spring English violets One of my favourite sites in the spring English countryside is wild violets (aka English or sweet violets, viola odorata). For a few short weeks the whites, purples and pinks
spring Garden Walk - Spring Morning Just past the spring equinox, we walk around the garden in the morning and see lots of daffodils and hear lots of bird song. Hellebores and cyclamen coum are highlights
spring Highlights of the spring equinox Here's a photo display of everything that was looking delightful at the spring equinox this year. These early blooms are a vital early source of food for bees as the
winter January joy of snowdrops I don't think there is anything to quite rival the joy of seeing the first snowdrops. In the shade garden, we've had hellebores flowering all winter, but seeing the snowdrops
flowers Festive floristry for wildlife We have flowers in the house all year round but in the darker, colder months of winter and early spring they really cheer me up when it's miserable and leafless
autumn Evergreen, late season food for pollinators: clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens 'Freckles' Fast growing and evergreen, clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens 'Freckles' has been a beautiful addition to our garden. It's a great food source at a time of year where the daily
flowers Homegrown wedding For the first time since I moved to the UK nearly ten years ago, my brother came to stay with us for Christmas. My parents were also here and as
bulbs Later winter jewels of the shade garden The shade garden is the one bed in our garden that I built from scratch (ignoring the cotoneaster and shrubs that were already on the boundary). This meant that I
flowers Know your plants and you'll be rewarded I've mentioned before that when we moved into this house in November 2016 I panicked. We bought the house for the garden but once we moved in the responsibility of
spring Snowdrops in March The snowdrops have been early for the last few years but the terrible weather this year meant that quite a few varieties are only just coming out now. Last year
flowers More mysteries in the garden Another mystery plant. This time a low-growing flower that looks a little like an orchid. It just popped up out of some leaf litter at the edge of the path.
prairie Rudbeckias from seed in the prairie garden When we bought this house one of my first aims was to make the front garden more inviting. Apparently it had once been lawn and was then planted up with
