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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!!

Marmight Wed 24-Jun-20 14:13:32

Photos not appeared ?

Marmight Wed 24-Jun-20 14:14:54

Some more ....

dragonfly46 Wed 24-Jun-20 14:17:29

Just nipped out and took mine.

Grammaretto Wed 24-Jun-20 15:01:50

Dragonfly beautiful!
I will try to post a photo of our wildlife haven.

lemongrove Wed 24-Jun-20 15:08:52

seacliff

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.

You’re doing the right thing, keep it simple for an easy life.
If you do move, a courtyard garden can look wonderful with all sizes of pots in groupings.?

Purpledaffodil Wed 24-Jun-20 15:57:25

Wonderful pictures ladies. Love those great views beyond as well. Ours is suburban garden with no view at all?

Whitewavemark2 Wed 24-Jun-20 16:09:17

purple we have that arch I’ll take a photo of it, you can see ours is almost completely covered.

It is boiling out there. I’m showering one of the baby seagulls that is left with cold water as he is in full sun and no shade. He loves it and sits in the puddle preening himself after.

Purpledaffodil Wed 24-Jun-20 17:02:23

Whitewave what do you grow over your arch? I planted Generous Gardener Rose one side and a pink clematis the other side last summer but neither show any signs of climbing high?

Whitewavemark2 Wed 24-Jun-20 17:16:52

Well I’m buggered!!

Generous gardener and the pink flower is Clematis Lady Diana. On the right hand side.
On the left hand side is a hop.

seacliff Wed 24-Jun-20 20:07:13

All the gardens are so different and interesting.

Marmight I love your garden ornament/sculpture.

Marmight Thu 25-Jun-20 11:43:38

Thanks seacliff. I have to rein myself in every so often otherwise it becomes a bit naff ?. But, they do detract from the lack of weeding. Like you I prefer the casual look, unlike my neighbour who I swear cuts the grass with nail scissors grin. I got the owl at Chelsea last year and the hare is my first tentative effort at mosaic.
Our village garden open day is going on line this year. Not quite the same as seeing and smelling but needs must in these strange times

Whitewavemark2 Thu 25-Jun-20 12:27:09

This is the one - a table top- we did a few years back now. I enjoyed doing it and quite fancy doing another, but can’t think where it could go.

kittylester Thu 25-Jun-20 12:58:02

I suggested our Open Gardens went on line and we had a just giving page. It was poo poo'ed as 'nobody knows how to do it!' I dont know how to do it either but I bet your average random teenager would!

lemongrove Thu 25-Jun-20 13:04:24

Marmight and Whitewave....very impressive mosaics.?

I love the owl.?

MiniMoon Thu 25-Jun-20 13:17:13

Marmight, we have one of those owls. Ours is worse for wear sadly. She lost both her eyes. DGS 2 donated two of his marbles so that she could see again, but I haven't got around to glueing them in yet.

Marmight Thu 25-Jun-20 14:40:20

?. Great idea. Mine is going rustically rusty but I quite like that

Greyduster Thu 25-Jun-20 15:24:48

Here are a few from mine. It took a battering in the recent storms, but still plenty going on.

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

A couple of favourites out at the moment.

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”

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?

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’.

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.

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 ??

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.

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

Beautiful Auntieflo. How creative you are!