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Simply Beautiful – 4 – ugly name beautiful flower
Late in the year little surprises appear in the garden to stop you in your tracks. These are often out of season flowerings but beauty can also be found in the way plants gracefully fade away at the year’s end. … Continue reading
Posted in colours, garden photography, gardening, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, Piet Oudolf, Shropshire, shrubs, Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged berried shrubs, changing colours, Clerodendrum, colour in the garden, flowering shrubs, ornamental shrubs, Piet Oudolf, shrubs in winter, trees and shrubs, winter, winter garden
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A Garden in December – Trentham – Part One
The final installment in my monthly series looking at how the gardens at Trentham change throughout the year. The garden has gone full circle passing through the seasons. We began last January when the gardens were in the throes of … Continue reading
Posted in garden design, garden designers, garden furniture, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, Italian style gardens, ornamental grasses, outdoor sculpture, Piet Oudolf, sculpture, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged grasses, hardy perennials, Italian garden style, new perennial gardening, ornamental trees, Piet Oudolf, prairie gardening, prairie planting, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, Trentham Garden, Trentham Gardens
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A Garden in October/November – Trentham
We have now reached the penultimate posting in this series where we have been looking at how Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire have changed through the months during 2014. Since our last visit in September Autumn has taken a strong grip … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, autumn colours, climbing plants, colours, garden design, garden designers, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, Italian style gardens, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, Piet Oudolf, sculpture, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, trees
Tagged garden design, garden designers, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees, Piet Oudolf, prairie gardening, prairie planting, prairies, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, Trentham Garden, Trentham Gardens
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Post 500 – Part Two – a further visit to the “Oudolf Field”
As promised I am returning to the beautiful county of Somerset where Jude and I spent a day exploring the exciting new “Oudolf Field” and the gallery buildings at the Hauser and Wirth’s Durslade Farm. We left off as we … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, buildings, colours, garden design, garden designers, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden seating, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, meadows, ornamental grasses, outdoor sculpture, Piet Oudolf, reflections, sculpture, Tom Stuart-Smith, water garden, water in the garden
Tagged farm buildings, garden sculpture, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, light vales, meadows, ornamental grasses, outdoor art, outdoor sculpture, perennials, Piet Oudolf, prairie gardening, prairie planting, prairies, reflections, sculpture, Tom Stuart-Smith, water gardening, water gardens, water in the garden
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Post 500! A look at two garden designers.
To celebrate reaching 500 posts in my Greenbenchramblings adventures I thought I would create a week of posts about my favourite garden designers, Piet Oudolf and Tom Stuart-Smith. I have featured examples of their gardens several times already but these … Continue reading
Posted in colours, garden design, garden designers, garden furniture, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden seating, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, meadows, ornamental grasses, Piet Oudolf, reflections, Tom Stuart-Smith, water in the garden
Tagged garden seats, grasses, meadows, ornamental grasses, Piet Oudolf, prairie gardening, prairie planting, prairies
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A garden in September – Trentham
So here we are back for the September visit to the wonderful gardens at Trentham. We arrived in bright sunshine which was a big change to the usual weather on our visits here. Usually we get wet but today looked … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, fruit and veg, garden design, garden designers, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, Italian style gardens, light, light quality, meadows, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, Piet Oudolf, shrubs, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, trees
Tagged betulas, birches, formal gardening, garden design, garden designers, grasses, hardy perennials, new perennial gardening, ornamental grasses, perennials, Piet Oudolf, pumpkins, rhus, Staffordshire, Tom Stuart-Smith, Trentham Garden, Trentham Gardens
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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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