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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!

Posted in colours, flowering bulbs | Tagged flower photography, flowering bulbs, iris, irises

My Garden Journal 2018 – March

Posted on April 12, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Into the third month of the year and we should now be seeing the cheerful signs of early spring. Spring should start the birds singing afresh. We should expect to see green returning to the garden as freshly-burst buds bring … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, flowering bulbs, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, irises, natural pest control, spring bulbs, spring gardening, trees | Tagged Avocet garden, bird boxes, ferns, gardening, hebes, insect homes, iris, iris reticulata, spring, spring garden, winter garden | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, irises, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, South Shropshire, spring bulbs, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged arum, cornus, cornus mas, Cornus Midwinter Fire, dogwoods, fastigiate plants, flowering bulbs, grasses, iris, iris reticulata, ornamental grasses, shrubs in winter, spring bulbs, viburnum, winter, winter aconite, winter garden, winter gardening | 2 Comments

A Walk in the Park – February at Attingham Park – Part 1

Posted on March 2, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

It is mid-February and time for our second visit to Attingham Park, our nearest National Trust property. We awoke on the day of our planned visit to a dark overcast sky and light rain hanging in the air, but we … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden buildings, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, kitchen gardens, National Trust, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spring bulbs, The National Trust, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, winter gardens, woodland, woodlands | Tagged fruit and vegetable growing, fruit pruning, gardens of Shropshire, glasshouses, hollies, iris, iris reticulata, National Trust, old glasshouses, productive gardening, pruning, pruning fruit, Shropshire, Shropshire gardens, The National Trust, walled garden, walled gardens | 2 Comments

My 2017 Garden Journal – January

Posted on February 12, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

It feels good to be back sharing my Garden Journal with you once again. So here is the first for 2017, my report on what was going on in our Avocet garden in January. For 2017 I will share the … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, colours, flowering bulbs, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, Shropshire, shrubs, spring bulbs, trees, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged bees, betula, Betula albosinensis, Betula albosinensis "Septentronalis", betulas, birch, birches, birds, frost, garden birds, garden wildlife, hellebore, hellebores, honey bees, iris, iris reticulata, January, January garden, Japanese secateurs, Okatsune secateurs, scent, scent in the garden, scented plants, scented shrubs, secateurs, seed heads, shrubs in winter, turfing, turfing spade, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, winter gardens | 1 Comment

My Garden Journal – May

Posted on June 13, 2015 by greenbenchramblings

May has now finished so it is time to present my entries for that month in my Garden Journal. Gardening was totally at the behest of the weather, which was to say disappointing. As usual my first page for the … Continue reading →

Posted in climbing plants, colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, irises, light, National Garden Scheme, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shropshire, trees, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged bearded iris, garden photography, gardening, gardens in May, iris, irises, May, NGS, ornamental trees, Shropshire, Yellow Book, Yellow Book Gardens | 1 Comment

Winter Wonderland at Dunham Massey – part one

Posted on April 4, 2015 by greenbenchramblings

We are in the habit of visiting the gardens of the National Trust property, Dunham Massey, especially since their Winter Garden has matured. We tend to visit in February. This year we made our annual pilgrimage on a sunny, mild … Continue reading →