Gransnet Open Gardens

kittylester Sun 21-Jun-20 14:27:20

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!!

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V3ra Mon 29-Jun-20 00:03:33

Three days weeding, pruning and sweeping, dodging the downpours!
Wish it would stay tidy a bit longer ?

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GGumteenth Fri 26-Jun-20 14:42:55

What a wonderful thread. Thank you all so much for sharing your beautiful gardens.

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Auntieflo Fri 26-Jun-20 14:12:36

Shysal I will PM you

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Auntieflo Fri 26-Jun-20 14:05:13

Shysal, did you mean just the solar pump? In which case it was from Mano Mano, on line.
The other bits and pieces I already had, lurking around.
I bought the Ali baba pot, years ago, from a charity shop, and it has been gathering its character since.

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Davidhs Fri 26-Jun-20 12:26:03

Thanks Lemon, as you see I like my colours hot!.
Anyone volunteer for dead heading

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shysal Fri 26-Jun-20 12:04:44

I have looked at water features and decided they will be too expensive. I have therefore bought a vintage bucket and solar fountain cheaply on Ebay. Hope it will look OK.

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lemongrove Fri 26-Jun-20 11:24:51

Davidhs that’s quite a rose bed you have there...wow!?

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lemongrove Fri 26-Jun-20 11:24:04

Whitewave I wonder if the baby seagull will now expect humans to provide water ?it’s kind of you though.Many gulls and other birds do seem to manage life with a problem foot, I’ve seen quite a few limping along merrily, so he should be fine.No shade on a boiling hot day is pretty grim though.

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Granny23 Fri 26-Jun-20 11:19:20

Am I the only one with a garden given over to Fruit & Veg? I do have flowers in pots and odd corners but the main plot is given over to my If you can't eat it don't grow it philosophy.

I have potatoes, carrots, courgettes, peas, dwarf beans, onions, leeks, tomatoes in a mini poly thingy, and parsley, bay, and chives. I'm overrun with raspberries, both red and yellow, and have red and black currants, gooseberries, rhubarb and strawberries. Also a plum tree and an apple tree, which is really next door's but mainly fruits on my side of the fence.

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shysal Fri 26-Jun-20 10:05:18

AuntieFlo, I want a water feature like yours too. Where did you get it and the pump, and do you know the brand? One would just finish off my patio.

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Kate1949 Fri 26-Jun-20 09:53:13

Marydoll I think they are also called ground cover roses. We're not really gardeners, we just muddle along! We hoped that this rose would fill a lot of ground but thought better of it. It's s pretty thing. Much nicer than it looks in the picture.

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Davidhs Fri 26-Jun-20 08:58:07

Flower carpet Coral and Scarlet on the standards, 5 yrs old now, my roses are patchy this year there was a late frost followed by hot sun, some varieties are only just flowering

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Auntieflo Fri 26-Jun-20 08:15:14

Thank you *Greenfinch and Marmight.
I was chuffed to bits that it actually worked.

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Marydoll Fri 26-Jun-20 08:14:22

Kate, I had never heard of a carpet rose. I'm going to try and source one. I love roses and their scent.

Auntiflo, I too want one!!!

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Marmight Fri 26-Jun-20 07:41:32

I love your water feature Auntiflo. I want one!!
Some amazing gardens. Keep the photos coming! ?

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Kate1949 Thu 25-Jun-20 19:14:32

Our carpet rose which we bought about 15 years ago. We thought it might wreak havoc in the ground so we put it in a pot. It is very happy and flowers twice a year.

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Greenfinch Thu 25-Jun-20 17:19:12

Beautiful Auntieflo. How creative you are!

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Whitewavemark2 Thu 25-Jun-20 17:18:58

lemon yes to cool him down. Every half an hour I go out and turn on the hose pipe and he hobbles over ( he hurt his leg falling off the roof) and stands in the drops. He has no shade and the heat is intense today. Hopefully it will be cooler tomorrow.

The parents are ferocious in protection though so we can’t get near him. I just hope he survives. We’ve lost one, there are two left. One still on the house roof and one on next doors flat extension roof (empty house) the one in the hose roof has shade from the chimney and apex.

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lemongrove Thu 25-Jun-20 17:16:01

Greyduster
Lemongrove it’s called (and please don’t ask me to pronounce it - I haven’t a clue!) ‘Piilu’.

Thanks ??

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Auntieflo Thu 25-Jun-20 17:11:44

I have had the bits and pieces to make a water feature, (all in my head), for a while, so sent for a tiny solar water pump, to make it come to life.
The pump came this lunch time and I put it all together, and here is the result. All I need now are a few pebbles, to hide the ugly bits at the bottom of the bowl.

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Greyduster Thu 25-Jun-20 16:57:29

Lemongrove it’s called (and please don’t ask me to pronounce it - I haven’t a clue!) ‘Piilu’.

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lemongrove Thu 25-Jun-20 16:38:18

I need to know how the baby seagull is getting on WW....
Are you watering him? ?

Greyduster I love the clematis ( pink frilly) what is it called?

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Whitewavemark2 Thu 25-Jun-20 15:45:06

I love all the photos. Everyone does so well.

It is beyond hot today. A honeysuckle arrived today, to replace the one that got blown down. “Rhubarb and Custard” a smaller one than the old one. Far too hot to plant it though. Also a Mahonia “caberet”

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Greyduster Thu 25-Jun-20 15:32:34