Pretty Wild Gardens

Pretty Wild Gardens Busy gardener based near Stroud. My gardening thoughts and observations.

An exciting opportunity for a Skilled Gardener to work full time in one of Gloucestershire’s most important gardens.The ...
27/08/2024

An exciting opportunity for a Skilled Gardener to work full time in one of Gloucestershire’s most important gardens.
The gardens follow the Arts and Crafts style of a garden of rooms with topiary, mixed herbaceous borders, kitchen garden, wild garden, wildflower meadow, cherry orchard, ornamental tree arboretum, parterre and a shrub border. It is an exciting garden to work in with several projects on the horizon.

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I had a sense of a snake being around today when I was cutting back Geranium, kept telling myself not to be silly, and t...
17/07/2024

I had a sense of a snake being around today when I was cutting back Geranium, kept telling myself not to be silly, and then I found this. NGL I thought about going home, retraining, or just going to the job centre and taking anything on offer. I know I should love all animals, but I don’t, I really value my personal space where snakes are concerned. And I’m okay with that.

Now that it’s flowered, I think we can safely say that the strange hairy brown balls are indeed Centaurea macrocephala (...
11/07/2024

Now that it’s flowered, I think we can safely say that the strange hairy brown balls are indeed Centaurea macrocephala (giant knapweed).
Do you like it more or less now it’s in flower?
I love yellow, and I loved the crazy buds, but I do think that brown and yellow is an unfortunate pairing!

Summer. Only for about 5 minutes this morning, but I saw it. It was lovely.
08/07/2024

Summer. Only for about 5 minutes this morning, but I saw it. It was lovely.

I suspect you may need to be a bit of a plant nerd to love this, but I do. It is new to me, but I’m guessing it’s Centau...
06/07/2024

I suspect you may need to be a bit of a plant nerd to love this, but I do.
It is new to me, but I’m guessing it’s Centaurea macrocephala (giant knapweed). Will confirm when it flowers.
Do you like it or would you be reaching for the hori hori (actually you may need a spade)?

That’s one way to protect trees from livestock. They love building drystone walls in Yorkshire. They are bloody everywhe...
30/06/2024

That’s one way to protect trees from livestock. They love building drystone walls in Yorkshire. They are bloody everywhere, some right next to each other, way more than the Cotswolds or Devon. I wonder why?

It takes a vast range of different skills and experience to make great gardens. A couple of months ago we lulled Rich Ba...
27/06/2024

It takes a vast range of different skills and experience to make great gardens.
A couple of months ago we lulled Rich Banyard to the garden with a little list of things to do, but that list grew and grew.
We’ve been lucky to have this expert hard and soft landscaper on hand to help us establish some key areas.
It’s been a joy to have him around (the majority of the time). He’s made a lot of mess, tidied most of it up and done more than his fair share of washing up.
Come back soon Banjo!

Shout-out to all the plants growing through concrete.
27/06/2024

Shout-out to all the plants growing through concrete.

Deadheading. Deadheading. Deadheading.
26/06/2024

Deadheading. Deadheading. Deadheading.

Enjoyed some in depth Nuphar admiring today.
23/06/2024

Enjoyed some in depth Nuphar admiring today.

How gorgeous is this rose. It’s nestled alongside Macleya and bronze fennel. I don’t know who planted the combination, b...
13/06/2024

How gorgeous is this rose. It’s nestled alongside Macleya and bronze fennel. I don’t know who planted the combination, but hats off to them. I’ll try and get a nicer photo of them one day, when I’m not in a rush. No, that probably won’t happen. I’m never not in a rush. You’ll have to trust me.

Perhaps it’s summer.
05/06/2024

Perhaps it’s summer.

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Stroud
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