The weather has been rather disappointing so far this year, rather a lot of rain, wind and not enough sunshine. I have had bad germination rates early on in the season and then when my garden was looking at its very best in early June, wild stormy weather snapped stems off my Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpurem’,…
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David Nash at Kew Gardens
Nash’s sculptures for gardens Giant eucalyptus logs Cork bark Charred oak block
Before and After pictures
Sorting thourgh my pictures I came across these taken during my site survey, they contrast beautifully with the garden that now lies there. These latter two photographs were taken by Heather Edwards, garden photographer http://www.htedwards.co.uk/
June – garden notes
keeping busy in June
Art and Gardens
Gardens design an art
The biennial: Lunaria annua
With its beautiful yet confusing name, honesty is sometimes overlooked as common and dull. However it is a fantastic value plant with long lasting vibrant purple flowers in May followed by papery moon-like seed heads for winter displays in the home. In my garden it self seeds and contrasts beautifully in May with lemon yellow flowers…
Garden Notes – May
Despite the near constant rain, garden life has been going at full pace over the last couple of months; now you should see tadpoles in the ponds, lush growth in the garden, a lawn that needs regular mowing, birds nesting, fledglings bumping around the bushes, foraging bees, scuffling hedgehogs, scented lilac bushes, tulips, etc… There…
Composting – Part II
I understand this won’t be for everyone however if you have herbivore pets then composting will take care of itself. Manure from plant eating animals acts as an ‘activator’ for the composting process. The nitrogen in the manure / droppings enriches the bin with millions bacteria, these feed on the woody material in the bin and…
Composting -working with nature
“For a plant to thrive the soil must be alive”
Dragons nests – Bishops Palace
It must be spring…