tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78967563210566236962024-03-05T19:15:55.263-08:00Rambling towards an exotic garden paradiseMy journey towards opening for the National Gardens Scheme, plant and art inspiration, and creating a perfect gardenClivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-76829664819627637972023-10-15T10:23:00.002-07:002023-10-15T10:23:38.079-07:00Autumn exuberance post opening<p><span style="font-family: arial;">A huge thank you to everyone who came to this years open garden! All in we had about 220 visitors and made about £3,600 for charity which was a new record for us. Thank you!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Special thanks go to the Secret Life Saxophone Quartet who played during the opening and really made it a special afternoon. They were fantastic, and played a great mix of songs including Copacabana and Life is a Cabaret....what more does a boy want! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As always a big thank you to the 15+ people who helped out with the opening, including Alan who was again super generous donating lots of plants for the sale. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A warm autumn has meant that the garden continues to crank up the lushness and exuberance to the max! The bananas are looking the best they have been, cannas continue to flower and the hardy gloxinia shines bright as the star of the October garden.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1Y4xitcyjEZ_fX2-ufCsNFvZvdW9Xlw2mtIy3yVA3-qCbj_J274YEih-yWIr8EBqcD29MpwkwE8B24NSwuxTcG4y4PhalMlqeZICLk3R-4I-avIV8T0NDGEZ_GBPYNTKPzw1C0Pc6JNJ4_w8kXbcBD7nIDUaA2wThWoa20FiD11_CyNraRDPKbtZr66F/s4080/PXL_20231014_085858379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1Y4xitcyjEZ_fX2-ufCsNFvZvdW9Xlw2mtIy3yVA3-qCbj_J274YEih-yWIr8EBqcD29MpwkwE8B24NSwuxTcG4y4PhalMlqeZICLk3R-4I-avIV8T0NDGEZ_GBPYNTKPzw1C0Pc6JNJ4_w8kXbcBD7nIDUaA2wThWoa20FiD11_CyNraRDPKbtZr66F/w400-h301/PXL_20231014_085858379.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gloxinia nemathanthodes</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGEX-uD_BHFMhyphenhyphen6_EEtbd8vECLBw522bVm-Os5gn3JehiG1JbHlljIamiMCgr26mshO8SCZ1XDEdvF9aZW4hiJsF6Vtaaxi6hpcG2DZTd1gtiwY7Vwkfdc3SzZkr6I8B4hoyfA9jainoERL8x4RYQ-iiUkEkl1_w3GUKUkGC5L3Z99Q1I1Tz84HSp022d/s4080/PXL_20231014_085911725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGEX-uD_BHFMhyphenhyphen6_EEtbd8vECLBw522bVm-Os5gn3JehiG1JbHlljIamiMCgr26mshO8SCZ1XDEdvF9aZW4hiJsF6Vtaaxi6hpcG2DZTd1gtiwY7Vwkfdc3SzZkr6I8B4hoyfA9jainoERL8x4RYQ-iiUkEkl1_w3GUKUkGC5L3Z99Q1I1Tz84HSp022d/w400-h301/PXL_20231014_085911725.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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We deliver on the 'wow' factor with visitors being surprised by the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">size and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">scale of the garden and getting lost in the exotica</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW193312935 BCX9" paraeid="{40c6560d-3e91-4d4f-b434-22601d71f2c4}{1}" paraid="2042872225" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW193312935 BCX9" paraeid="{40c6560d-3e91-4d4f-b434-22601d71f2c4}{5}" paraid="458222929" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The lower lawn has lots of seating (30+) and hidden corners give space to sit and enjoy. Renowned for</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> our plant sale,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> good </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">teas,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> and home-made cakes. </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW193312935 BCX9" paraeid="{40c6560d-3e91-4d4f-b434-22601d71f2c4}{5}" paraid="458222929" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">This year we have the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Secret Life Saxophone Quarte</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">t playing from 2-3:30!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW193312935 BCX9" paraeid="{40c6560d-3e91-4d4f-b434-22601d71f2c4}{29}" paraid="601160348" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW193312935 BCX9" paraeid="{40c6560d-3e91-4d4f-b434-22601d71f2c4}{33}" paraid="169818148" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> Also featured in Garden News, The Independent and The Simple Things magazine.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW193312935 BCX9" paraeid="{40c6560d-3e91-4d4f-b434-22601d71f2c4}{47}" paraid="95580269" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW193312935 BCX9" paraeid="{40c6560d-3e91-4d4f-b434-22601d71f2c4}{59}" paraid="48349156" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">£5 entry. All monies raised go to the NGS whom them distribute to different charities. In 2022 they </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">donated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> £3.11million. Core beneficiaries include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">UK</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> and The Queens Nursing Institute.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; 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background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">10-15 minute</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> walk from both Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye Stations. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">There is usually lots of street parking. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The garden is on a slight slope</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">/</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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Some paths are uneven and made of wood chip, others gravel. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Sadly,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> we are not wheelchair accessible.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193312935 BCX9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span class="EOP SCXW193312935 BCX9" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21.85px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span><p></p></div>Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-5704739712829641792023-06-19T09:09:00.000-07:002023-06-19T09:09:45.921-07:00June: looking back, looking forward <p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Mid June is the peak season for most UK gardens looking at
their best. Every weekend there are now loads of different NGS gardens to visit.
English garden exuberance abounds with chocolate box roses and frothy cottage
garden borders.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not my garden….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Every year my garden has an early peak in mid/late May when
there is a sea of blue from the forget-me-nots. Adding to this peak is a
developing Iris obsession, which is linked to a Cedric Morris obsession. Yes, I
loved that Chelsea Garden! After this early peak the forget-me-nots are pulled
out I am reduced back to bare earth and the slug chewed stumps of things whose
name I am still trying to remember. <o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEM4KOaq2whRz4F647HexvQFzeT3UY1nUi_np1nnRX8Vs7cdofpgO50nVmXQ4FgmUf2DtXAyrLafs4heZQtFRhdLcDrdLGSFb7OnTAkGpFxrTpSmnra50Jjcjx-hwmpLOD-6CVI2QJiv-VtNoVDs5rB_h0VQR9l5I_xAfCGIdniB2HIos1VBL1eH3KopH/s4080/PXL_20230510_065248606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEM4KOaq2whRz4F647HexvQFzeT3UY1nUi_np1nnRX8Vs7cdofpgO50nVmXQ4FgmUf2DtXAyrLafs4heZQtFRhdLcDrdLGSFb7OnTAkGpFxrTpSmnra50Jjcjx-hwmpLOD-6CVI2QJiv-VtNoVDs5rB_h0VQR9l5I_xAfCGIdniB2HIos1VBL1eH3KopH/w400-h301/PXL_20230510_065248606.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many new flag irises I have bought</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This year I have lost a lot of plants. This is due to both the
very hot summer and drought which was then followed by a really cold and
damaging winter which stressed a lot of things. In autumn, after the drought,
it felt like many things got a second wind, putting on lots of new growth. I
wonder if the cold wet winter then was more damaging than normal…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The key things that I lost and which were damaged were:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Musa Sikkimese’s and basjoo: all the Sikkimensis that were planted
out have been cut back to the ground. About 50% of those that were on the
terrance also lost their stems. I even lost 2/3 of the stems on my basjoo
clump.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qUZYLAEQbldSKug-Yu3EKS4mFUUGRMk82aFaos3XMKXOztXHSyrEChXCFKoTn12iEI4ujL67oblFnRKqQA8SPcjLa6HBgNl42da89sqdAyg9m2vGUlM3qWLG0A2xxMOJXIY6RI9BZlMgemBFUqmCRaog0p4cy2VUL08cVVvgDdlLcaOFCx4ocyRtHm-r/s4080/PXL_20230619_073535751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qUZYLAEQbldSKug-Yu3EKS4mFUUGRMk82aFaos3XMKXOztXHSyrEChXCFKoTn12iEI4ujL67oblFnRKqQA8SPcjLa6HBgNl42da89sqdAyg9m2vGUlM3qWLG0A2xxMOJXIY6RI9BZlMgemBFUqmCRaog0p4cy2VUL08cVVvgDdlLcaOFCx4ocyRtHm-r/w400-h301/PXL_20230619_073535751.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Musa sikkimensis re-growing from the ground. This was a mature clump of two that had survived the last few winters ok. However, they seem to be root hardy and all this growth is from this year.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Salvias: most that were in the ground have gone, especially
S. bethallii which was a bit of a mainstay..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cyperus alternifolia: I have this in my pond and whilst the top
leaves usually die the plants are ok. I think most are dead although thankfully
I can see and occasional shoot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jelly aloe: all dead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The saddest losses were my red bananas. Usually these are
fine in my meter cupboard but this year it wasn’t enough. I don’t know if it was
because I didn’t leave them upside down long enough to drain (usually I forget
about them and they end up being upside down for 4-6 weeks). Whatever happened
it has meant that I lost 2/3 and am now to 3 plants which are all about half
their size…sadly the middles of the others all look to have rotted. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hedychiums: jury is
out on these guys as for the first time ever I lost a few that were in the ground.
