The Garden in January 2025
Well, here we are again at the beginning of yet another gardening year and even though there is not a great deal to be done in the garden so early in the calendar we gardeners can look forward to the year ahead...
The Garden in December 2024- ‘Rounding off the Year’
I have to admit that the December garden with its short days and being at the mercy of the rather unpredictable winter weather is often best viewed from inside the house.
The Garden in November 2024 - ‘Beating the Weeds!’
Even I have to admit that November is not the most inspiring of months in the garden with its shortening days and often wet and windy weather, the trees shedding their leaves and colours in the beds and borders beginning to fade.
October 2024 - ‘Autumn in all its Glory’
In October autumn closes in on the garden and the winter beyond comes into focus as the growing season draws to a close but what a glorious closing it is!
The Garden in September 2024- ‘Into the Autumn’
September, of course, sees the beginning of autumn but in many ways it is also a continuation of summer with its often warm and sunny days.
The Garden in August 2024- ‘Feeling Good about Gardening’
August, the time of high summer and holidays, is also a time of transition between the ending of summer and the onset of autumn.
The Garden in July 2024 - ‘Celebrating the Rose’
Midsummer already- how on earth did we get here so quickly? July, the month of intense colours, full and exuberant beds and borders and also the delicious scents of summer.
The Garden in June 2024 ‘Hot and Dry’
As June arrives and spring slips quietly away the glory of the early summer garden gathers pace. This is a month of roses and exuberant Clematis and beds and borders spilling over with the early flowering herbaceous perennials...
Preparing for Summer
May has to be one of the loveliest of months with the magic of the late spring flowers, the unstoppable growth of perennials and an air of plenty and fullness throughout the garden.
The Garden in April 2024- ‘Between the Showers’
By April we are well and truly into spring and as such it is surely one of the most exciting months of the year. Helped by longer days and higher angles of the sun as well as the often dramatic April showers the garden suddenly begins to look vibrant and alive...
The Garden in March - ‘Springing into Action’
At last magical March has arrived and my ‘new’ book informs me that ‘as the weather improves and the soil warms, nature herself is stirred into action’.
The Garden in February 2024
I’m certain that you will all be pleased to read that over the Christmas period I came across another book about gardening through the year and I am sure it will help me come up with some new ideas for future blogs.