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My Garden Journal 2018 – June

Posted on July 1, 2018 by greenbenchramblings

I finished my latest entries into my garden journal just as we reach the mid-point of the year. June has once again been a month of mixed up weather and the garden plants have continued in their state of confusion. … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shropshire, shrubs, wildlife | Tagged centaurea, flower colours, knautia, orange, potentilla, purple, roses, summer, summer gardens, summer in the garden, thalictrum | 1 Comment

My Garden Journal 2017 – June

Posted on July 13, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

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 | 1 Comment

My Garden Journal 2017 – May

Posted on June 29, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

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

What our visitors saw in August

Posted on August 19, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

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 | 1 Comment

A Bouquet for June

Posted on July 2, 2013 by greenbenchramblings

The stars of June h to be the alliums this year, which is rather odd because roses should be outshining them by now. Everything in our garden though is a good month behind this year after a strange start … Continue reading →