The ones in pots seem to have done better, but the rhizomes on the top seem to
have rotted off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Surprises: Thankfully a lot is still alive, some things I am
surprised about like a Puya that is still looking good, tree aloe and a Cyathea
that was wrapped up in a cold greenhouse. There are also some things that may
surprise me as last week I dug up a fern that looked completely dead but which
had a faint green shoot on the bottom. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is exciting to now have the basic structure of the garden
set out for summer. I have just about finished all the planting out including a
lot of Tithonia and new dahlias. Although the dahlias survive fine in the ground
I am realising how by buying new/digging them up to overwinter and then potting
them up fresh does get them off to a good start as here the slugs destroy them.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaWPh6gzU0V1zr_g_8Kts-8QP0JpL0Kv52ZV70OvwrCy8kx-L0GU8mvPXmrn3ztFsfqF1EgfjWRTxUfkuZSQwwRsKXY9qbbQPpbV3MhIuW2Xo_Zbjkm2lpZzCyIDEUhvyhMKUhKXFFIFEA9U87QsF-8E9Lxv1xQkXUmRzcArDz-TW0T1xkwC2v89VxCpc/s4080/PXL_20230619_073807306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaWPh6gzU0V1zr_g_8Kts-8QP0JpL0Kv52ZV70OvwrCy8kx-L0GU8mvPXmrn3ztFsfqF1EgfjWRTxUfkuZSQwwRsKXY9qbbQPpbV3MhIuW2Xo_Zbjkm2lpZzCyIDEUhvyhMKUhKXFFIFEA9U87QsF-8E9Lxv1xQkXUmRzcArDz-TW0T1xkwC2v89VxCpc/w400-h301/PXL_20230619_073807306.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A plated out Puya that is completely fine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cUQVRZwZcDvVBcgQUldEr2p2biYt_uu8EC1KQqKObXpkzWzM5uMPxWMJcZFBm8uUnsVV-ctG2thFv0i302o1CFboNoP0vFet7a4JPnL26ybgKv0rS1gcdyWQq3r9TOk4tyY7xi65jbbsT7FICkDKx-NuYADS1zpzgOhu1emE2q4qXeoV0_ckOzH8enx9/w400-h301/PXL_20230619_074123764.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Fatsia polycarpa lost its growing point over the winter, but has come back stronger with 3 side shoots</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkJLY7GtOvajBmDX0Hxb0ba8CZc3IOvup2gHeMM0UICVvrmuT5NwSn6iwAJujY9Is8sjw4fI_ccmtxnKfxvKPusO7CnonMh9XEfrEwxgpmEL96fn4KhKWE0kJqWYV3UmNQUyg7YgDVrYWj1FTFzferSzpyZzgMGVF_KMvhuxrJb9GLbPejnw6MNJuH3jF/s4080/PXL_20230618_110126170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkJLY7GtOvajBmDX0Hxb0ba8CZc3IOvup2gHeMM0UICVvrmuT5NwSn6iwAJujY9Is8sjw4fI_ccmtxnKfxvKPusO7CnonMh9XEfrEwxgpmEL96fn4KhKWE0kJqWYV3UmNQUyg7YgDVrYWj1FTFzferSzpyZzgMGVF_KMvhuxrJb9GLbPejnw6MNJuH3jF/w400-h301/PXL_20230618_110126170.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miniature water lilies just flowering and heralding a great summer!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-5325226505764091082022-11-11T00:57:00.003-08:002022-11-11T00:57:46.211-08:00November<p><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s November and whilst some parts of the garden that are
protected from the wind continue to get lusher and more exuberant, others are
continually buffeted with big leaves being ripped and tattered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Most affected have been two of the red bananas that have
been acting like big wind sails, twirling around in big gusts. Annoyingly
another red banana was attacked by a fox and is just holding on. Other plants
continue their natural decline into winter with the Paulownias now being giant
sticks with a few little leaves stuck on top. Some Tithonias hold on and even
the dahlias that were rubbish all year have now come into flower.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am in denial that the end is nigh and I do need to dig up
the red bananas, put up the temporary greenhouse on the terrace and put the
garden to bed. Last year I think I waited till the last week in November, with
frosts being immediately after….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It has been a crazy and difficult year for the garden, which
I know is a view shared by many. I didn’t enjoy all the panic watering just to
keep things alive. Many plants never quite did as well as they should and for
the first-time red spider mite was a problem outside. The one positive was that
the slugs were kept in check and many of the tagetes survived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have become more enamoured with colocasias that did well,
with one that is supposedly hardy exciting me with its potential. The alocasias
have been rubbish….sulking all year and not really doing much, only now shoving
their huge leaves in my face and looking great…but is this short period of
fabulous worth them looking terrible for most of the year? Same with the Coco yams.
They always seem to take so long to get going, and I wonder if they only really
work well if you have a heated mat or heat to kickstart them into growth? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fuchsias, beyond Thalia, have also been rubbish and this is
the second year that a couple have not flowered at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yacon has been a success, and dividing the one I had early
in the year has worked really well, especially putting one in a pot. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The jury is also out on dahlias….whilst I love them they can
take forever to get going. I think the answer is to not overwinter them in the
ground. Starting them off in pots will really help them get going and also
protect them from slugs until they are big enough to look after themselves…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, with winter coming there will be a lot of time to
ponder changes for 2023!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrs7r7E0OM3vLMLldROP-pgIlz6exYlAcQYlKG9Z6yDk6nkbxewjkSxU7uXz35jqiqFjL-zhN0ng2pVu67TXRCTvZzzB0W6Tu95XMs04LVlpH10XqwTfMv8lJfz5mmlG-qscBDledsRh9CKfmGMy1Omv5k9K-HXhd2K9L8qhs87Us7QKy-XDmhZT_UrA/s4032/20221110_080926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrs7r7E0OM3vLMLldROP-pgIlz6exYlAcQYlKG9Z6yDk6nkbxewjkSxU7uXz35jqiqFjL-zhN0ng2pVu67TXRCTvZzzB0W6Tu95XMs04LVlpH10XqwTfMv8lJfz5mmlG-qscBDledsRh9CKfmGMy1Omv5k9K-HXhd2K9L8qhs87Us7QKy-XDmhZT_UrA/s320/20221110_080926.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJj0JpFVHIMRaWX1Xy2hzl_SYXhkzsaKQBDUbPE42aj8w04YUWj4vMipJjW9ao8HENlynjObKnZi8mxi-k9XqvEEer2dqTxAkmPrl3y-nqx_0jH7MuWXKTo73oftfDWNlamUm4nZDdK1uEFoXDCaQIAAvPBVK_6xlw8HyNisDGw4cwi_JFMTy2pWVWw/s4032/20221110_080948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The very knocked around bananna!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nx3jvklDsn856RCERaQ_GPVJ2mXhBqNa4vFk9Vwz6c1b1f26ddgXXa25vxluRLhCxTbpWMEZFvS9V7uzCGAqGLPKekV9XrIT_7M6hvaLpGS0YeayJD11PXGCVvA2D70VW2qs2fHRU1sUe0kIJu7SLUO1EPalYQ__JVscK-fnS-dSbOxf0U8qiOrIKQ/s4032/20221110_081148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nx3jvklDsn856RCERaQ_GPVJ2mXhBqNa4vFk9Vwz6c1b1f26ddgXXa25vxluRLhCxTbpWMEZFvS9V7uzCGAqGLPKekV9XrIT_7M6hvaLpGS0YeayJD11PXGCVvA2D70VW2qs2fHRU1sUe0kIJu7SLUO1EPalYQ__JVscK-fnS-dSbOxf0U8qiOrIKQ/s320/20221110_081148.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Salvia gesneriflora...again a love hate relationship as they generally sulk all year until autumn and then look magnificent with thier vibrant red fuzzy flowers</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaD5N-noyiPrPjjybuJ55GsFreKvtLQHQ7EoHCUpQWCj-3P1eu6WEtaPp4WDai9YEM9Q_uvkFR88RFveYdH6mPkp2Zd7L7J2_YLwFam559vfJ7aw5Uw-d0dUFm2T_9IwdrUJfjaqPCSpf-PdeAvQxKkNB7vi6FBHBKC6AYhcYSPLuv7mCfnd9AzGBog/s4032/20221110_081154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaD5N-noyiPrPjjybuJ55GsFreKvtLQHQ7EoHCUpQWCj-3P1eu6WEtaPp4WDai9YEM9Q_uvkFR88RFveYdH6mPkp2Zd7L7J2_YLwFam559vfJ7aw5Uw-d0dUFm2T_9IwdrUJfjaqPCSpf-PdeAvQxKkNB7vi6FBHBKC6AYhcYSPLuv7mCfnd9AzGBog/s320/20221110_081154.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Veg plot with some giant Purple sprouting broccoli. Tomatoes are still in the ground but were generally a bit rubbish as they all just split </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOIKh3O6E2PH_znKFjil0sZz3GTlGBs4MTz4enmnxuh1CJV3nbGJSwtUnCxi_FWCQI5OP9m5uVeB05L_LaPr8iB6wDn9GDN3MFwADRZYyvr2_SPgGJVzG_GNF0KsVUydhK0V8hd692UMvSA0VUjtSVqDwKx858kBL6-kXoUfs19v8OaeQPOYGGulz9Q/s4032/20221110_082110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOIKh3O6E2PH_znKFjil0sZz3GTlGBs4MTz4enmnxuh1CJV3nbGJSwtUnCxi_FWCQI5OP9m5uVeB05L_LaPr8iB6wDn9GDN3MFwADRZYyvr2_SPgGJVzG_GNF0KsVUydhK0V8hd692UMvSA0VUjtSVqDwKx858kBL6-kXoUfs19v8OaeQPOYGGulz9Q/s320/20221110_082110.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sparmania just coming into flower</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2lTYuItFPNTTEIynC2e5C-YlKOC4-VWGngNgCU0x8Jon4ywXuGpqoEaRVV8ZZ1IZ1HJ-nmf2Nzd24J51g4MOtwO087kBWA_iJI5YwYcF3WrJvqbyt9jwsMU3FquE6gHkuE6HHGWOTBLBOSZAUfH03HqkBPyuUH4lXVQvQYJ5SI4PcgayO5XHv9zWgg/s4032/20221110_082126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2lTYuItFPNTTEIynC2e5C-YlKOC4-VWGngNgCU0x8Jon4ywXuGpqoEaRVV8ZZ1IZ1HJ-nmf2Nzd24J51g4MOtwO087kBWA_iJI5YwYcF3WrJvqbyt9jwsMU3FquE6gHkuE6HHGWOTBLBOSZAUfH03HqkBPyuUH4lXVQvQYJ5SI4PcgayO5XHv9zWgg/s320/20221110_082126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-31680663186466066802022-09-21T00:10:00.003-07:002022-09-21T00:10:50.841-07:00Our 12th NGS garden opening: things at their best<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Our 12<sup>th</sup> NGS opening was again a big success! A
huge thank you to the 226 people who came as together we raised just over
£2700!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">More huge thanks to everyone who helped as we could not do
it without our on the day volunteers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Final big special thanks to Alan and Jonathan for their generosity
in donating plants for the sale. Alan always shames me with the quality of his plants! Jonathan donated a car load of well grown Hedychium’s, many of
whose names I had never heard of before. Thank you! This has all helped turn the
plant sale into quite a big part of our opening which is great, with a big rush
at opening to get the best plants. I think I am still bruised from all those
sharp elbows… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This year was probably the one which has stressed me the
most as the drought made things very difficult. A lot of August was spent
watering the garden to try and keep things alive, with many plants dropping
their leaves or being crispy around the edges. Many of the bedding plants had
barely grown, and I was particularly sad to lose a tree fern that just got
fried in the heat ☹ The only thing that seemed to do well were two
Paulownias that this year are the biggest ever at perhaps 20+ ft!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was dreading the hosepipe ban which hit a couple of weeks
before the opening, but thankfully just as it was introduced, we had quite a
lot of heavy rain. This came just in the nick of time and everything freshened up
really nicely and started growing again. Two weeks on the garden is back to its
usual lush self…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am always humbled
by how many people have already visited and come back. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Changes in 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am always changing things and editing what is there as
there are always tweaks to be made. The biggest challenges were digging out
three massive clumps of bamboo that were taking over…I took it all out to the
left of the pond, up by the far corner of Ivanhoe Road and a clump near the house.
