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Oakley Mynd – a wildlife garden with views
Here is a post I wrote back in the summer which I thought would be good to post now to bring back memories of warmer days. We always like finding new gardens opening for the NGS, and Oakley Mynd was … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, Land Art, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shropshire, South Shropshire, village gardens, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged gardens of Shropshire, kitchen gardens, ornamental grasses, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, productive gardening, South Shropshire, South Shropshire Hills, Yellow Book, Yellow Book Gardens
A new NGS Yellow Book garden, Longden Manor
It is always exciting finding a new NGS garden to visit and when we find one that is just a few fields away as the crow flies it is extra interesting. Longden Manor with its organic farm still had to … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden furniture, garden paths, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, gardening, gardens, grow your own, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shropshire, shrubs, spring gardening, woodland, woodlands, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged flowering shrubs, kitchen gardens, NGS, NGS gardens, orchards, rhododendrons, topiary., water feature, water in the garden, woodland garden, Yellow Book Gardens
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The Citadel – a May garden full of colour.
We started our monthly garden visits with our friends from the Hardy Plant Society Shropshire Group with a visit to a garden called The Citadel, which although it is close, within 20 miles of where we live, we had never … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden buildings, garden design, garden furniture, garden photography, garden seat, gardening, gardens, grow your own, Hardy Plant Society, kitchen gardens, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shropshire, shrubs
Tagged fruit and veg growing, kitchen gardens, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, rhododendrons, tulips
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A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park – June
We made our June visit to Attingham Park early in the month to see how summer was coming on in the walled garden and in the wilder parts of the park along the woodland walks. We enjoyed a view of … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, The National Trust, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, woodland, woodlands
Tagged Attingham Park, gardens of Shropshire, kitchen gardens, productive gardening, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire gardens, walled garden, walled gardens, woodland garden, woodland walks
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A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park May
Spring is slowly turning into summer as we enjoy our monthly visit to our local National Trust property, Attingham Park. The walks are getting busier, the volunteers in the walled garden even busier. Continuing our through the woodland … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, The National Trust, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, wildlife, woodland
Tagged fruit and veg growing, fruit and vegetable growing, kitchen gardens, National Trust, The National Trust, trained fruit, walled garden, walled gardens, woodland garden
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A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park April – Part 2
In this, the second part of April’s report of our wanderings around Attingham Park, I want to feature the flowers of the park , the wildflowers living in the woodland and the cultivated flowers in the borders and walled garden. … Continue reading
Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grow your own, hardy perennials, irises, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, spring bulbs, spring gardening, The National Trust, trees, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, woodland, woodlands
Tagged Attingham Park, flowering shrubs, gardens in May, gardens of the National Trust, kitchen gardens, May, National Trust, rhododendron, rhododendrons, spring blossom, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, the garden in May, The National Trust, tulips, walled garden, wild flowers
A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park April – Part 1
We managed to find a day close to the end of April to make our monthly visit to Attingham Park. It was a bright warm day so we knew we would have much to look forward to. As we made … Continue reading
Posted in flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden buildings, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grow your own, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, spring bulbs, spring gardening, The National Trust, trees, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens
Tagged Attingham Park, bluebells, fruit and veg growing, gardens of Shropshire, gardens of the National Trust, kitchen gardens, National Trust, productive gardening, Shropshire, Shropshire gardens, spring blossom, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, The National Trust, walled garden, walled gardens
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A Week in the Lake District – Part One – Sizergh
We decided that it was about time we re-visited one of our favourite family holiday destinations from when our children were youngsters, the Lake District. So a week in early June saw us journeying northwards to re-find some old haunts. … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, gardens, gardens open to the public, irises, kitchen gardens, lakes, meadows, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, The National Trust, water in the garden
Tagged acers., Cumbria, ferns, garden sculpture, kitchen gardens, meadows, NT, orchards, outdoor sculpture, rock gardens, rockeries, sculpture, Sizergh Castle, The Lake District, The Lakes, The National Trust, water gardens, water in the garden, wildflower meadows
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A Garden in July and August – Trentham
So back to Trentham to see how good this wonderful garden is throughout the year. Because of preparing for the first ever opening of our garden we will have to join July and August together and do just this one … Continue reading
Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden design, garden designers, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, Italian style gardens, July, meadows, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, Piet Oudolf, roses, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, trees
Tagged betula, betulas, birches, echinacea, Eremurus, eupatorium, Fox Tailed Lily, fruit and veg growing, fruit and vegetable growing, kitchen gardens, monarda, Piet Oudolf, prairie gardening, prairie planting, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, Trentham Garden, Trentham Gardens
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