Author: Ewan Harper
A new year …
There was a lovely verse in a poem by Shelley which started: Summer was dead and Autumn was expiring, And infant Winter laughed upon the land All cloudlessly and cold This year’s infant Winter has h... Read More
NGS Garden Opening – Saturday 8th June, 12.30pm
I promised a number of people that I would write a blog to give some indication as to what will be flowering for our third NGS Garden Opening on Saturday, 8th June. The irises this year are better ... Read More
May Openings
Our garden opening on Bank Holiday Monday attracted 160 visitors, most of whom went on to the Church for teas organised by volunteers in aid of the shop. In all £340 was raised for the shop: £40 do... Read More
Garden open on Bank Holiday Monday, May 6th, 2019
Please come and join us at our Bank Holiday opening. We are open from 2.00 to 6.00pm. There are many interesting shrubs in flower with every expectation that we will have a good show of tree peoni... Read More
A glorious Mothering Sunday
Spring has properly sprung over this past week or so. Under the beautiful blue sky for Mothering Sunday, the colours everywhere are stunning and we wanted to share these latest snaps with you. We lo... Read More
First days of Spring
On our return from a month in India, where we saw all sorts of marvellous trees and flowers, we have found that our garden at 1st March must be at least a month ahead of normal. That makes us conce... Read More
Winter blooms
Usually we have a week or two of severe weather before Christmas, and this starts the process of shutting down for Winter. Not so this year of so many oddities and contrasts; snow in March; Beast from... Read More
Open garden – Saturday 9th June, from 12.30pm to 5.00pm
A riot of spectacular roses, irises, clematis and peonies awaits our visitors on Saturday and the rare red flowering Buddleia will be showing at its best too. Tea at the village fete will strengthen y... Read More