They had all been in for 11 years and were beginning to go crazy, taking up a lot of space. I am glad I
got a mattock for my birthday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I also took out some big old shrubs in the front garden
that had been there forever which has given an un expectedly huge bed and made our grand Victorian iron railings a lot more visible. The aims are to
celebrate these more with lots of climbers including clematis and Eccremocarpus.
The bed was meant to be a riot of Tithonia, Ricinus and hot salvias, but being
in full sun and out of reach of the hose it was all rather crispy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">There has also been some big lots of pruning going on with
the Olive tree being hard pruned back to the main stems, and our neighbour removing
most of an old apple tree making the garden by the house much more open.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, I have installed a new Balinese style bell Tower
near the top Ganesh shrine, complete with cordyline leaf roof!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some pictures of things at their best....</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOdhUzDsbGp00lyM5JIC8xJAK5ogexn_7r_qtSq5p1pBodTmdYA327Cjv-NK53H-xC4NfvUP_921kzy6bps_gT9Gte7hfucYVJKWct62lcxzIQLmOKzDIjQrZNE83plJozJ0GdYGq_PsippaWon6gCfhvnwOzc5yz6wwFxsr2gr4hIEbhRGxj5lRGFg/s4032/20220905_115725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOdhUzDsbGp00lyM5JIC8xJAK5ogexn_7r_qtSq5p1pBodTmdYA327Cjv-NK53H-xC4NfvUP_921kzy6bps_gT9Gte7hfucYVJKWct62lcxzIQLmOKzDIjQrZNE83plJozJ0GdYGq_PsippaWon6gCfhvnwOzc5yz6wwFxsr2gr4hIEbhRGxj5lRGFg/s320/20220905_115725.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXo2vc-X3dhQ7ImOVXV5b5I3y4v_QIvkurkZezsttyxXdY1fFUD2V7cUILzZ6u98p7xs2ScbLkVUn03Kw1pC8B5DJ_ipMNnSMdulWlKrOBUm-Zk3n641UvkFGFuNw0JzfcQVoQ_CHFFQyihoCQt1A0xdRKGWfvdNRUOBlzOFNsATgYFlS6529DUNRTvQ/s2580/20220804_134413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2580" data-original-width="1832" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXo2vc-X3dhQ7ImOVXV5b5I3y4v_QIvkurkZezsttyxXdY1fFUD2V7cUILzZ6u98p7xs2ScbLkVUn03Kw1pC8B5DJ_ipMNnSMdulWlKrOBUm-Zk3n641UvkFGFuNw0JzfcQVoQ_CHFFQyihoCQt1A0xdRKGWfvdNRUOBlzOFNsATgYFlS6529DUNRTvQ/s320/20220804_134413.jpg" width="227" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The NGS says<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">‘An exotic garden full of the exuberance of late summer inspired by
travel in Southeast Asia. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A lush and naturalistic jungle of big leafed plants, bold colours and
shapes including cannas, bananas, bamboos, dahlias, mature tetrapanax and
towering paulownias. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Huge ‘hidden’ garden, created from being able to buy derelict land which
had been the bottom half of two of the neighbour’s gardens in 2010 gives the
garden an unexpected size. Three ponds (one for wildlife and two with fish), a
productive area and contemporary sunken terrace full of pampered prized plants.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We deliver on the 'wow' factor with visitors being surprised by the
scale of the garden and getting lost in the exotica. The garden changes and
improves every year as the plants grow bigger and the feel gets 'junglier'. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since first opening for the NGS in 2011 the garden has changed
radically. At that time the top garden was still new and being cleared.
Planting was mostly annuals and pumpkins! It took a year to clear the rubble,
brambles and hops. We filled 5 skips with rubble and broke 20 spades and forks
digging the land. Many visitors have kept coming back to see the
transformation! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The lower lawn, lots of seating and hidden corners give space to sit and
enjoy. Renowned for good teas and home-made cakes. Last admission at 4:30’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The garden is on a slight slope and so does include some steps. Some
paths are uneven and made of wood chip, others gravel. Sadly we are not
wheelchair accessible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Press Coverage: Featured on BBC Gardeners' World,
BBC Instant Gardener and in Garden News, The Independent and Simple Things
magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Full details here: <a href="https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/22791/24-grove-park">https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/22791/24-grove-park</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> No need to pre-book.</span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The nearest train stations are Peckham Rye or
Denmark Hill, check routes before you travel as they always seem to do works
that weekend! If you are driving there is lots of street parking on our road.</span> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The full postcode is SE5 8LH, we are at the Chadwick Road end
of Grove Park. Check your satnav/phone is directing you to Grove Park as
sometimes it can take you to the back of the house</span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6m2dD73_VJS-HFezk56w8SmyB01H65wENtMDoujDTeUSsp4DcJxTsJBDJnMiGbBd0qeO5zn_cAbPMubdQeILo4dMUYw6k_-ypyCkip6y_kqNDCm4rt8GVZsxBF2SAyPI-BxX4HGf3VH86pFUzG9UVSnqYk-t-VKLbj4AIvD1VeigEmKvBxIRdOzYew/s4032/20220804_125026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6m2dD73_VJS-HFezk56w8SmyB01H65wENtMDoujDTeUSsp4DcJxTsJBDJnMiGbBd0qeO5zn_cAbPMubdQeILo4dMUYw6k_-ypyCkip6y_kqNDCm4rt8GVZsxBF2SAyPI-BxX4HGf3VH86pFUzG9UVSnqYk-t-VKLbj4AIvD1VeigEmKvBxIRdOzYew/s320/20220804_125026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p>Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-46987698482117029302021-11-03T10:15:00.002-07:002021-11-03T10:15:56.882-07:00Winter is comingThe end of the year looms and the garden totters between portly lush exuberance that is now so top heavy that many plants are falling over after being buffeted by the wind. Things like the Dahlias are still going strong but they are so tall and many stems so weak that they snap easily. Those bananas and Colocasia’s that have escaped the wind are still looking so lush and tropical. Other more sensitive things like the Manihot started shedding their leaves early. The fuchsias, which I don’t have much luck with have only just started flowering… <div><br /></div><div> I have never known a year where things have grown so tall….The Tithonia were all at about 6-7ft, I have an 8ft Ricinus, the Amicia is flowering strongly at 7ft. This was also the year I have had to do the least watering. In fact the opposite was true as things were so wet that I had to take the pots off the saucers and keep emptying out pots that had no drainage holes. </div><div><br /></div><div> The ‘to do’ list for winter grows….compost heaps need emptying, and the war on a couple of very virulent bamboos is about to begin once my new mattock arrives…I haven’t yet taken in any of the tender things, probably leaving it till the last week in November/when frosts appear and for the first time will try having two pop up greenhouses to keep things safe. I also plan on digging up most of the dahlias, not to protect them from frost but from slugs and snails, and give them a head start. Lots to do!
