Back with my garden journal I will now share with you my pages for April, a strange month as we are in total lock down because of the coronavirus problems. The many sunny warm days allowed us the luxury of leisurely time in the garden and even time for lots of sitting on our several […]
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My Garden Journal 2019 – April
April is one of our busiest months in our Avocet patch, a month when we are busy, our wildlife colleagues are busy and the plants are growing apace. We have tasks to complete as well as usual garden routines. As I often do in my journals I began with the weather and wrote, “April burst onto […]
Celebrating the Glory of Spring – the garden at a cottage called Cartref
I thought I would look back at a visit we made with friends, Pete and Sherlie in the spring to a garden called Cartref. It was a “pop up” NGS garden which is a garden that opens unplanned but that looks good so the owner wants to share it with other NGS, National Garden Scheme, […]
Return to The Picton Garden
The Picton Garden situated close to the Malvern Hils in Worcestershire, is well known as a garden to visit in late summer through to early autumn, mainly because it holds a national collection of Asters. The vast number of asters grown there are featured among herbaceous plantings with some pretty special shrubs and trees too. […]
My Garden Journal 2017 – April
We are well into Spring now as I share my April journal with you and there has been lots going on. This April has been the most colourful ever in our Avocet Patch. The last week in March or the first in April is the best time to cut down willows (Salix) and dogwoods (Cornus). […]
My Garden Journal 2016 – April
Here we are with my April look at my garden journal. I began as I often do with a look at the weather that was affecting our garden. “April is known for its showery weather and we hope it is the first frost-free weeks of the year. This will allow us to begin hardening off […]
