Winter hedging.
I do love a hedge, I must admit! However, hedging can be quite boring through winter, I guess. Unless it’s evergreen, it’s...
Some more random photos!
I haven't made a very good plan of succession this year ... plenty of plants looking GREEN, which should be flowering in...
Reshaping the Lawn/Borders
Hi all just thought I would do a blog about what we are up to in the garden at the moment. The lawn was desperate for re-shaping...
Inspired combination.
I went for a walk to collect some twiggy sticks which had fallen off the trees in our avenue after the strong winds last...
Herbaceous border in June
Some shots of my border in June
Digitalis thapsi
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Thalictrum aquilegifolium
Kniphofia 'John...
The garden early June
I am really pleased how the majority of the garden is doing.
Back in March/ April the front border looked like this:
It...
Rejuvenation of a new border.
We have wanted to do this for a long time......over the last 20 years the front border has been so time consuming and we...
Revamping a Border (Part 2)
Back in May, I described how I replanted a border in the garden in readiness for our Open Garden in mid August. After lots...
Revamping a Border (Part 1)
This year, 'Devonia' will be open under the National Garden Scheme on 19th August. Naturally, I would like everything to...
Starting the September clean up.
I have started doing some proper tidying up of the borders. As it was going to be a hot day I decided to do one of the shade...
Sometimes It Works
How often do we have an idea for the garden that comes off?
I have been growing a mock orange, philadelphus purpurescens...
Front Border mingle..
Just to show you how it is looking at the moment..I must say,i am happy with what is in flower now,and still Fuchsias and...
Newly Cut and All Ship Shape.
A lovely sunny day , so what better way to spend it than cutting lawns and tidying the borders, hard work but a labour of...
Lady's Mantle Anyone....
For those of you who have seen my walk round the garden blog,you will know about all the lavenders in my path borders..
...
Help from the experts.
When my Juniper died so suddenly, I decided to make use of my RHS membership, and I cut off three samples from one of the...
Mum's Front Border
Well Mum's front border has certainly come on over the past month. What our original 'gardener' planted up with nothing but...
Work in progress
I came home from work yesterday to find that Jim had started work on increasing one of the borders. I`d hinted at it for...
A Heather Border
This is how My Heather Border looked in Jan 2008 when i started it !!!
& this is 2 day
Changed has`nt it...
A Year In The Life Of A Border
One of the things we aspire to in the garden is something that looks good for as long as possible-from early spring through...
New border -Part 2
Our new front border has made some progress since my last blog. The painted log edging has been erected....weed suppressing...
New Borders - Part 1
Have been very busy over the last few weeks while we have been enjoying some fab. autumn weather. The rose bed is gone,...
My Tidyer Borders
Iv Been Prunning ,Digging,Weeding,Moving Items & Planting Some Borders Over a Few Days all ready 4 some Spring Colour...
raised border walls
what should i build with? i was going to go with wood, layered planks with 2x2 stakes in the corners making them about two...
Through Henry's eyes....
Henry thinks that my garden belongs to him. He goes out every morning and walks purposefully all round it, to make sure that...
Progress on Front garden
Well, I guess everyone was set back a bit by the snow in February-our corner of the Cotswolds had quite a lot for quite a...
The Story of a border - update.
Back in September last year, we had an Escallonia hedge riddled with brambles across the back of our small back garden.
It...
The Story of a New Border
When we moved here nearly three years ago, there was an Escallonia hedge between the back garden and the farm field. Unfortunately,...