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It was another record year and we had 245 visitors and make about £2700 for charity! Hurrah!
We were blessed with one of the sunniest days for weeks (the sun always shines in Camberwell) and the garden was looking super lush. This year was different in that we opened for longer (from 11-4:30) with the hopes of having less of a rush. The lovely Hayley also joined us to sell some of her fabulous metal sculptures which was a great addition.
This year I was told how a visit to our garden was lifechanging, with a fab lady saying how after her visit to the garden last year she had thrown out all her old plants and started just growing exotics!
The plant sale is also clearly becoming a thing with a huge rush on plants when we first opened. I never really know how well things will sell, and even my 10 Polypody ferns which were unusual, but not to everyone’s taste all went within 10 mins!
We also had a dinosaur trail for kids, but my 5yr off nephew told me off for it being too hard. Sorry Henry...
As always it was humbling to see so many people returning, and lots of people saying such nice things. A huge thank you to everyone who has helped out on the day and those who donated plants to sell, it really is a team effort! THANK YOU!
So some pictures of things at their best….
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Come and visit!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Come and visit our exotic garden in Camberwell! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Our opening is almost upon us! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Unless
things with Covid-19 radically change, this year you can just turn up as normal and pay
on the door, you do not have to buy a timed slot like last year. We are also opening for a bit longer, and will </span><span style="font-family: arial;">open</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> earlier at
11am and close at 4:30pm.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QU57TTuRWXBi2XjkmdaRgZnS2wPP0ctifisXySW82HSNdP9P3ENzsVbLRMff5Up-kPmitHkMLDN3PsEwq7rfRnjt-2XcWiZIdisPUu57mLX3IgnCa3QVSQhv6jhuHjllNGrbDr2PUFdl/s2048/20210730_200406%25280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QU57TTuRWXBi2XjkmdaRgZnS2wPP0ctifisXySW82HSNdP9P3ENzsVbLRMff5Up-kPmitHkMLDN3PsEwq7rfRnjt-2XcWiZIdisPUu57mLX3IgnCa3QVSQhv6jhuHjllNGrbDr2PUFdl/w288-h400/20210730_200406%25280%2529.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; line-height: 107%;"><i>An exotic garden full of the
exuberance of late summer inspired by travel in Southeast Asia. A lush and
naturalistic jungle of big leafed plants, bold colours and shapes including
cannas, bananas, Bamboos, dahlias, mature tetrapanax and towering paulownias.</i></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><i><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Huge ‘hidden’ garden, created from being able to
buy the bottom half of two of the neighbour’s gardens in 2010 gives the garden
an unexpected size. Three two ponds (one for wildlife and two with fish), a
productive area and contemporary sunken terrace full of pampered prized plants.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">We deliver on the 'wow' factor with visitors being
surprised by the scale of the garden and getting lost in the exotica. The
garden changes and improves every year as the plants grow bigger and the feel
gets 'junglier'.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Since first opening for the NGS in 2011 the garden
has changed radically. At that time the top garden was still new and being
cleared. Planting was mostly annuals and pumpkins! It took a year to clear the
rubble, brambles and hops. We filled 5 skips with rubble and broke 20 spades
and forks digging the land. Many visitors have kept coming back to see the
transformation!</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The lower lawn, lots of seating and hidden corners
give space to sit and enjoy. Renowned for good teas and home-made cakes.</span></span></i><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
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Gardener, Garden News, Independent and Simple Things magazine</span></span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/22791">Full entry on the NGS website here </a></span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The nearest train stations are Peckham Rye or Denmark Hill.
If you are driving there is lots of street parking on our road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The full postcode is SE5 8LH. Check your
satnav/phone is directing you to Grove Park as sometimes it can take you to the
back of the house!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The most painful casualty was my large Schefflera macrophylla. The bird of paradise is still alive, but not as hardy as I had thought. I am still crossing my fingers that Musa bordelon is sulking under the ground waiting for a moment to emerge… </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">All the Musa sikkimensis and Helens Hybrid that were planted out in the garden or left in pots were cut to the ground. However, all have recovered. The ones in the garden have all re-shooted from the roots and I am surprised at how big some of the Sikkimensis are getting! I am also surprised at how the Brugmansia sanguinea which was super battered has also completely regrown from the roots. All the mature Musa Basjoo were fine. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Big decisions in the garden have led to the removal of an almost dead cherry tree and the Loquat tree that was in the middle of the lawn. Planted before we moved in, it has got bigger and bigger, with quite a lax habit, and was not doing as well as trees I have seen growing in full sun. My Dad has always had a vendetta against the tree as it drops its leaves throughout the year, and in the end he won the war! The resulting removals have actually been great, as the lawn is a lot more open and the garden feels more spacious and airier. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> I also took out a Paulownia that I had left to flower. Usually, I just stool them every year which leads to amazing steroidal tropical growth, but if you do this they never flower as they flower. Leaving one to grow it produced some flowers after 2 years, and was fabulous at 3. However, at this point it was also getting to be very big and close to the neighbour’s house! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Fortunately, all the plants on our sunken terrace survived, with the most tender protected by a temporary plastic/polythene greenhouse. This comes down as soon as possible as it is ugly to see from the house, but a great decision was to move it up to a sun trap in the garden and use it to grow on bulbs, dahlias etc. Having the extra space was great and helped me do so much more than usual, and removes the stress of cramming everything into the greenhouse. Next year I think I will do the same from winter and use it to dig up and store dahlias. They are perfectly hardy in the ground but get battered by slugs…e.g. the one I had in the greenhouse this year is now 4ft and flowering, the ones in the ground are 2ft, ropey and in need of love… </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> I had completely over ordered on summer bulbs so having this space was great. A success has been Calla lilies which I am using for bedding, although only one of the three varieties has thrived. A success for the mice was 100 Tiger lily bulbs as they ate every last one of them ☹. I have also bought begonia corms for the first time. Again, not a great success as they have sulked and not grown as much as I would like. Some are still not yet of a good size. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> The big plant out of all the exotica and bedding primarily took place over the two bank holidays. This was slightly speeded up by the prospect of some filming for TV which also provoked much soul searching of when does the garden actually begin to look good? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This year I have tried to grow a lot of Nicotiana sylvestris as I love the scent and leaves…but I have forgotten how the slugs like them too…Some have survived but others are sticks. I have some emergency backups growing on, so I hope all is not lost. Tithonias will also be back…I have had to sow three pots of them as I completely underestimated how many I needed. I have also learned how it is better to sow them later as the first lot sulked in the cold and were quickly surpassed by a later sowing where they rocketed away. I am also onto my third lot of emergency Shoo Fly plants….These are such good plants as they are super easy to grow and grow almost anywhere. From an abused pot of seedlings that were all sown too densely it is super easy to rescue some to pot on, and in a week or so they are ready to go out again. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Challenges of the pandemic remain and I find it impossible to get compost/key garden stuff delivered. I was very lucky to get the 30 bags I needed to get the garden going. Feeding my plant addictions has also been hard as many nurseries don’t have the plants I need. However, where there is a will there is a way 😉 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">New plants I have got and am excited about trying are:
Broussonetia papyrifera
Doodia media
Polypodium scouleri
Woodwardia fimbrata
Woodwardia orientalis v. formosana
Matteuccia orientalis
Begonia 'Torsa'
Begonia pedatifida
