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(117 Posts)This weekend should have been our village open gardens - sadly cancelled.
Having been part of this previously we know that it is hard work over the two days but also enormous fun.
We have had the front garden redesigned recently but dh (particularly) has worked very hard to make the back garden look good!
The event also makes a lot of money for our local children's hospice which will, sadly, miss out this year.
I thought it might be nice to have a Gransnet Open Gardens event so here are some of our plants. Watch out, I could go mad!!
Love looking at other folks gardens! Nipped out to take some photos in the rain. I'm in what we in the north of Scotland call a "boorach" (muddle) - stuff all over the place. Back at end of February got a quote to replace all my back door patio and paths winding down the garden to make them safe and also for trees and three beds which are totally overgrown as I neglected them for two years while DH was poorey. The plants enjoyed it and wandered all over the place. He delivered the Indian sandstone and then lockdown took over. He has now started again and should be here in about two weeks. I am wondering if he should just do the hard landscaping just now and leave the rest till it dies down a bit. Do any of the keen gardeners agree with me or should I just let him go ahead?
Nortsat, how lovely!
A few pics of mine. It will be more colourful when the Hydrangeas are out. The Tidal Wave Petunias are in a 5 tier trough stand. I find it difficult to water as I can't see the containers any more.
Love the foxes, Norsat. I have stopped feeding the wildlife after seeing rats. I miss the badgers, foxes and birds, but still have visiting Muntjac.
3 views of mine
My fuschias and hydrangeas (still to bloom fully) from front and back garden
Kitty, this is a lovely, lovely thread. Thanks so much xxx
Some wonderful gardens here. Well done.
I have left part of the grass un-mown and have a meadow with 4 orchids.
View from kitchen window / little pond / a border
Lisa your garden looks lovely and what a fabulous view.
What’s the hill in the background? It looks very familiar territory. PM me if you don’t want to answer on the thread
Ginster
That is an unusual plant. Is it a plant that grows only near the beach in sandy soil? It looks like it has blossoms. What color will the flowers be?
Sorry I spelled your name wrong. ?
It is a Cardoon also known as. Artichoke Thistle. Very easy to grow, hardy and in my opinion absolutely beautiful. We can’t grow too many plants and shrubs due to the sea air here and also the rabbit population but these Cardoons flourish. They have a purple flower.
Thanks for the info**Gingster**. A very interesting plant. I don't think I have the best climate for growing it. If it is a perennial it would freeze out in the winter.
Yougrowgirl.com has info about it and even a recipe for its use.
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Some of you have the most lovely views from your gardens.
seacliff what a spacious garden you have, is it hard work?
Lovely flowers Lucca! Lucky you having a green fingered friend, who doesn't mind picking the flowers from her garden.
I sometimes struggle with picking as I love seeing them in their original location.
merylStreep how pretty your pots are, such a wonderful splash of colour
lemongrove, yes honestly the garden IS getting too much for us now. OH loves cutting grass on his ride on mower, but is no good at weeding, and we have awful heavy clay so hard to keep nice, which gets me down. We are making it mainly grass and trees. It has been lovely during lockdown though. I would actually love a low maintenance courtyard garden.
Amazing gardens and great photography too!
No wonder so many house movers are looking for gardens now as top priority.
Not much colour in my garden this year, due to garden centres closed. We usually have an abundance of bedding plants and hanging baskets. We tried buying online, but the plants were diseased.?
The only thing which has grown well are my herbs and strawberries.
The pictures were taken at night.
We haven't much garden, just a shrub border and a lot of pots/containers. DH created a little pond in a circular container from Errington Reay pottery. We live near the pottery and DH looks in from time to time to see if they have any bargains. This one was half price due to misfiring.
So glad I have a garden to potter in during lock down although Im pretty good at killing things off!
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