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My Garden Journal 2017 – November
The penultimate visit to my garden journal for 2017 is here – hope you enjoy it. I began by referring back to a development we started in the garden back in September which we finished off in November. We are … Continue reading
Posted in autumn colours, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, irises, light, light quality, log piles, logs, natural pest control, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, South Shropshire, spring bulbs, succulents, trees
Tagged autumn, autumn colours, clematis, climbing plants, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, NGS, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees, roses, salvias, shrubs, spring bulbs, succulents, trees, wildlife
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Westgate Villa, a Japanese garden in Shropshire
Jude and I have a soft spot for gardens with a Japanese feel to them, and we are lucky to have an excellent example in our home county of Shropshire and just a short drive away. We had heard of … Continue reading
Posted in garden buildings, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, Shropshire, town gardens, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged acers., bamboo, cloud pruning, ferns, foliage, foliage plants, formal gardening, formal planting, front gardens, Japanese Garden, Japanese maples, maples, pruned box, raked gravel, succulents, tea house
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John’s Garden – Ashwood Nurseries.
We have wanted to visit John’s Garden for a long time but have never been able to attend on any of his open days, so when we noticed that a private visit was planned for the Shropshire Group of the … Continue reading
Posted in canals, garden design, garden furniture, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, Hardy Plant Society, HPS, nurseries, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, trees, water garden, water in the garden, wildlife
Tagged Ashwood Nurseries, cloud pruning, garden sculpture, John's Garden, ornamental trees, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, stumpery, succulents, trees and shrubs
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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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Special Succulents
I have a special interest in succulents and have grown a good selection over the last few years. My interest in them has been a recent one and began with the purchase of an Aeonium arboreum Schwarzkopf which we nurtured … Continue reading
Posted in garden photography, gardening, succulents
Tagged aeomiums, aeonium, cacti, Crassula, Echeveria, echeverias, glasshouses, succulents, Winterbourne House Gardens
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Succulents in Pots
It is always good to have little projects to get on with in the garden. My latest little project was to create a pair of succulent pots. We already have pots of succulents dotted or hopefully arranged around our Rill … Continue reading
Posted in garden design, garden photography, gardening, succulents, Uncategorized
Tagged Echeveria, garden containers, gardening, gardening in pots, Sedum, succulents
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Yellow Book Gardens 2 – Radnor Cottage
Our second visit to an NGS Yellow Book garden for 2015 was just a few days after the first of the year to Bury Court Farmhouse, and was to a garden in South Shropshire near to the village of Clun. … Continue reading
Posted in flowering bulbs, fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, gardens, hardy perennials, light, National Garden Scheme, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shropshire, South Shropshire, spring bulbs, spring gardening, succulents, The National Gardening Scheme", trees, water in the garden, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged Clun, fruit and vegetable growing, ornamental trees, Shropshire, South Shropshire, spring, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, succulents, water gardening, water in the garden
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