Polypodium glycyrrhiza x scouleri </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> Fingers crossed for a good gardening year!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjjteKXt-iQhz_pj-mAdIl9beolb0bMhIpjv8DXeOCdwpsn2oG8ybpIc0LtONyqxzpvwUwLq6sHENcMuoype6daBBYeufqYvleWpSHUiQcP6eI7XHjMlerixifmgPTWOskGN35YxRD9Ct/s4032/20210713_080051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjjteKXt-iQhz_pj-mAdIl9beolb0bMhIpjv8DXeOCdwpsn2oG8ybpIc0LtONyqxzpvwUwLq6sHENcMuoype6daBBYeufqYvleWpSHUiQcP6eI7XHjMlerixifmgPTWOskGN35YxRD9Ct/s320/20210713_080051.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Musa sikkimensis which was cut down the ground in the winter has regrown from the roots and is now about 6ft</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZzNq8f4JY6OTYUU1FKcvaJAMktJSPF-wEukocywlqAhxyGvuqm6neOaC4-f6Gv_TVzeItquN9xQ9EQ6w4XYt1jXUBMWZAC6mq8DpE79PKepZKaI10GyW8Lv6GYciIB3Qw_29sA4Nwunz/s4032/20210713_080338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZzNq8f4JY6OTYUU1FKcvaJAMktJSPF-wEukocywlqAhxyGvuqm6neOaC4-f6Gv_TVzeItquN9xQ9EQ6w4XYt1jXUBMWZAC6mq8DpE79PKepZKaI10GyW8Lv6GYciIB3Qw_29sA4Nwunz/s320/20210713_080338.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ganesh flanked by some fab big begonia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmm0dzkpaBZVrMKP_rBvX_ltOvR5oWnj0avz2Z5vGX8whLHek9vNZ7G9NDbvIUiQfDNSWjXiwYUvvAXt2O9CU-_uHiZVWXqOpFSV4H9PvZMBeHTx9OK06OdZ_R9hQz84ogUk3viZ1Hsv5/s4032/20210713_130152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmm0dzkpaBZVrMKP_rBvX_ltOvR5oWnj0avz2Z5vGX8whLHek9vNZ7G9NDbvIUiQfDNSWjXiwYUvvAXt2O9CU-_uHiZVWXqOpFSV4H9PvZMBeHTx9OK06OdZ_R9hQz84ogUk3viZ1Hsv5/s320/20210713_130152.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Burning embers' marigold is back, and a few have escaped from the slugs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWKMhXFpuLFhd-dFtQI_FTte5MSQZzNgaUWVkOdcQ-b5d0vh67dRDRvjz9xpxoUhnD84-_NvoOyCAr-pOisWs1_wkW7kJujJteLN07LDRVmt_b2Ky8EQgA2EBl-iTEPCKuOvrXMkaYAZ6/s4032/20210713_125730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWKMhXFpuLFhd-dFtQI_FTte5MSQZzNgaUWVkOdcQ-b5d0vh67dRDRvjz9xpxoUhnD84-_NvoOyCAr-pOisWs1_wkW7kJujJteLN07LDRVmt_b2Ky8EQgA2EBl-iTEPCKuOvrXMkaYAZ6/s320/20210713_125730.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zantedeschia albomaculata, by far the best Calla lily as the other two I have are still looking ropey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ExHp5lcqNhbSTgxB3usBV7WmCheh3LBYi_GJEXib5gqPi9CrJEG6DwayigZYt8sevnYJDlAMY_0xeHdahvEleZRbJ2F4VrsU273XghVI05hgCbqFc37VQYZY_8r-jA3_myxXbcSBWpNT/s4032/20210713_080613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ExHp5lcqNhbSTgxB3usBV7WmCheh3LBYi_GJEXib5gqPi9CrJEG6DwayigZYt8sevnYJDlAMY_0xeHdahvEleZRbJ2F4VrsU273XghVI05hgCbqFc37VQYZY_8r-jA3_myxXbcSBWpNT/s320/20210713_080613.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was where I used to keep the bees and has been a witner project to revamp. It is now a seating area and new beds as it has this great view of the garden</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjPbxw3-6Ja54EsGciDBIR8I5UsYPPd9qdi3Yp_kk_UOu-d-MqzgHKTRTNmPeRkGClZ8k0tghp1KVV5evGTl72Wm1PtdQh2CJKwhAT1Jd37JyeCg-PbVuuQRq1Xioq6bUpQb4b81Bez45/s4032/20210713_080507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjPbxw3-6Ja54EsGciDBIR8I5UsYPPd9qdi3Yp_kk_UOu-d-MqzgHKTRTNmPeRkGClZ8k0tghp1KVV5evGTl72Wm1PtdQh2CJKwhAT1Jd37JyeCg-PbVuuQRq1Xioq6bUpQb4b81Bez45/s320/20210713_080507.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Echiums are the biggest that they have ever been! I think it is as these ones are all triannuals </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XmrX8brSM1TZh27YqJSeDGyjNNHnYe0uCnCrYcASIRlYNge6k2Iz6o3-Z8zZ1HJ-CD1rEEjYwZOw03quMXHq1-Vr1jhDPaWIzOs_whBCE7vQdFeSPxLgyFV1WU4ZaaiyqMMX2p1zRcpJ/s4032/20210713_080139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XmrX8brSM1TZh27YqJSeDGyjNNHnYe0uCnCrYcASIRlYNge6k2Iz6o3-Z8zZ1HJ-CD1rEEjYwZOw03quMXHq1-Vr1jhDPaWIzOs_whBCE7vQdFeSPxLgyFV1WU4ZaaiyqMMX2p1zRcpJ/s320/20210713_080139.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hydrangea macrophylla which has great exotic leaves</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlijluhe0iYdN7rZK6tW_4FYF3XiZbhElBgJRq0E9qu9P3DVAXZCmgjHwTFAUH7LPm4WIiHsO7DaWaAcNRKTKBDQ4Z0-QqLS9DMjk2gqKzTRw7Y7YLee2_hqMk2q21UvVe1oi5dRt8J0Ex/s4032/20210713_080029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlijluhe0iYdN7rZK6tW_4FYF3XiZbhElBgJRq0E9qu9P3DVAXZCmgjHwTFAUH7LPm4WIiHsO7DaWaAcNRKTKBDQ4Z0-QqLS9DMjk2gqKzTRw7Y7YLee2_hqMk2q21UvVe1oi5dRt8J0Ex/s320/20210713_080029.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am trying out a few penstemons for flower....the Jury is still out!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UjfhpjaB4USVTwsvisQnmh2Yp-wwZeW7-ihHQJAxGgqJbR5RIpmiA9FxrVTRIi3TfELRLVQ6-ryy3B5PBYXNxRLBHRmCOFH3ElsN5CG1mFioGNFE8GIrkJJhodvGpmfjUAlC3pZIpLrg/s4032/20210713_075955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNs4pXZIo508DfFE17WvPfA7_vYeATExs3E8gwhotvoqVPESX60PoP7kh_EoxtZ3QmKFN8OuIYyi8eqjGSPPx8_xUKHL6wI7o6rsSMrx8hyWsRuI7r6eMDDAGPk-ZcVjHWEAs30tyJElw3/s4032/20210713_075905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNs4pXZIo508DfFE17WvPfA7_vYeATExs3E8gwhotvoqVPESX60PoP7kh_EoxtZ3QmKFN8OuIYyi8eqjGSPPx8_xUKHL6wI7o6rsSMrx8hyWsRuI7r6eMDDAGPk-ZcVjHWEAs30tyJElw3/s320/20210713_075905.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Area where there used to be the chery tree and Loquat which has created a much more usable bed, the garden is also so much more open!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR0BMrWHEhfkRghCcpU5ZWy7h34v9fI638YIJjB-YLpIlWGfbCqNzqkz5d8LOdnkFQlMsVhGr_VI9M7huhEHRL8obuoixntqdXJWSWs-3xGlmzutEGjXxa4sLNlWoKB9zdMPIOyiJZWL5/s4032/20210713_075644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihR0BMrWHEhfkRghCcpU5ZWy7h34v9fI638YIJjB-YLpIlWGfbCqNzqkz5d8LOdnkFQlMsVhGr_VI9M7huhEHRL8obuoixntqdXJWSWs-3xGlmzutEGjXxa4sLNlWoKB9zdMPIOyiJZWL5/s320/20210713_075644.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So fab that the exotica is coming back!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zXFYsMKDrHPhyphenhyphenznRf7MN0dtfDboMeZBKhLfz0u6iTnDKSxlXuOfgllGYQoVI8DcDZvtMN7DhxCFg7SduaTQMguxI2S_orLMR2_iibz7fR0TdLpe6CtFlv3VlgmiTnash-TRKFyZn7ZfW/s4032/20210713_075824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zXFYsMKDrHPhyphenhyphenznRf7MN0dtfDboMeZBKhLfz0u6iTnDKSxlXuOfgllGYQoVI8DcDZvtMN7DhxCFg7SduaTQMguxI2S_orLMR2_iibz7fR0TdLpe6CtFlv3VlgmiTnash-TRKFyZn7ZfW/s320/20210713_075824.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another project to create some staging for many of the random pots of plants that I like but don't really fit anywhere else...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKYaOP9JiJ92FLunWMhlNze790RIb4bJtc3ScGNMRnzCFJsCCEW8eM1S143zK0xU0jx6qz78pX2EdW3VU-Hu-xVYmm1RVxsYCEV0gyTcDsq1ObYKkQ232Lrp61U1wwl_a-Y6QGTPf6dND/s4032/20210713_075532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKYaOP9JiJ92FLunWMhlNze790RIb4bJtc3ScGNMRnzCFJsCCEW8eM1S143zK0xU0jx6qz78pX2EdW3VU-Hu-xVYmm1RVxsYCEV0gyTcDsq1ObYKkQ232Lrp61U1wwl_a-Y6QGTPf6dND/s320/20210713_075532.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The terrace looking very lush and filling out more every week...</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJSgoLI-Lt0AE3xrse7cMKhMiwyz-DYvtWErkA_kGU6JNxZMRhm-bib12B0VYmrCtZwtwAPY1kGa-vgg9az9oGszisNhRVn5jKj37gxw_sjEXC3ziRjDcuLXfAS3WBefYDjrfqvNvs6Cx/s4032/20210713_082227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJSgoLI-Lt0AE3xrse7cMKhMiwyz-DYvtWErkA_kGU6JNxZMRhm-bib12B0VYmrCtZwtwAPY1kGa-vgg9az9oGszisNhRVn5jKj37gxw_sjEXC3ziRjDcuLXfAS3WBefYDjrfqvNvs6Cx/s320/20210713_082227.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Romneya which I actually dug out last year, but it has suckered and clung on in a slightly better place. Fab plant when in flower wih these HUGE flowers, but ropey and a big plant when not flowering</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-27418176057992492312021-04-15T09:36:00.000-07:002021-04-15T09:36:39.743-07:00The golden trowel<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This week we received the National Gardens Scheme fabled ‘golden
trowel’ which is given to people who have opened their garden for 10 years. We
now need to do another 10 to get the matching fork….</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PMnhnmVQ46pz7iRBqMda4Pu_pGSO_xBHSThzQEyeCAXrT8KdHxacI_hMDBI0i5hDpd_vR6uqltlLd4q2IMSjZnOpqnTuM1AaZm3zp47iXiG7XCUgWBZUGoLBTFp4thnZiF7ouZ7o7uV1/s2944/20210413_081132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PMnhnmVQ46pz7iRBqMda4Pu_pGSO_xBHSThzQEyeCAXrT8KdHxacI_hMDBI0i5hDpd_vR6uqltlLd4q2IMSjZnOpqnTuM1AaZm3zp47iXiG7XCUgWBZUGoLBTFp4thnZiF7ouZ7o7uV1/w293-h391/20210413_081132.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Me with the engraved trowel which has now been mounted on a plaque!</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We wanted our 10<sup>th</sup> opening to be memorable, and
we got what we wanted with it being in the middle of the pandemic! The timed
entry and longer hours actually made it one of our best ever openings as
everyone was just so happy to be able to be out, eat cake and buy plants!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In total we have now made over £16,000 for NGS charities,
and had over 2200 visitors. Our open day has turned into one of the big
highlights of the year. It is a great way to bring people together, and very
easy to make money for charity. I am very lucky that so many people want to
help out, from my parents who do so much, to those who help on the day with the
refreshments and plant sales. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was kind of an accident that we agreed to open the garden.
