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👋 Hi, I'm Charlotte
🏡Welcome to my new build garden

Follow me on my gardening journey as I transform my garden from a blank canvas into the cottage garden of my dreams

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Here are all the fruit & veg that I’ve got growing in my garden 👇I thought I’d do a little update on the edibles I’m gro...
14/06/2026

Here are all the fruit & veg that I’ve got growing in my garden 👇

I thought I’d do a little update on the edibles I’m growing, especially since I swapped the dahlia driveway for extra veg growing space.

I really can’t wait to start harvesting. I don’t think the tomatoes will be that much longer.

I also think as my carrots got munched I may swap the raised bed in the kitchen garden to be for different lettuce as we move into summer, it’s handy to be able to pick your own lunch. So that’s a job to do next weekend.

I’m sorry I’ve been quiet again, I’m back in Cornwall right now with family but I have a few posts going live this week that I’d love for you all to see (and hopefully enjoy 💚)

Cx

08/06/2026

Following on from yesterday’s garden tour - here’s part 2 of how my new build garden is looking this month.

This is a tour of the top of the garden, including my chaos garden which is very nearly in bloom! I hope it looks as good as I’d hoped when it’s all in flower. Also a moment for a barrow full of Erigeron. My favourite idea I’ve had.

I will share part 3 tomorrow, hopefully! 😆

Cx

07/06/2026

A tour of my new build garden in June 👇

So it’s been a week since posting, but there’s a lot happening behind the scenes meaning I’m not around much so the garden (and filming) gets neglected.

But the rain finally stopped so I thought I’d film a proper update on how the garden is looking. I naively thought the tour would fit in one video. But unless you fancy watching for 10 mins, I’ve broken it down into parts. Here’s part 1 talking through our hoggin gravel miscanthus lined path, and my new dried flower cutting garden.

I hope everyone is well, I’ve got lots to catch up on. But sending you all love 💚 I’ve missed being on here.

Cx

Here are all the garden jobs I will be doing in June 👇I can’t believe we’re here, but June is one of my favourite months...
01/06/2026

Here are all the garden jobs I will be doing in June 👇

I can’t believe we’re here, but June is one of my favourite months in my garden as it’s always so luscious and green (although the early heatwave nearly ruined that) but it’s the month where everything really springs into life and colour fills the beds. And although most things are planted, there are still plenty of jobs I’ll be doing (as well as the ones I didn’t get round to doing in May)

1️⃣ Deadhead my alliums. Now you can totally leave the seed heads as interest in the borders, but I like to pop them in a vase to make a dried display 💜

2️⃣ more deadheading – this time, my roses🌹🌹🌹. All of my roses are repeat flowering, so I will be deadheading these through June to encourage more blooms. I also love to use the petals to dry to make confetti (if anyone’s getting married LMK)

3️⃣ Plant out my zinnia – I meant to do this in May but ive waited as they were being quite slow, but now they’re well on their way and have begun developing their side shoots so really need to be planted out. I’ll be planting these in my pots.

4️⃣ Keep picking sweetpeas through the season as the more you pick the more you get, so I will be making the most of that and enjoying mini posies for the house every week

5️⃣ by the end of the month my cherries are usually ripe enough to pick so I need to work out what to do with them, they’re a sour cherry to will need to be cooked.

6️⃣ The clematis montana has finished flowering so now I can chop it right back as its got out of control🌸🌸🌸

7️⃣ I will continue to feed my pots, my tomatoes & my roses every 2-3 weeks. I use (kindly gifted) on my pots & toms then on all my roses

8️⃣ Finally, I will be sowing my biennials this month – im aiming for foxgloves, honesty, sweet William and sweet rocket!

As always I’ll try and film everything as I do it so you can see how I do it. But what garden jobs have I missed? I’m sure there’s plenty.

Cx

I have had such a busy weekend in the garden, here is everything I got up to 👇1️⃣ I’ve decided to turn my driveway into ...
31/05/2026

I have had such a busy weekend in the garden, here is everything I got up to 👇

1️⃣ I’ve decided to turn my driveway into an allotment 😆
As I’m growing less dahlias this year the ‘dahlia driveway’ now is home to all my veg plants & they’re already thriving so I’m super happy with my decision.

2️⃣ Put in some supports for my strawflowers in my dried flower cutting path

3️⃣ I refreshed the border along my path at the top of the garden, as the alliums had started to fade and it looked a bit empty and boring so I nipped to the local plant nursery and picked up some pollinator friendly blooms and now it’s looking much tidier.

4️⃣ I used all my deadheaded alliums to make a little dried display in an old milk jug which now site on my patio coffee table

5️⃣ put in supports on the chaos garden. I think it needs thinning out but let me know what you think?

6️⃣ snipped off all the tendrils of my sweetpeas and tied them into my supports/obelisks. So it puts more energy into the flowers.

7️⃣ tied in my Virgina creeper to the pergola as it keeps dangling down & getting in the way

8️⃣ finally, I bought some tumbling toms so potted them up in a hanging basket for the patio.

I didn’t film much as I was so busy I just wanted to get everything done but I’ll try to film some more detailed updates this week. But bring on the rain as the garden reallllly could do with it 😆

I hope everyone’s had a lovely weekend in the garden and you got lots of jobs ticked off too.

Also can you tell I’ve been binging off campus with my song choice 😆

Cx

My  are in full bloom and I couldn’t be happier & now I just wish my entire garden was roses because I love them so much...
29/05/2026

My are in full bloom and I couldn’t be happier & now I just wish my entire garden was roses because I love them so much 🥹💚

I have 👇

Queen of Sweden - shrub rose
This is its second year and the first year I’ve had a decent amount of flowers. I planted it as a bare root in winter 2024 but now it’s really come to life, I love its upright stems. I can see why everyone loves her so much.

Gabriel Oak - shrub rose
This was the first rose I planted in my garden as a small potted plant back in 2021. It’s now absolutely massive & full of the most incredibly scented blooms. It’s definitely the rose I have with the strongest rose scent.

Dannahue - shrub rose
I loved this from my first year at Chelsea, I’ve got mine in a large terracotta pot so I keep it relatively small but it’s a gorgeous pale yellow which works lovely with some contrasting colours, like the brachyscombe I have planted beneath it.

Tranquility - shrub rose
I planted this the same time as my queen of Sweden, as a bare root. So this is the first year it’s full of flowers. I love how big they are!

Mary Delany - climbing rose
Another one of the first roses I added & it’s got so big. I’ve never been very good at training my roses so a lot of the stems are still growing up to the sky vs bent into a fancy shape but I still love it.

I do also have generous Gardner & Ghislaine De Feligonde which I planted as bare roots back in January however these are still small currently so next year they will hopefully have more of a display to show you.

How are your roses doing?

Also sorry I’ve been quieter than usual on here I’ve been away most of the week so only managing to get back into the garden to give you updates now.

Cx

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