Free Form Garden

'Shabby chic' is my garden motto. I just love finding self / bird sown plants. Those in a difficult place, I pot up, nurture and pass on to others. Hopefully they sometimes bring me their 'spares'!
Have seen loads of bees, of all sorts. I love the orange bottomed ones! This year there does not seem to be saw fly caterpillars eating the Solomon Seal. It looks lovely. Happy Gardening. X

A few pollinators about, bumbles and honey bees and hover flies too but
I am awash with stag beetles /maybugs..not sure which..flying about in the evening and crawling about and mating on the grass!

DGD1 saw one yesterday morning before school. It was moving but was just head and upper torso the larger part of it body and wings had gone (for a birds dinner?)..she was fascinated and asked if i could check on it during the day to see how long it lived for

Just been out to have a little water of my containers , and realised how bumble bees we have in the garden .

Monty Don would be proud as it shows there are the right plants planted.

My daughter calls my garden a jungle, lol I don't like formal gardens, I plant things where I want them & whatever seeds itself I leave there, they must want to grow there so why stop them, I have trees, shrubs & perennials in the gareden some in tubs as well & then hanging baskets all over the garden, some hang from trees where they brighten a dull area up, things having flowered earlier, I have tubs everywhere too & 2 manger raised beds on the patio which do great, don't let anyone tell you how your garden should be, it's yours, do with it as you please & enjoy it