The NGS had always been on my radar as, but it was not something for the immediate
future. It only happened when my neighbour, who was opening for NGS, mentioned
to the formidable NGS volunteer who was visiting him that I may be interested in
opening that I received an on-the-spot visit and inspection and acceptance! At
that time the garden was fairly embryonic and we hadn’t any idea that we would be
buying the derelict land adjacent to our garden within 6 months. This make a smallish
job into one that was bigger than we had possibly imagined! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The terror of preparing for our NGS opening along with the
huge task of clearing the land and creating a garden was what led to this blog.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I also volunteer with the NGS helping to look after other garden
openers in my area. Working full time, and with a garden that is a very demanding
mistress has been a challenge, and I know I have not had as much time for this
as I would have hoped. However, this role and opening the garden has given me a
great insight into the NGS world and I have met some marvellous people and friends.
The gardening world is full of good eggs! There are also lots of random things
that have happened as a result of ‘being in the book’ such as filming Gardeners
World with Carol Klein, The Instant Gardener, magazines and even some random artists
using the garden for a photoshoot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don’t get me wrong, opening is still a stress…as it draws
closer so does the frenzied weeding and watering, often late into the evening.
But, every year it is easier and I now don’t wake up in the night in a sweat
about how much to charge for tea and cake and how acceptable Styrofoam cups are.
I have also come to accept a certain element of que sera as you can’t control the
weather, and some years plants are early/late or eaten by slugs!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The opening days themselves have always been a lot of fun….it
has become a ritual for all our helpers to have lunch on the lawn before we
open and put bets on how many people would come. Afterwards, when the doors are
shut we then open the wine and see who was right… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Every year we are always amazed at how many people come, and
it is lovely to see how many people come back. In a way it is a bit like a
party! I love it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, thank you to everyone who has come, and everyone who is
part of the NGS and makes it the great thing it is. For those of you with great
gardens and who are vaguely thinking about opening get in touch and do it!!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqsfJ1IVcgXVAEidKMpiazEOKUaYTQyJVlqMdrRYZkFT4kL_Aoqj0vUBpwkWWzd_2DroxR86HnXEni8-HZRiIW6XoyXZa3vFZAiv0xHUyeQaXFxORf_nF3jI8p2paAdzCRV5ZEZgxTHuY/s2048/1+snails.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqsfJ1IVcgXVAEidKMpiazEOKUaYTQyJVlqMdrRYZkFT4kL_Aoqj0vUBpwkWWzd_2DroxR86HnXEni8-HZRiIW6XoyXZa3vFZAiv0xHUyeQaXFxORf_nF3jI8p2paAdzCRV5ZEZgxTHuY/w300-h400/1+snails.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snail attack! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-25462065284635732702020-11-27T09:17:00.000-08:002020-11-27T09:17:07.755-08:00End of the year, and preparing for winter<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I haven’t been looking forward to winter….with Coivd it was
always inevitable that things would be grim and this is my least favourite
season.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the whole year
the garden has been a lifesaver. I currently work from home 3-4 days per week,
and having ants in my pants I am frequently up having a break walking around
the garden. Being here so much I have taken a lot of pleasure from noticing all
the small changes as things grow and start flowering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Having an exotic garden, and opening for the NGS puts all the
focus on having things look amazing at the height of summer. It is very easy to
just stop after the garden opening and put your feet up. In some year’s I have
been so lazy that arrows and odd bits of signage from the opening have remained…slowly
decomposing, Miss Havisham style.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have been trying to shift the focus away from just being
about summer so that the winter and spring isn’t just a raft of empty space and
dying plants. Part of this has been taking more care of and propagating hardy
evergreens to keep the terrace looking good. To do this I have been dividing up
a great Aspidistra that came from Crug and has elegant leaves speckled with
white specs, this is a elegant filler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This year I also bought 900 bulbs, way more than usual, but
I figure I will be home more and need a spring lift! Most have gone into pots in
the hope that the squirrels don’t eat them all! I also got an additional 250
Tete a tete daffodils which we have planted out around the tree bases on my
road which I am excited to see come up and turn the road yellow!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Other stars on the terrace include the ‘Hercules’ arum that
is stunningly big and exotic. The big Musa sikkimensis and Helens Hybrids are
still looking their banana tree thing, and I am giving it a go leaving a
Strelitzia out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Inside I have had a slight terrarium obsession, which has
opened up a whole new world of plants! The love of flag Iris’s also continues
and I have enjoyed a brief, all encompassing, and expensive affair with Cedric
Morris iris’. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In terms of the winter prep the big thing that I do is dig
up the red bananas. These have their leaves removed and roots cut back to the
basal plate. They are then left to drain upside down for a week or so before
being stored in a frost-free outside cupboard. They are now all up to 8?yrs old
and getting heavy! I used to be a lot more prissy about cutting off/tidying up
most off a lot of the outside leaves, but I now leave as many as a can as I
think this helps prevent them becoming too dehydrated when they come out of
storage in spring. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also put up a temporary plastic greenhouse on our sunken
terrace, with an extra layer of bubble wrap. This is all super sheltered and
sits against a retaining wall. In it go all the Cyathea tree ferns, although
the C. medularis is now almost too big to fit in! I will need to be brave next
year leaving it out. Also in go the fuchsias, brugmansias, and Begonia
luxurians. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wet is the killer, so most
things now sit on bricks. Ironically you also need to watch the dry as the tree
ferns dry out really quickly…I have lost more to drought that the cold. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This weekend beings the winter prep to an end, and leaves the
garden looking satisfyingly good and attractive. As of 23<sup>rd</sup> November
we still haven’t had any frosts at all in our bit of South London, although I
am sure that they are just around the corner. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnffwqtIh8LPvMonx5I2fTDKvwE_X0xIlKHq5VZ1zAcG-kRkLt0z3GYoU7XeKRJrihQ2eRqo9k4GUdfoYs3L4GQHD65Q-iwMxNtdH-d3O6gt1ooB6NVfIA27GpAqUZXrU3GYQ7WHEcWvCu/s4032/20201121_135135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnffwqtIh8LPvMonx5I2fTDKvwE_X0xIlKHq5VZ1zAcG-kRkLt0z3GYoU7XeKRJrihQ2eRqo9k4GUdfoYs3L4GQHD65Q-iwMxNtdH-d3O6gt1ooB6NVfIA27GpAqUZXrU3GYQ7WHEcWvCu/s320/20201121_135135.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIFOiSZA4KHpJUeHIHSi9VqqJ1dZ94KhckiOLk5VoAeAfzhomdNMVfUcEDc2HwacWoD2BqGXW_QuQhdqlErG3l5qs1Rrcrq-GqZRBvRaGX8hcXB91BGCYc60zZb86quOAwZP8n_G_Sa-V/s4032/20201121_135059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIFOiSZA4KHpJUeHIHSi9VqqJ1dZ94KhckiOLk5VoAeAfzhomdNMVfUcEDc2HwacWoD2BqGXW_QuQhdqlErG3l5qs1Rrcrq-GqZRBvRaGX8hcXB91BGCYc60zZb86quOAwZP8n_G_Sa-V/s320/20201121_135059.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The terrace has still been looking amazingly jungly as the banannas just get better and better!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5zjxlwPX-zU3j9JDzhj0ZCfC-5bp2Wia29iHipvcI_Y2nJo8ljWFTl3pFQl5KmXABiUeBFuTRfkQ-DcedVy1YM90WiANa4rfof1_Xo1-vV2SZ1VCyazw_ODBRKZhwzWIEmXdHyW4-aYw/s4032/20201121_135053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Arum 'Hercules' from above...super amazing!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKgk0TmRqLykabbEaVbyfWihF-XtxL8KtWpC03Wb8oD-2gdqyAZCSZzHosIUhaNXOQbcbgTCS9kkAYx01Epu7iNsNUX4L3-tASorzGRZ2JPisgYAWeWIGWhOTOtVTrq2ZtIQuwyWb-Wz8/s4032/20201121_135011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKgk0TmRqLykabbEaVbyfWihF-XtxL8KtWpC03Wb8oD-2gdqyAZCSZzHosIUhaNXOQbcbgTCS9kkAYx01Epu7iNsNUX4L3-tASorzGRZ2JPisgYAWeWIGWhOTOtVTrq2ZtIQuwyWb-Wz8/s320/20201121_135011.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksT7cgjhp7xVPvWzZOT3Uv8tAQVanT5ZKB88G3Ieto0jZxX6NmgMbjwWrUVj1t9dCGMlFEsi6ZSWgxe90QyCntKsSNCK7Nts3nMc5Dp7zA7n7sEg6BbbrxQaPV7xGhGNgVXBR65X5he7M/s320/20201123_081628.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Desperate attempts to keep the squirrels away</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQ2TcGl-3-WKHuiz-xUFaYcsRl_uLHQLeCGFoGOF2F5lkemHExbw7kaZ_6jo7Csa1Q128kgUdHaLus6SvYBI9MnykycyU4U1kNnjbzA5rkfr6s6MT24mN9ykkouS5Vg_vqhF8WrsXuoAV/s4032/20201123_081513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQ2TcGl-3-WKHuiz-xUFaYcsRl_uLHQLeCGFoGOF2F5lkemHExbw7kaZ_6jo7Csa1Q128kgUdHaLus6SvYBI9MnykycyU4U1kNnjbzA5rkfr6s6MT24mN9ykkouS5Vg_vqhF8WrsXuoAV/s320/20201123_081513.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Terrace post winter sort out...less lux but still exotic. The fuchsias and salvias will stay out until it is frosty so we can enjoy the last bits of colour. Aspidistras fill out the space</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJp-TASdqjEAgsCTS4IXemmReFvATYCVer0bHSF_uC_oWPW1knJcpMmyysjmdOCq1w_CSLm5783B-LBhc0yC7kMcOpBlxWcn_0YvGWs2EYkLSU9VEjS0HUsLRrZ5IHLk0rCGfE-Ej3VVUD/s4032/20201123_081504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJp-TASdqjEAgsCTS4IXemmReFvATYCVer0bHSF_uC_oWPW1knJcpMmyysjmdOCq1w_CSLm5783B-LBhc0yC7kMcOpBlxWcn_0YvGWs2EYkLSU9VEjS0HUsLRrZ5IHLk0rCGfE-Ej3VVUD/s320/20201123_081504.