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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Whitewavemark2 Wed 01-Jul-20 17:03:32

Oh no?. What a pain they are.

We are going to get a quote to barricade our chimney. I can’t stand the stress.

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Rosalyn69 Wed 01-Jul-20 17:09:48

Beautiful gardens. smile

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lemongrove Wed 01-Jul-20 17:18:39

Whitewave it’s an active thread called ‘well now I’ve got a dilemma’ and has some very cute pics of the baby bird.

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ania123 Wed 01-Jul-20 17:23:04

My very dry Lanzarote garden.

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Parsley3 Wed 01-Jul-20 18:25:42

I am really enjoying seeing these lovely gardens. When the rain stops, I will have a go at posting a picture of my begonias.

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EllanVannin Wed 01-Jul-20 18:28:56

What beautiful gardens.
I don't have a mobile phone so can't take any picks of the bottle-brush. The red flowers look almost florescent against the greenery.

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Delila Wed 01-Jul-20 21:34:51

Catching the evening sun.

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Namsnanny Wed 01-Jul-20 23:14:37

an offering taken between the showers!

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MellowYellow Thu 02-Jul-20 07:31:27

What a lovely thread! Mine's a town centre patio, very hard to photograph. I've hung mirrors to reflect the sky and am training ivy in swags, something I saw in London once. The table, laid out but yet to be mosaic-ed, is of found items on beaches, including rusty bottle tops.

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janeainsworth Thu 02-Jul-20 08:44:52

That’s lovely, Mellow.

For anyone wanting inspiration for a small garden, or interesting plants, or who just likes looking at photos of gardens, can I recommend the Frustrated Gardener on Instagram
instagram.com/thefrustratedgardener?igshid=17o0t0v42d561
No personal connection, but I’ve been following his blog for a while.
He has a small garden in Broadstairs & I’ve learned a lot from his posts.

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Whitewavemark2 Thu 02-Jul-20 08:55:04

mellow I think small city gardens can be incredibly imaginative and interesting. Love your ivy swags and table.

Today we might go and get the first of the vegtrug. We have cleared the space ready for it. Already have autumn/winter salad seeds popping up for it.

Definitely planting the mahonia today which I should have done yesterday.

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Namsnanny Thu 02-Jul-20 09:59:01

Its pouring here *Wwmk2 so good luck with the planting!
Lovely table mellow!

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Delila Thu 02-Jul-20 11:41:50