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My Garden Journal 2017 – June
We have reached the half way point through the year and I am beginning a second book in my Garden Journal 2017. A book of blank pages waiting to be filled with words, paintings and photographs. On the first page … Continue reading
Posted in birds, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, poppies, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, trees, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged Avocet garden, digitalis, dry weather, foxgloves, gardens of Shropshire, June, poppies, roses, Shropshire, Shropshire gardens, summer, summer gardens
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My Garden Journal 2017 – May
So as spring moves towards its end and we look forward to summertime, it is time to look at my Garden Journal 2017 entries for May. I began by writing, “May is the month when Spring turns to Summer and Roses … Continue reading
Posted in birds, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, irises, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs
Tagged Avocet garden, bearded iris, cercis, Cercis siliquastrum, climbers, climbing plants, dodecatheon, euphorbia, euphorbias, flowering shrubs, garden wildlife, gardens in May, gardens of Shropshire, May, roses, Shropshire gardens, summer, the garden at Avocet, the garden in May
Coton Manor – an atmospheric gem.
Coton Manor Gardens are so full of atmosphere. Ten acres of hillside gardens are landscaped to give variety throughout the year on this Northamptonshire estate. There are streams, fountains and ponds, a bluebell wood and meadows. We have visited this … Continue reading
Posted in birds, climbing plants, colours, garden design, garden furniture, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, poppies, water in the garden
Tagged atmosphere, Coton Manor, Coton Manor Gardens, garden atmosphere, romantic gardens, rose garden, roses, shaded garden, woodland garden
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The Dorothy Clive Garden in August
In late August we made one of our regular visits to the Dorothy Clive Gardens on the Shropshire and Staffordshire border to see how the garden was progressing. We chose a warm sunny day for our visit which gave strong … Continue reading
Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shropshire, shrubs, trees, water in the garden
Tagged berried shrubs, berried trees, berries, Dorothy Clive Garden, Dorothy Clive Gardens, gardens open to the public, North Shropshire, roses, seed heads, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Gardens
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What our visitors saw in August
We open our garden a few times a year both by appointment and full open days so I thought it would be interesting to wander around our patch just after a group left, taking photos as I went, thus giving … Continue reading
Posted in climbing plants, colours, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, light, light quality, National Garden Scheme, photography, roses, Shropshire, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged August, clematis, colour in the garden, garden wildlife, gardens, roses, salvias, summer, summer gardens
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My Garden Journal in May
Just as I completed my journal for June I realised that I had not yet posted “My Garden Journal for May”, so here it is now for you to enjoy! The June journal report won’t be far behind! Summer creeping … Continue reading
Posted in birds, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, house martins, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shropshire, shrubs, spring bulbs, spring gardening, succulents, swallows, water in the garden, wildlife
Tagged acers., aeomiums, bog garden, bog plants, clematis, climbers, climbing plants, Echeveria, echeverias, gardens in May, hostas, May, ornamental grasses, roses, succulents, the garden in May, white flowers, white in the harden
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Croft Castle Month by Month – October
October was a month made special by a bright, colourful Indian Summer. It made our tenth monthly visit to the gardens at Croft Castle special. Without realising it we had chosen the week when the property were putting on a … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, autumn colours, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grow your own, hardy perennials, Herefordshire, irises, kitchen gardens, light, light quality, National Trust, poppies, roses, The National Trust, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens
Tagged autumn, autumn colours, autumn gardens, autumn leaves, Croft Castle., fruit and veg, fruit and veg growing, fruit and vegetable growing, Halloween, Herefordshire, Herefordshire gardens, insect homes, insect hotels, insect shelters, mistletoe, roses, The National Trust, vegetables, walled garden, walled gardens
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