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clearer terrace with the pop up greenhouse at the back, view inside below, the key residents being the Cyatheas</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mpJCg6IRE7UIeUoLnFfrXUl7Bnt0eBHhmbn4GXWa3_eC3O_GQeAGtr6WOKYVvsZ9F7tPnSOr3BEpIRZke6dJYXwyWKlruoWmMX5D6dwsR_j_5uTikhL2FHSCZO94WayUVPnZkPZn1w7s/s4032/20201123_081526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mpJCg6IRE7UIeUoLnFfrXUl7Bnt0eBHhmbn4GXWa3_eC3O_GQeAGtr6WOKYVvsZ9F7tPnSOr3BEpIRZke6dJYXwyWKlruoWmMX5D6dwsR_j_5uTikhL2FHSCZO94WayUVPnZkPZn1w7s/s320/20201123_081526.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrVH_jvkOyGU3lgX6UZNVYaU_1P3KA4uw1IOX2WiJZkL2OxsFwGqljWT42ewNxuzGAFa2jJ8RDa9DnW8FBzEUuGYNnJ6JbkSr6YvoeRtC-X09XrjY2RLY5k228-ro_G_lyhyphenhyphenC4eUXJX_z/s4032/20201123_081529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrVH_jvkOyGU3lgX6UZNVYaU_1P3KA4uw1IOX2WiJZkL2OxsFwGqljWT42ewNxuzGAFa2jJ8RDa9DnW8FBzEUuGYNnJ6JbkSr6YvoeRtC-X09XrjY2RLY5k228-ro_G_lyhyphenhyphenC4eUXJX_z/s320/20201123_081529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaUJ7Xv7UWmJsvN8rKVXSsAjwRxwMUHNgZi81O90qstgQU3nJJrg17H-YoSf63TL0bDAbWjOfi9lcz85r1PdH4UIXmvOW1Ns9ZBWX0JIsPhjNYBtr7RFrnSJ0RlDkBLyi2ymnXy-r01lL/s4032/20201127_104058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaUJ7Xv7UWmJsvN8rKVXSsAjwRxwMUHNgZi81O90qstgQU3nJJrg17H-YoSf63TL0bDAbWjOfi9lcz85r1PdH4UIXmvOW1Ns9ZBWX0JIsPhjNYBtr7RFrnSJ0RlDkBLyi2ymnXy-r01lL/s320/20201127_104058.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keeping the Aspidistra flying!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-42825590427984958742020-10-30T07:09:00.003-07:002020-10-30T07:09:30.522-07:00Our NGS garden opening during Covid<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This was always
going to be a strange year for the garden opening as it was our 10</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
year, and I wanted to do something memorable. I got what I asked for…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Opening 10 times
is a big thing in the NGS world as you get the fabled ‘golden’ engraved trowel!
Whoop whoop! You then have to open for another 10 years to get the matching
fork, and 25 for a sundial. Interestingly it is the garden that gets the award
and not us, so if we opened for 19 year and then moved, with someone new moving
in and opening the garden then they would get the fork!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Despite Covid,
we always hoped we would be able to open. The garden is big, I work in a
hospital and we are both practical people and could easily see how we could reduce
the risks and keep people safe. There were long chats about one-way systems,
and if we should use disposable cups or send people out the back gate (to get
lost on the other side of the railway tracks!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The biggest
thing for us was reducing the number of people who come to help. This is a big
part of why we enjoy our opening, and why it goes so smoothly! Last year 15
people came, everyone comes early and Mum does a great lunch which we always
eat on a huge table on the lawn. We then share a bottle of wine and make bets
as to how many people will come that year. It is an easy way to bring people
together, and the one time of the year I see many people including my Uncle.
During Covid 15 people was way too many to have help and we reduced it to 8….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">NGS made the
opening very easy by having pre-bought tickets, and much time was spent trying
to work out safe numbers of people and what the max time in the garden could
be. We were also able to be completely contactless for our payments, which worked
well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">As the opening drew
nearer, I obsessively checked how the sales were going, with all the early ones
going first and the 4-5pm ones going last. 4 days before we had sold out!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">We managed to
have a great trial run when a couple of people turned up 2 weeks early for the
opening, having mis-read the date! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Stevens parents
still came down to help which was great, and in preparation Steven bought lots
of face shields and tons of handwash. Phil and William also helped along with my
parents. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">To increase numbers,
we opened earlier…11am, which was a bit different as we usually have the
morning to get ready and prep the last cakes! We were super prepared as I had
been off on Friday, but it still felt a dash as I desperately tried to arrange
the plant sale and do the labelling and pricing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">As time got closer
to 11 I realised why all the early slots had gone first as everyone was there
for the plant sale. Lifting the bunting to officially signify we were open was
like starting a race with a crowd descending on the plants. The vulture fest
continued for the first hour and a half and by mid afternoon nearly all the
plants had gone! I regretted not having full PPE including a cattle prod!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The day then
went super well…limiting numbers meant that there were no more than 24 people in
the garden at any one time which made it lovely and relaxed….there were always
lots of chairs for people to sit and have cake and none of the usual crowds.
Stevens clever one-way system to buy cake meant people could see the terrace
more, and the reduced numbers meant a very calm kitchen…I even managed to sit
in the kitchen and had some cake without being shouted at, which is very
abnormal!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">I mainly looked
after the plant sale for the first few hours (rather than my usual flouncing
around) which I enjoyed. During the day there was loads of time to chat to
people, and it was very heart-warming how many people thanked me for opening,
and how great it was to have a garden to visit and to do something ‘normal’. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Opening from
11-6 did make it a long day, and I was very ready for wine at the end of the
day….. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The super exciting
bit was how much money we had made. Whilst I always hoped we would open, I fully
expected us to make a fraction of what we usually made. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">In total we had
206 visitors and made £2628 for charity! The most money ever! And a great, and very
memorable, achievement for our 10<sup>th</sup> opening during the Covid
pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnRzRHCWTEPRV-eMqwON0yDzzjnR3vjsjF2MVPojUko-ouZHkSB8jEtj3Evl1bGVXvEHUCuf5_ePr3x1vJzIe_0THdJjMgOQIwyC3tkpvt8aVw28KvXbolHxZr4csB3q4mo-ZcTZGGaGB/s4608/20200907_180115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnRzRHCWTEPRV-eMqwON0yDzzjnR3vjsjF2MVPojUko-ouZHkSB8jEtj3Evl1bGVXvEHUCuf5_ePr3x1vJzIe_0THdJjMgOQIwyC3tkpvt8aVw28KvXbolHxZr4csB3q4mo-ZcTZGGaGB/w300-h400/20200907_180115.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A new photo montage to celebrate the 10th year</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Sunday 6th September 2020 11-5:30 pm<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a lot of thought and planning we are opening again for the NGS on Sunday 6th September. To make things Covid safe, to come you need to pre-book a time-slot online, and we are keeping everyone's visits to 1hr. This will help keep the max number of people in the garden at any one time low and ultimately make for a really nice garden experience!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There will of course be lots of cake and a plant sale.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The garden is looking super amazing at the mo......as a result of working from home 3-4dpw a lot of the time I would have spent on commuting is now spent on gardening! This is also a special opening for us as it is out 10th opening! We are now due our engraved 'golden' trowel from NGS HQ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Come and visit! <a href="https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/22791/" target="_blank">You can book tickets here</a> Our friends in Lyndhurst Square, 10 mins down the road are also opening for NGS so why not check them out too?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AQYk-ghJ0mTX22FAIW481yY-Yve62GklObBcz5o8dOCRZocDQ74yT7LlQOKpLwjVlFV1YDhIZVMUyd1z4TJMzVk4pxwWKsBTs4jTjMKfZqAZbvyO6ZklB0V0NqCgfLqaOAvrmZI6Y9kM/s2048/NGS+poster.final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AQYk-ghJ0mTX22FAIW481yY-Yve62GklObBcz5o8dOCRZocDQ74yT7LlQOKpLwjVlFV1YDhIZVMUyd1z4TJMzVk4pxwWKsBTs4jTjMKfZqAZbvyO6ZklB0V0NqCgfLqaOAvrmZI6Y9kM/s640/NGS+poster.final.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello from lockdown!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have all been plunged into a somewhat crazy world. I work
in a hospital and so things are now busier than they have ever been and I am
super grateful for having the garden to keep me sane! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is good to look for the positives and the lockdown has
proven a great way to slow things down and appreciate all the tiny changes the garden
goes through each day. I have also been on a role with my own painting which is
great. More on this later…. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was lucky in that I had put in my big order for compost
before lockdown and so the 50 or so bags I got came in mid-March at just the
right time. Seeds went in a bit later as most seed companies seem to have been
swamped. I had to keep logging into Chiltern seeds at odd times to try and
catch when their website was actually open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was too late in the game to try and get some bedding plant plugs, queuing
to go on websites ?!?! to see lists of everything that was sold out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another positive has been the restoration of my garden slaves.
