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24/04/2025

Lovely visit with my little family to Hole Park Gardens over the Easter holidays, for the very first time.
A real gem in the heart of the Kent countryside, in Rolvenden. We did the woodland walk, saw the Wisteria in the vineyard and walked around 150 acres of parkland.
We even grabbed a cheeky cup of coffee and some ice cream afterwards!

09/10/2024

A beauty in the garden this time of year...

Clematis tangutica. Present as ornamental, furry, unique golden blooms this month, before the winter sets in.
A final farewell to summer, after their beautiful delicate bell shaped pale yellow flowers, which are also unique during the summer months.
The delicate tendrils of clematis tangutica reach up for the sky.
It prefers a moist, rich soil and acts as an important plant for pollinators, attracted to its unique flowers.

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06/10/2024

A few pics of what I've been up to...
Sunday afternoons are always for me the ideal time to get out in the garden.
Over the last few weekends, I have finally managed to get outside now the ground is lovely and soft, now we are in autumn.

For years I have looked at the plain grass out our front, and have been absolutely ITCHING to cut a border along side our front path, to match the left border.

I made a start in June, but of course the ground was rock hard. So I just cut out the outline then, using my half moon tool, a hosepipe to outline and marking out using black spray paint.

Commencing again, I finally made a start planting up today, now I've dug out the grass.
I have my planting plan in my head and on paper, so I popped in a few plants today.
The aim is to get the rest of it planted up over the next few weeks! So more pics to follow.
And it's going to look just great !!👍

03/10/2024

Lovely trip to the garden centre today... the first of many, to cover 4 pending projects! Whether it be doing borders from scratch, or a little renovation.

Looking forward to getting these beauties in over the next few days. I just LOVE autumn for planting up!

Even better than looking at sweets in a sweet shop, don't you think?! 😍

28/09/2024

I just love September. There are still such beauties in the garden this time of year!

1. Helianthus tuberosus.
This gorgeous, deciduous perennial which lights up the border this time of year 🌞

2. Aster frikartii 'Monch'.
Still going strong this time of year. One of the best garden plants around! Flowers from July to October. A magnet for bees 🐝 and butterflies 🦋

3. Gaura lindheimeri.
A graceful plant, flowering from April to September.

4. Sedum (aka stonecrop). A drought tolerant succulent, great for wildlife.

5. Rosa 'desdemona' (David Austin).
A gorgeous old rose, with a wonderful strong scent.

6. Osteospermum.
Love full sun. Perfect for South facing gardens.

7. Miscanthus sinensis 'malepartus'. A beautiful, elegant grass, with tufts and silky spikelets in late summer and autumn.

8. Abelia.
If an award could go to the longest flowering shrub, it could go to the abelia!
Flowers 💐 late spring to early summer, and continues to the end of autumn. Lovely glossy leaves. Semi evergreen attracting pollinators, and thrives in full sun. What's not to love?!

9. Potentilla recta. Low maintenance, no pruning required. Grow in full sun.

10. Verbena bonariensis. Tall perennial, great for front and back of borders, and for attracting pollinating insects.

27/09/2024

I adore Japanese anemones.
Available in white, light and dark pink. They bring the garden to life, as we come to the end of September (already!!).
They never fail to provide a much much welcomed splash of colour every autumn.
Great for sunny spots in borders and shady areas under trees, where they often thrive.
May need splitting every 4 years once established if they are in clumps.

26/06/2024

Hello! I've not posted on here for a while... my real life demands, juggling the trials and tribulations having 3 kids with SEN takes over sometimes.
Life is certainly busy this side of the school term, what with school transitions, trips, EHCP paperwork... hence why I've not been as visible on here as I'd like to have been.
Behind the scenes, I've been recovering from my foot op. Whilst healing, I've been beavering away learning how to do all the supercool things on Instagram, as it currently takes me forever to do certain things 😄 But as usual, despite the healing process, there's still never enough hours in the day!! So I'm not quite there yet...

