Garden visit: Dyffryn Gardens
A sunny winter day! We made a visit to Dyffryn Gardens, which is quite local to us. And we joined the National Trust. Basically, they are doing a lot of good work dealing with the history of colonialism relating to …
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Garden visit: Aberglasney Gardens
Aberglasney Gardens is a good example of a the value of second chances. We visited Aberglasney, in the Tywi Valley, Carmarthenshire (Wales), more than 15 years ago, and all I recall is it felt dim and uninviting. It was towards …
Plants for pollinators in late Winter
Having visited Hodsock Priory on the weekend (mid February), where they not only have a woodland carpeted with snowdrops, but also an ornamental garden, it reminded me of just how many plants are flowering in late winter. So I thought …
Garden visit: Renishaw with friends
We visit Renishaw Hall Gardens at least a couple of times a year, and often around bluebell time. This year coincided with Easter and friends. So this is a slightly tongue-in-cheek take on visiting Renishaw Hall Gardens with friends. If …
Garden visit: Anglesey Abbey in mid-Spring
Winter garden In the past I’ve only ever visited Anglesey Abbey in winter. In my opinion, it has the best winter garden I’ve ever seen; I’ve blogged about this previously. On a trip to Cambridge last weekend to visit Kevin’s …
Garden visiting with ME
An ME Awareness Week blogpost As this is primarily a gardening blog, I wanted to contribute a post to ME Awareness Week within this context. After some recent experiences visiting some large gardens in Scotland, I wanted to write about …
Garden visit: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
After visiting Logan Botanic Garden in Dumfries and Galloway, it was quite a change to a week later visit the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The weather was quite different for a start. At some times it was hard to tell …
Garden visit: Logan Botanic Gardens
I’ve long wished to visit Logan Botanic Garden, situated on the most southerly point of Scotland. Thanks to the gulf stream it has a warmer climate than one might expect this far north in the UK, and therefore plants from …
Garden visit: Renishaw Hall Gardens in early Spring (photo essay)
There was real warmth in the sun today and it really felt like Spring. After nearly a week of bad ME days that kept me mostly bed/house bound, I was feeling a little better and really wanted to get outside. …
Photo essay: Sheffield Botanical Gardens – late October autumn visit
After visiting at the beginning of October, we returned to the Sheffield Botanical Gardens at the end of October to have a wander and see how some of the autumn colours were coming along. It was a very cloudy day, …