A friend's beautiful garden

Your friend has a very beautiful garden.....that acer is really lovely. Viburnam and pond all equally enviable!

How lovely, sounds a brilliant gardening group to belong to Sheila

Thank you Sticki and Pam . . . yes, we do have fun!

Hi Sheila ... Fabulous garden .. ...
Please tell your friend I've added this blog to GoYpedia waterfalls .. the whole garden looks idyllic ..

Nice to enjoy the gardening group and make friends :o)

I did enjoy that Sheila...what a wonderful space and I have to agree...that is one of the loveliest ponds I've seen! Isn't it great when you get a plant back like that! :)) Thank you for sharing your friend's garden with us. I think it would be lovely to have a gardening group.....hmm..I have an idea! :)

What a beautiful garden Sheila, not so unlike your own. The acer looks very similar to one I have. The red stems are beautiful especially in the winter. The one I have is called acer palmatum Sangokaku. eeew, horrible name but lovely plant :-))

Its lovely Sheila and set out so well, I must find the labels for my acers, I'm sure one is the same as your friends and if mine looks as good in a few years then I'll be so pleased.
Thankyou for showing us the garden, hope you did get a drink eventually...

What a gorgeous garden, the pond is beautiful and I love that acer!

Wow, that is a beautiful space and I love the meadowy bit too, nice friends Sheila!!

That is a beautiful garden, Sheila - thank you for the lovely pictures.

Thank you Terra . . . my friend (Irene) came to visit my own garden today, and to my delight we saw an Aquilegia that I'd never seen before! (I'll try a pic tomorrow.)

Thanks very much Karen - yes, the group is terrific - I wonder what your idea is :))

Thanks for your kind comment Poppy, and yes, I think Sangukaku sounds familiar!

Thanks Lincs - yes, we had our coffee / tea sitting outside, with TWO types of cake as well :))

Thanks Louisa and Gill!!

New variety of aquilegia ?
... Aquilegia 'Sheilabub' ? ;o)

Terra . . . it may not be "new" to others!

Thank you Susanne and Julia :)))

Oh what a beautiful garden, so much space, and the pond is perfect, lucky lady, thanks for sharing.

My idea concerns a lady from just down the road from me, who has recently joined Kath and I at the walled garden Sheila. I wonder if the two of us might be able to start something local....I might ask her about it tomorrow when we will be at the walled garden. As I know so few gardeners in my town, it would be great to make some new gardening friends and share plants, ideas etc.

What a beautiful garden you friend has Sheila, thank you for sharing with us.
I smiled at your comment re the Verbena. A friend of ours has a massive clump of meconopsis. I asked for some seed - I forgot that she originally got her seed from my old garden!

A very lovely garden to enjoy and admire with your gardening group.

Thanks very much Dotty, Scottish and Stroller :))

Go for it Karen!

What a fantastic garden.And lovely to have a garden group.
Nice pictures!

That is just beautiful Sheila, the pond is perfect :o)

Many thanks Paul and Annie :))

Your friend has a lovely garden, as do you, Sheila. Her pond is indeed beautiful. How lovely to have your little group. I intended to start up something similar a few years ago but it never got off the ground - excuse the pun. Maybe I'll try again.

Thank you Tuesdaybear. Maybe you should have another go at starting a group . . . it is very therapeutic meeting with like-minded friends every week!

What a beautiful Garden Sheila and so nice to share it and plants with like minded friends , it's nice to know your V.bonaeiensis has returned home :o)

Lovely spacious garden ... looks beautiful in the sunshine ... :o)

very beautiful garden!

How lovely to belong to such a group Sheila and what a lovely garden your friend has:-)

Thanks very much Amy, Shirley and Lia!

Ba, I started the group about 12 years ago - possibly the best inspiration I've ever had :)) All because I'm nosey, lol!

Seeing a garden like this, mine just not compare!

Not mine of course, but we have all different sizes on this site Lia!

It was a stroke of genius Sheila, you go on group visits too don't you?:-)

Lol, Ba :) Yes, we do venture further afield two or three times a year, and have DIY lunches in July and December. I recommend it!

I wish there was a group like that here Sheila:-))

You could probably start one between you and Stickitoffee . . . and maybe other GoYers in your area?!

Lol Sheila, nearest to me is Stroller and she's miiiiles away. Neither of us drives either. There is a third age garden club which meets every month in Walsall, I may be able to try that:-))

Good luck with that, if you can get there reasonably easily :)

Thats what both love/interest and work thats not feeling like work as we know it brings,
smashing blog.

(Did you they give you a cup of tea),?

beautiful and how nice to have like minded friends, bit like Live GoY. lol :O) great to be able to meet up with friends and chat about gardening. :O)

Thanks Dungy: not only did we have tea, but coffee, biscuits and cake too!

Thanks Olive: yes, it is great, and does us good :))

Excellent. Lovely garden.

Thank you Fractal cat!