, garden photography, garden seat, garden seating, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, Hardy Plant Society, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shropshire, shrubs, South Shropshire, water in the garden, wildlife
Tagged annuals, August, beneficial insects, garden jobs, garden journal, garden sculpture, garden seats, garden wildlife, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, the garden in August
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A Tale of Two Gardens – Part 2 – Esme’s Garden
After enjoying a couple of hours and fine refreshments at Nancy’s home town garden we drove a short way to her other garden which is dedicated to her mother-in-law, Esme. Through a gap between two rows of terraced cottages we … Continue reading
Posted in climbing plants, garden arches, garden buildings, garden design, garden furniture, garden paths, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs
Tagged colour in the garden, garden arches, garden design, garden diy, garden follies, hardy perennials, herbaceous borders, herbaceous plants, mixed borders
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A Tale of Two Gardens – One gardener two gardens!
Our gardening friend Nancy has two gardens – the only gardener we know who has two gardens. They are quite different gardens in the way they are designed but the quality of planting, the use of colour and above all … Continue reading
Posted in climbing plants, colours, garden arches, garden design, garden garden arches, garden paths, garden photography, gardening, gardens, grasses, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, Hardy Plant Society, HPS, NGS, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, shrubs, town gardens, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged foliage, foliage combinations, foliage plants, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, town gardens
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