As you might expect, April has seen lots of new growth in the garden and we’ve also had the landscaping team back who built us our new greenhouse base and wall. The greenhouse and coldframe is being installed towards the end of May so I’ll be sure to include it in next months video.
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Here is a video update of the developments in the garden in February. I forgot to mention in the video that we had a real cold snap at the beginning of the month and both the Luma apiculata and the tree anenome (Carpenteria californica) are now looking rather sad. Hopefully they’ll survive; it would be such a shame if they
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In September I began studying a RHS horticultural qualification at Merrist Wood college – here’s a link to my programme. We visited Wisley and particularly enjoyed the tropical garden; I really liked the contrasting foliage textures and colour combinations. I was particularly pleased with Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen‘ which we planted into the back of the mixed border in spring- the
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On the 20th of April we finally finished the wall which we started back in August 2017. Luckily for us the weather was fine over the Easter break which meant we were able to crack on and finish the beast! It feels great to look out on the garden and know that we never have to make another dry stone
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