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Our Allotment Yellow Book Open Day
This was our 4th annual NGS Open Day at our allotments, Bowbrook Allotment Community. In the past we had been dogged by bad weather, heavy rain, high winds and once even excessively high temperatures. But today was to be different … Continue reading
Posted in community gardening, fruit and veg, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grow your own, hardy perennials, National Garden Scheme, NGS, Shropshire, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, wildlife, Wildlife Trusts, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged allotments, Bowbrook Allotment Community, Bowbrook Allotments, community gardening, community spirit, decorated wheels, mammals, National Garden Scheme, NGS, scarecrows, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Yellow Book, Yellow Book Gardens, Yellow Necked Mice
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A town riverside walk
Although we live close to our county town of Shrewsbury we go for months between visits to the banks of the River Severn, in whose loops the town sits snuggly. In the summer the council garnish the river banks with … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, Britain in Bloom, community gardening, flower show, fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens open to the public, grow your own, half-hardy perennials, renovation, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, town gardens, townscapes
Tagged allotments, Britain in Bloom, community gardening, foliage, fruit and veg, fruit and vegetable growing, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grow your own, scarecrows, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, town parks
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Allotment Open Day 2013
Sunday July 14th was the day we opened our allotment community gardens for everyone to come and have a look at what we get up to, and to help raise money for charities under the auspices of the National Garden … Continue reading
Posted in community gardening, fruit and veg, garden photography, gardening, gardens open to the public, grow your own, hardy perennials, Hardy Plant Society, herbs, HPS, kitchen gardens, Land Art, meadows, National Garden Scheme, NGS, outdoor sculpture, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Tagged allotments, community gardening, fruit and veg, gardening, land art, master composters, meadows, NGS, outdoor sculpture, scarecrows, Yellow Book
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Allotments under Snow
Today we braved the snow and floods up at our allotment site and went for a walk around to look at what turned out to be a very different world to the one we usually see. The pictures illustrate just … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, birds, community gardening, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grow your own, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, shrubs, trees, wildlife, winter gardens
Tagged allotments, birds, community gardening, dogwoods, fruit and vegetable growing, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grasses, grown your own, scarecrows, shrubs, snow, snowmen, trees, winter, winter gardens
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A Wander Around our Allotments in November
The penultimate lottie wander post for 2012 and at last the weather is providing a few bright cold days. This is what we look forward to in this autumnal month, rather than the wet dark days we have been presented … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, autumn, autumn colours, bird watching, colours, community gardening, fruit and veg, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grasses, grow your own, meadows, natural pest control, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, roses, wildlife
Tagged allotments, autumn, autumn colours, autumn gardens, birds, community gardening, David Austin, dogwoods, foliage, foliage plants, fruit and veg, fruit and vegetable growing, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grown your own, meadows, organic gardening, roses, scarecrows, winter, winter garden, winter gardens
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Our Allotment Scarecrow Competition 2012
As promised in my recent post about our NGS Open Day this post will be a gallery of photos of some of the scarecrows made by our allotmenteers for our scarecrow competition. Our theme this year was the year’s celebrations, The … Continue reading
The Allotments Open Day
For one day each year, in the middle of July, we open our allotment site, Bowbrook Allotment Community, for charity. We open under the auspices of the National Garden Scheme so are proud to be in the famous Yellow Book. The … Continue reading
Clumber Park – The Walled Garden
We have watched over the last few years how the walled garden at Clumber Park has been brought back to life. Although it is a few hours from home we visit at least once a year. Now it is a … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, community gardening, fruit and veg, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grow your own, hardy perennials, meadows, National Trust, natural pest control, photography, The National Trust, wildlife
Tagged apples, Clumber Park, community gardening, fruit and veg, fruit and vegetable growing, fruit., garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, greenhouse gardening, greenhouses, grow your own, insects, meadows, National Trust, organic gardening, scarecrows, trained fruit, walled gardens, wildlife
The National Garden Scheme and our Open Day
In mid-July each year we open our allotment community site for charity, which we do under the auspices of the National Garden Scheme. So we appear in the famous “Yellow Book” of gardens open throughout England and Wales. Our first … Continue reading
Super Scarecrows
We have a real champion creator of scarecrows at our lottie site, Bowbrook Allotment Community. Every year Mrs Anna as she calls herself, crafts splendid characters for us to enjoy. Last year we had a scarecrow version of Shrek but … Continue reading
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