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- This Veggie Life
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- Edinburgh Garden Diary
- The Arch City Gardener
- Garden Dreaming at Châtillon
- Winterbourne House and Garden
- Storyshucker
- Garden Walk Garden Talk
- gardeninacity
- PlayGroundology
- The Official Blog of British Wildlife
- iGrowHort
- Bishops Meadow Trust
- Gardening with Children
- UKbirdingtimeline
- NATURE WALKER
- Jardin
- Eva's space
- Old School Garden
- LEANNE COLE - The Photographer's Mentor
- fromacountrycottage
- Outstare Project
- Good Life Gardening
- www.digtheoutside.com/
- dig the outside
- mybeautfulthings
- mawsonmichelle
- In and Out of My Garden
- Greenhousing
- The Scottish Country Garden
- Lia Leendertz
- The Fruity Chicken
- willowarchway
- St Anns Allotments
- Manifest Joy Harvests
- The Garden Smallholder
- Allotmental
- Penny's Garden: a harvest beyond my front door
- arignagardener
- NewEnglandGardenAndThread
- dianajhale
- planthoarder
- Lens and Pens by Sally
- Dewdrops and Sunshine
- The Pyjama Gardener
- gettin' fresh!
- JOY...
- Garden Birds
- ShootAbout
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Tag Archives: insects
The insect hotels in our garden
We recently made a new insect hotel and revamped one of the older ones, so I thought I would share them with you. This post is particularly for the follower who asked about insect hotels and adding green roofs to … Continue reading
The wildlife pond and hide at BAC – part one
When Bowbrook Allotment Community first opened we had a old farm pond on our boundary fence but it was fenced off and we had no access to it. After a few years though as the site was extended on the … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, bird watching, birds, community gardening, conservation, diy, garden buildings, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, irises, log piles, natural pest control, recycling, renovation, Shropshire, trees
Tagged beneficial insects, Bowbrook Allotment Community, communal gardens, community gardening, community spirit, garden pond, garden projects, garden wildlife, insect homes, insect hotels, insect shelters, insects, wildlife gardening, wildlife ponds
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Aiming for a year round garden – our garden in August.
This series aims to check out if we have been successful in creating a garden for all seasons with interest throughout the year. In this post we look at our Avocet garden here in Plealey in the first week in … Continue reading
Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shropshire, shrubs, succulents, village gardens
Tagged August, foliage, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grasses, insects, ornamental trees, outdoor sculpture, sculpture
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A Garden in January – Trentham – Part Two
Welcome back to Trentham in January where we find ourselves in the part of the garden featuring the Italian Garden re-designed by Tom Stuart-Smith. From the raised terraces of the Italian Parterre we can see how symmetrical and rigid the … Continue reading
Posted in garden design, garden photography, garden pools, garden seating, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, meadows, natural pest control, ornamental grasses, outdoor sculpture, trees, water in the garden, Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged beneficial insects, foliage, garden photography, gardening, grasses, hardy perennials, insect shelters, insects, Italian garden style, meadows, new perennial gardening, organic gardening, organic pest control, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees, perennials, Piet Oudolf, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, trees, Trentham Garden, Trentham Gardens, winter, winter gardens
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What’s on the Plots? An end of year wander around the allotments.
Mid-December often sees the allotment site under snow or at least coated in frost, but not this year. We wandered around today with camera in hand and we were appreciative of the bright clear blue sky overhead. The midday sun … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, birds, community gardening, fruit and veg, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, grow your own, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, light, light quality, meadows, natural pest control, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, roses, spring bulbs, wildlife, Winter Gardening
Tagged allotments, apples, birds, community gardening, foliage, foliage plants, fruit and veg, fruit and vegetable growing, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grasses, insects, meadows, organic gardening, ornamental trees, spring bulbs, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, winter gardens
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The Wonders of Wicken
I am not a fan of flat land, I love hills and mountains and views. The fens are just too flat for me. But we discovered a wonderful wildlife reserve a few years ago run by the National Trust, Wicken … Continue reading
Posted in bird watching, birds, canals, conservation, countryside, landscapes, nature reserves, Norfolk, wildlife
Tagged birds, fens, insects, wetland, wetland wildlife, wildlife
The Big Planting – a new hedge and more bulbs for the allotments.
In mid-November we held another working party on our allotment site, Bowbrook Allotment Community. This will be the last one this year and our aim was to plant a new hedge along the bare green fence that serves as the … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, autumn, community gardening, conservation, fruit and veg, garden wildlife, gardening, grow your own, hedgerows, natural pest control, spring bulbs, trees, wildlife
Tagged allotments, autumn, community gardening, fruit and vegetable growing, garden wildlife, gardening, grown your own, hedgerows, hedges, insects, organic gardening, voluntary working parties, Woodland Trust
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