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My Garden Journal 2019 – December

Posted on January 20, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

My Garden Journal 2019 comes to an end this month, so here are the entries for December. On the first page I wrote, “December sees most of the berries stripped from our shrubs and trees by dozens of thrushes including migrants … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden photography, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, trees, village gardens, Winter Gardening, winter gardens | Tagged bark colour, berried shrubs, coloured bark, coloured foliage, coloured stems, December, deciduous trees, foliage, foliage combinations, grasses, herbaceous plants, ornamental grasses, seed heads, shrubs in winter, silver foliage, the garden in winter, variegated foliage, winter berries | 3 Comments

My Garden Journal 2019 – March

Posted on April 1, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

It is already time for sharing my third month’s entries in my garden journal. So here are the March pages for you to enjoy and for you to see what the garden has been up to and what we have … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, spring bulbs | Tagged bergenias, carex, coppicing, daffodils, flowering bulbs, foliage, grasses, narcissi, ornamental grasses, pruned shrubs, pruning, spring bulbs, variegated foliage, variegation, welcoming | 4 Comments

My Garden Journal 2018 – December

Posted on January 18, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are with the final visit to my Garden Journal 2018, as we discover what has been going on at out Avocet patch in December. It has been a year of difficult weather for us gardeners with freezing winds, … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, trees | Tagged Avocet garden, coronilla, cotoneasters, December, deciduous trees, ferns, foliage, foliage colour, foliage plants, garden journal, garden projects, glaucous foliage, texture, textured bark, the garden in December, the garden in winter, trees and shrubs, variegated foliage, variegation, winter, winter garden, winter gardening | 1 Comment

The Dingle Garden in December

Posted on January 16, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

Here we are with the final report of our monthly visit to the Dingle Gardens near Welshpool. As we drove down to Welshpool the weather just could not make its mind up what it was going to do, sunny with … Continue reading →