13. April 2016
I said yesterday that I was really excited to be planting the remainder of the coastal garden I have been working on. here are some pics of the beautiful combinations......
12. April 2016
there are two things that I very much love (apart from my children, husband, family etc!) one is watching all the flowers, trees and plant buds bursting open and the other is shopping for plants. fortunately, today I did both!
10. April 2016
today was a productive one. among many other jobs we decided to create a new bench for our dinning room. we took an old wooden table top that was just too good to waste, cut it in half, sanded it to restore the beautiful wood and added some legs. we were toying with the idea of using hairpin legs to match the ones we used on our plywood table, but instead we opted to upcycle some old ikea stools that the children were playing with in the garden! et voila, a cool new bench! the other half of the...
07. April 2016
a trip to the beth chatto gravel garden was very inspirational for both myself and the garden owners of one of my current projects. their soil is predominantly stodgy clay, so we were on the hunt for suitable dry garden, clay soil loving plants! obviously the plan is to dig grit into the soil to make it free draining, but the owners wanted to look at plants that cope with no maintenance and thrive in all types of soil. the beth chatto gravel garden is just the place for this. the gravel garden...
06. April 2016
busy busy busy and just how I like it! recently I have been; working on a new project (a sunny south facing patio garden on the coast), visiting hyde hall for the easter bunny hunt and to see what is blooming this month (beautiful tulips), plus I have started on a front garden transformation in south woodham ferrers. take a look at the pictures and click to have a little peek at my projects pages for the coastal and front garden progress. I got to use my new board too, which was a happy moment.
18. February 2016
today, on a very cold sunny morning, we helped to build a new bug hotel at RHS hyde hall down near higgledy hyde........and we found its very first bug resident! also today we noted the impressive magnolia buds and saw that the pinus mugo seemed to serve as a bug hotel all on its own. Spot the ladybirds!
18. February 2016
spring has definitely sprung here in sunny southend. yesterday I took a few minutes basking in the sun at the end of our garden and marvelling, as I do every year at the wonders of the trees and flowers budding. It is sight that excites me time and time again.
10. February 2016
the BC gardening club are fortunate enough to have been accepted to take part in project ROCKET SCIENCE! we are preparing to become space biologists and embark on a voyage of discovery by growing seeds that have been into space. in September 2015, 2kg of rocket seeds were flown to the international space station where our first official british astronaut, Tim Peake is currently living and working. the seeds will spend several months in microgravity before returning to earth in march 2016. some...
09. February 2016
while enjoying the windy weather at RHS Hyde Hall the other day, we took a look at their vegetable plot to see what is growing and what is not at this time of year. we are planning our own vegetable plot at Barons Court School, so we took the opportunity to gain some inspiration and ideas.
