Lower garden 1 June

So lovely and colorful, I could easily lose myself in your gardens for hours, maybe even days...!~.. lol

It's my favourite part of the garden - we do lose ourselves there, and often sit with a cup of tea, watching the birds and listening to the stream. We often lose other people - we have to ring a bell to call the family in for meals because they can't be seen or heard from the house!

absolutely gorgeous

It doesn't stay like that, though! We start pruning in earnest in June. The acers, red robin, holly, aucuba, pieris - they all get a fair amount taken off, otherwise we would be taken over by them all. It's a bit like having a giant bonsai garden!!!

We're on holiday at home now for two weeks and are spending most of the time in the garden - pruning, potting up, tidying. I call it a "green gym" - much better than paying to go on an exercise bike or rolling road! We can work at a more leisurely pace than we do when we have to go to work.