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We started this garden eight and half years ago, thinking we had inherited a back garden that had been left to ‘go wild’ – it had, in fact, just been cleared of topsoil, before a small amount of landscaping had been attempted and then left pretty much as the house builders had left it nine years previously. When we cleared the brambles, cut down the grass and removed the builders rubble, broken car windscreens etc – we were left with a big empty undulating slope! It has been great fun, trying to create a garden that the kids, then babies, could play and explore in, that was still ‘wild’ enough for all the wildlife we have that spills over from the nearby woods and can withstand my often rubbish attempts at growing things. Gardening inspires me, gives me a sense of spiritual satisfaction and provides a great way to teach the kids about food, nature and respect for the planet we live on.( It’s also a great place for BBQ’s, when we manage to get some summer!)
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Plantings
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sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Sown on 20 Apr 09
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'Lisa Marie' sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus
Sown on 10 Mar 09 'Lisa Marie', mauve on silver, from Hampton Cou...
- 6 journals
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Gypsophila Paniculata
Gypsophila
Transplanted on 21 Feb 09
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Cascade rose
Rosa
Sown on 21 Feb 09 White climbing rose for pergola
- 1 journals
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Pansy 'Beachcomber'
Viola x wittrockiana
Purchased on 30 Sep 08 Who could resist a name like that and their gor...
- 3 journals
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cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
Sown on 24 Sep 08 Sowed in patio pots so easier to protect overwi...
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warm welcome
Rosa
Purchased on 15 Jul 08 Final climber for the pergola.
- 1 journals
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Night scented stock
Matthiola longipetala ssp. bicornis
Sown on 03 Jun 08 To fill in the gaps in newly cleared flowerbed ...
- 1 journals
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Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
Sown on 12 May 08 This rosemary 'hedge' started life as a couple ...
- 1 journals
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Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Sown on 15 Apr 08
- 1 journals
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Borage
Borago officinalis
Sown on 15 Apr 08
- 3 journals
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Pot Marigold 'art shades mixed'
Calendula officinalis
Sown on 15 Apr 08
- 3 journals
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Dahlia 'Kelsae Carla'
Dahlia
Sown on 10 Apr 08 Small cactus salmon pink and lemon
- 4 journals
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Dahlia 'Aitara Cloud'
Dahlia
Sown on 10 Apr 08 White cactus
- 3 journals
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Cerinthe 'Blue Kiwi'
Cerinthe major var. purpurascens
Sown in Feb 2008
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buddleia 'orange ball tree'
Buddleja globosa
Sown on 29 Oct 07 A sapling from my Mum. Lovely plant.
- 3 journals
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Clematis 'florida sieboldii'
Clematis florida
Sown on 26 Oct 07 Three plants bought last year as a special offe...
- 0 journals
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Tulip
Tulipa
Sown on 26 Oct 07
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Daffodil
Narcissus
Sown on 26 Oct 07 Bulbs for Spring.
- 2 journals
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Buddleia
Buddleja
Sown on 16 Oct 07 Grow three different colours and two types. Not...
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Strawberry
Fragaria x ananassa
Sown on 09 Sep 07 Moved these into strawberry planters late summe...
- 2 journals
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Love In A Mist 'Self Sown'
Nigella damascena
Sown on 31 Jul 07 This self-seeds each year for a year or two and...
- 4 journals
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Valerian
Centranthus ruber
Sown on 31 May 07 Sown from seed this year.
- 2 journals
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Malcolmia Virginia Stock
Sown in Apr 2007
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Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
This rosemary 'hedge' started life as a couple ...
- 0 journals
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Honeysuckle 'graham thomas'
Lonicera periclymenum
This honeysuckle has been cut back hard this ye...
- 0 journals
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Daffodil
Narcissus
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Plumbago (Leadwort)
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Always wanted one of these, not least because o...
- 2 journals
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Comments
LindaMae wrote:
Hi Trisha – this looks and sounds like a beautiful garden. You must get such a great sense of achievement from having created it yourselves. Lovely photo of the buddleia with butterfly.
Posted on 20 Oct 07 (over 2 years ago)