Tag Archives: light quality

My Garden Journal 2018 – October

Posted on November 7, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are in October, my 10th visit to my garden journal this year. I love October, with its special rich light and the fire and flame colours of foliage on trees, shrubs and perennial plants alike. The first words … Continue reading →

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The Dingle Garden in October

Posted on October 18, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

October to my mind is the first month of the Autumn, whatever the metereological office says about September taking that role. We shall see what aspects of this new season we found and experienced when we took our October wander … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, garden paths, garden photography, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental trees and shrubs, Powis, Powys, shrubs, Wales, woodland, woodlands | Tagged autumn, autumn colours, autumn gardens, deciduous euonymus, euonymus, garden trees, gardens of Powys, light, light and shade, light quality, ornamental trees, Powis, Powys, trees and shrubs

Two RHS Gardens – Part 1 – Hyde Hall

Posted on February 2, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

As members of the RHS we often visit their gardens and their partner gardens. Sadly it is a long journey to get to any of their main gardens so we do not visit as often as we would like. We … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, RHS | Tagged dry gardening, Essex, Essex gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, Hyde Hall Gardens, light, light and shade, light quality, new perennial gardening, ornamental grasses, perennials, RHS, RHS gardens, RHS Harlow Carr, the dry garden

After the Storm – snow in December

Posted on December 16, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Mid-December saw the sudden arrival of snow a rare occurrence in recent years. The last time we can remember having any appreciable snow fall in December was back in 2010 and 2011. Sadly I am still recovering from my surgery … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, roses, sculpture, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged berried shrubs, berries, December, light, light and shade, light quality, ornamental grasses, shrubs in winter, snow, the garden in December, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, winter gardens | 3 Comments

Simply Beautiful – 7 – Fallow Deer

Posted on February 19, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

While walking around our local National Trust parklands, Attingham Park, we usually finish our regular wanderings by walking along the wide paths mown and nibbled short and neat by the teeth of the parkland sheep. This is the deer park … Continue reading →

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Simply Beautiful 3 – Cedar Lights

Posted on December 11, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

The autumn light can be very special at the beginning of the day but even more so as the days draws to a close. As we ended a parkland walk in late November we watched as the last rays of … Continue reading →

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The Dorothy Clive Garden in November

Posted on December 4, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

Our November visit to see the changing faces of this lovely Shropshire/Staffordshire border garden saw us arriving in sunshine but we were to be treated to a magnificent sky later in the day. The grass below our feet was wet … Continue reading →