Now I'm on the mend, it's been great getting out again working, and feeling the sun on my back. And of course enjoying the sights in the garden.
Enjoy the sunshine... enjoy your garden!

Some delights in the garden this week;

1. Love-in-a-mist. AKA Nigella damascena. A wonderful annual plant, which self seeds easily. Keep the pods and scatter them for flowers the following year.

2. Oxalis articulata, AKA pink sorrel. A great groundcover plant.

3. Verbena bonariensis. Perfect for either the front or back of a sunny border. Leave until the spring, then cut back the old growth when the new shoots appear.

4. Rosa red finesse.

5. Hypericum patulum, AKA St. John's Wort.

6. Geranium pratense, AKA meadow cranesbill. An extremely hardy plant.

7. Lysimachia punctata, AKA the dotted loosestrife. A really lovely gap filler, that will reward you with tall(ish) blooms year after year.

8. H**e. Bursting with white flowers this time of year, which the bees just love!

9. Alchemilla mollis. AKA Lady's mantle. Frothy large sprays of lime green flowers just above the foliage, are at their peak this time of year.

10. Foxgloves. AKA digitalis. Beautiful this time of year, and most importantly bee friendly ! 🐝

09/05/2024

It's that time of year, the first alliums are starting to bloom...

06/05/2024

Absolutely LOVING these ranunculus (ordered from farmer gracy) blooming in my front garden right now. It's the first time I've ever planted these, and I will definitely be planting up more of these in future!!
Their tissue thin petals with rose like blossoms vary in colour, from dark red, burgundy, pink to pale yellow.
Last autumn, I initially soaked the corms that resemble "claws" in water.
Then I popped them straight out into my south facing border, using well drained soil in multi purpose compost.
They need a lot of bright light every day. So perfect for any south facing border.
Next in bloom to look forward to, are my giant purple alliums. Also from farmer gracy 😀

08/04/2024

The first of my many Tulip 'copper image'... unusual variety from farmer gracy, I planted last autumn.

05/04/2024

My snakeskin imperialis are gradually naturalising. I have only 2, in flower so far, but planted up many more last autumn. I love their delicate unusual upside habit, and as named, their snakeskin patterned petals.
Over the next few years, they will gradually become established underneath my dormant hibiscus this time of year.

Next is my beautiful strong smelling daffodil, from Farmer Gracy! Planted right by the front door, so a welcome fragrance,

My tulips have appeared much earlier this year, compared to last year. Has anyone else's?? Very odd, as we've had a lot of rain but not much sun here (until recently) in the South East!!
Last May mine were all in flower, but this year they all started blooming mid march!! Even my cyclamen coum (pictured) are in full bloom now!
This year's flowering habits certainly are confusing me!!

Loving my hyacinths...if I could bottle that fragrance, I'm sure I'd sell it and make a fortune!!
I got my girls earning their pocket money doing the mundane task weeding between the paving, whilst I had a quick tidy up in the garden before my foot op yesterday. So I'll be resting up for the next few weeks. The girls did very well, and their hard work was very much appreciated!! They love helping me out in the garden, so I'm sure they'll take after me with their green fingers one day!

02/04/2024

After and before pictures of my front border I planted up last year. It's establishing nicely. I'm looking forward to the Yucca gloriosas at the back to make an appearance to add some all year round structure.
So far this year, I've managed to suppress the weeds, by planting the superb ground cover such as vinca, which is now in flower this time of year. Along with laying down bark chipping thickly, it's worked a treat so far keeping weeds at bay.
Heuchera at the front gives colour all year round, the campanula will also come into flower soon.
I'm doing away with buxus completely this year, as unfortunately the box caterpillar got the better of the majority of them. So I'm using taxus baccata as a fab alternative instead, and will use taxus to replace the buxus everywhere in the garden .

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