Winter sunshine and a crispy morning with blue skies provided perfect conditions to visit The Saville Garden. I’ve visited this garden on a few occasions as it is very accessible from London. The winter garden has been more recently developed since I last visited in the winter. If you are a member of the […]
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Plants to make your Garden look Good in the Winter: Winter Garden Ideas
The garden in winter can look rather bare, unwelcoming and colourless. If you have evergreen plants such as conifers, ivy and pittosporum, as I have in my garden, then there is a dominance of green. Early spring flowering bulbs such as daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops provide a welcome splash of colour, but they […]
My Garden in December – As 2013 Ends
Hurray hurray at last Jack Frost has worked his magic overnight and the garden looks all white and sparkily. We have been spoilt over the last few years by having snow and hard frost before Christmas. This year November and December have been so mild with even a light frost rare. The weeds are growing […]
A White Weekend
For once the snow was perfectly timed. It started after 9.00am on Friday and continued throughout the day. Those of you with school age children will know the significance of 9 o ‘clock. It meant that the school was open on Friday. The school did, in fact, ask for children to be picked up early so […]
Missing the Mistletoe
It was a rather drab, grey and damp day when we started a December walk before a late lunch. To add a bit of interest I proposed that we went on a search for mistletoe. ‘What’s mistletoe?’ queried my seven year old. ‘Well it grows high up in the trees, has white funny shaped berries […]
Enchanted Woodland: A Garden At Night
What a treat. A night time walk in an enchanted garden, full of light, shadow, glimpses of majestic trees and other delights. I couldn’t think of anything that could be more charming. After dressing for the Arctic, we were stuck in London Friday night traffic for 50 minutes on our way there and my 7 […]
A Christmas Star from the Garden
Christmas Star Last spring when I cut back my dogwood in the front garden I had good intentions. I knew that the lovely red stems which had brightened up the garden all winter long could be put to further use. I hadn’t expected it to take me quite so long to use them. Last weekend we […]
Spiders’ Webs, Hoar Frost and a Festive Walk
Spiders’ webs are great structures for children to look at, copy the patterns and to view spiders. Back in September the spiders were hard at work in the garden weaving away. It was impossible for me to pass through my archway without getting threads tangled in my hair. However by the time I got my […]
Its Back Again
Well I got it wrong in my last post. We have over an inch of snow today. The garden looks lovely with a fantastic frozen washing line. One of my best Christmas presents, a ladybird house, although not being used yet, also looks great. Has anyone got any ideas where would be the best place […]
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