Open Garden

Time is flying by. The posters have arrived with more to follow later. That means it only six or seven weeks before we open. Don't panic!

 One of the best things about being a local organiser is that I get to pop into all the gardens and talk gardening with enthusiasts. And  allay any anxieties. The garden owners here are an organised optomistic group of people and I'm sure they are all looking forward to the opening. Homemade teas and an amazing plant stall at Dorward House to look forward to. What a treat for all garden lovers

Our own garden is growing well with the odd bare patch.  It's a great time for verbena bonariensis to remind me they’re a short lived perennial hence the bare patches. We will have to replace them with some fast growing annual or potted up perennials from last year.. It's time to raid the store of plants lined up in rows for the plant stall on the open day.

Is it time......

 For the chop? There's nothing worse in a garden than sad looking plants! The phormium for example looks very bedraggled and although an attempt was made to tidy it up, new growth is very limited. The harsh winter has obviously hit it for six. The astelias, the fatsia japonica and the palm are all in the same state. Will they have recovered sufficiently for the Open Garden on July 3rd? That is the question.

But there is hope. The two melianthus major(Honey bushes) have shoots on them. The mulching over the winter seemed to work. I may have to extend it next year to a lot of other plants.

 

Anyway, hope everyone is having a good holiday and happy egg rolling!

Triangles

A wide expanse of deck can be a bit boring so we thought we would cut a triangle out of ours. To stop people falling down the hole at the Open gardens on July 3rd we will plant it up with parsley. As it's near the kitchen door we will be able to get it for cooking.

Work in progress.