Unable to do any babysitting the upstairs neighbours have been able to do a lot
of projects which has been super helpful. Their gentle pointing out of long-standing
unfinished jobs or problem areas has been great to get things done. This has
included finally edging some of the veg plots with Victorian rope tiles that
have sat around for a couple of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the first time ever I think I am also on top of where I should
be in the garden. Compost heaps have been emptied, seeds sown and pricked out,
a new nursery bed has been created and I have even tackled the long-neglected
bank in the front garden. After living here for 13? Years and looking at things
I planted 12 years ago and thinking how they don’t work for most of those 12
years I have realised it is best to just bin/move them and start again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The most major change to the garden has been the re-building
of one of the major retaining walls between the two gardens. This long
neglected Victorian wall collapsed during our really wet spring. We have been
lucky to have a few builders in to re-build the mega expensive wall, but this
has necessitated the destruction of one of the main flower beds in the garden. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ready and waiting and plans to create an arid bed. This will include being brave
and planting our my Puyas and agaves. Watch this space…</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-80263420793034607362019-09-02T08:08:00.000-07:002019-09-02T08:08:19.760-07:00The 2019 NGS garden opening: things at their best<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2019 has been our 9th NGS garden opening! 1 more year to hold on for until we can get the engraved golden towel!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In all we had 220 visitors and made over £2,200 for charity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were blessed with good weather which provoked an early rush of people who then hung around to enjoy their tea and cake in the sun. Once again the fabulous Alan donated some amazing plants for the plant sale which was our best one so far. I had been propagating up some of the more special things and there were lots of people there at 2pm to get first dibs! Jennifer ran the prosecco palace offering fizz with home made rhubarb vodka. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rob also joined us selling some of his delicious home made preserves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A huge thank you to everyone who came. It was great to see so many people returning to visit. THANK YOU!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So some pictures of everything at its best...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the big new things for 2019 was this large lotus bowl from Vietnam. I'm going to grow miniature water lilies in it and try and keep some fish alive!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the best plants out was this Hedychium ellipticum. This is my favourite Hedychium as it keeps flowering forever! However, the flower heads can be easily knocked off by my nephews football.... </span><br />
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inspired by travel in Southeast Asia. A lush and naturalistic jungle of big leafed
plants, bold colours and shapes including cannas, bananas, Bamboos, dahlias and
towering paulownias. <br />
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We deliver on the 'wow' factor with visitors being surprised by the scale of
the garden and getting lost in the exotica.The garden changes and improves
every year as the plants grow bigger and the feel gets 'junglier'.<br />
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Huge ‘hidden’ garden, created from being able to buy the bottom half of two of
the neighbour’s gardens gives the garden an unexpected size. Overall there are
two ponds (one for wildlife and one with fish), bee hives, a productive area
and contemporary sunken terrace full of prized plants.<br />
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The lower lawn, lots of seating and hidden corners give space to sit and enjoy.
Renowned for great <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>teas and home-made cakes.<br />
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Featured on BBC Gardeners World, BBC Instant Gardener, Garden News, and the
Independent</span></em></span></span></span></span><br />
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TfL seems to love doing work and closing lines over our gardens opening weekend!</em></span></span></div>
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Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-56740846467546748002019-07-01T05:17:00.001-07:002019-07-01T05:17:15.281-07:00July<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Things in London have been super hot which has been great for bringing things out, although I am so unfit that this is all conspiring to just turn me into a sweaty mess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Almost everything is now planted out and over the past 2 weekends there has been much pondering and hard lugging around of pots in the complicated puzzel which is our terrace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is of course peak NGS garden visiting season and there are lots of inspiring gardens out there. Last week I went to see a great new one in Herne Hill which will open next year. It was fab with a lovely natural looking stream which is something I have always wanted.</span><br />
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<br />Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-10312726944343668422019-04-15T05:55:00.002-07:002019-04-15T05:55:42.058-07:00Spring<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A mid <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">March post which annoyingly was written in Mid March but did<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nt go live...</span></span>Thin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gs then were </span>beginning to get warmer. Daffodils are out and things are waking up</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So far the winter has not been that drastic, and it was only the last cold spell in early Feb that finally killed some things like a hedychium.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am hoping that overall casualties will be minimal and the bananas are looking ok and like their spring recovery will be quick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now I just have to remember to order my seeds....</span><br />
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<br />Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-36537640822153173662018-11-17T02:47:00.001-08:002018-11-17T02:47:46.246-08:00The last remnants<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here in London we still haven't yet had any frosts, but I know that this wont last for long! It is always when I see the Dahlia Imperialis and Tetrapanax trying to flower that I know the end is near as they are always frosted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall this has been a weird year and during October and November some Dahlias have started flowering for the first time and some gingers are also having another bash. The 100 acidanthera that I put in to flower during the opening (but didn't) have also now all started flowering</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend I am trying to start moving things in, but I wanted to share a few pictures before it stars getting packed up</span><br />
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<br />Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-2466132601641318492018-09-04T12:05:00.001-07:002018-09-04T12:05:38.269-07:00The 2018 NGS Garden Opening: things at their best<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A huge thank you to everyone who came to this years garden opening. We were blessed with amazing weather which brought out the crowds and in total we had 255 visitors and made over £2200 for charity! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The biggest thanks must go to the 14 people who volunteered to help make it happen: Wendy, Laurence, John, Marten, Sue and the kitchen crew, Sam on plants, Derek on honey and Jennifer on the Prosecco pavilion and the Grimsby door security. Everyone was marvellous. As was anyone who made a cake (we had about 25 in total) and who spread the word. Also a massive thanks to Alan who donated a huge amount of succulents, bananas and cannas which got a good few people very excited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So some pictures of things at their best...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This (above) was the one plant the people asked about! </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: #393939; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Noto Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 27.6px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii' which was looking stunning....below is the normal Salvia involucrate. I love Bethelli as it has those big buds which are really architectural. However, it is harder to get through the winter...I'm not sure if this is the slugs or snails! so I take lots of cuttings about now... </span><b> </b></span><br />
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exuberance of late summer inspired by travel in Southeast Asia. A lush and
naturalistic jungle of big leafed plants, bold colours and shapes including
cannas, bananas, Bamboos, dahlias and towering paulownias. </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Huge ‘hidden’ garden, created from
being able to buy the bottom half of two of the neighbour’s gardens gives the
garden an unexpected size. Overall there are two ponds (one for wildlife and
one with fish), bee hives (honey hopefully for sale!), a productive area and
contemporary sunken terrace full of prized plants.</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Wandering the garden we hope you will
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: small;">We are located in Camberwell on the
Chadwick Road end of Grove Park with plenty of street parking. Dont be confused by my road that has a bit loop and odd numbering! look for the bridget....We are a 10-15 min walk
from Denmark Hill or Peckham Rye Stations <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grove+Park,+London+SE5+8LH/@51.4671438,-0.0857579,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876039b818d7f15:0x2c1a1cd111097f60!8m2!3d51.4674566!4d-0.0790256" target="_blank">Map here</a> </span></div>
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Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-82840762773492531202018-07-30T06:14:00.001-07:002018-07-30T06:14:58.971-07:00July: hot hot hot!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So we have just had our first weekend of rain in what seems like several months. England has also been super hot which has meant that I have been having to do a lot of watering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not the kind of person who leaves a sprinkler on overnight as the wasting water guilt sets in, so I have been strategically watering the precious plants and annuals whilst the others have roasted and crisped at the edges. Generally it has been ok, and it was only last week that the Tetrapanax began to drop their large leaves. The heat has also been super good for things like the bananas that were cut down the ground over winter and they are still going great guns. </span><br />
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Note how dry the lawn is!</div>
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Newly created seating area by the summer house </div>
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Terrace all looking super lush and pampered</div>
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The bees have been super busy....Im praying I get some honey!</div>
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Top garden during the rain when it was super exotic!</div>
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<br />Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-56402947453280502522018-05-24T10:05:00.002-07:002018-05-24T10:05:16.817-07:00May: waking up<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So far this has been an odd year as the cold weather of the beast from the east really slowed things down. Everything then jolted into life with a very warm snap which reminded me of how much I need to do! Since then it has been action stations with...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- The Ensetes coming out of their winter resting point in our meter cupboard to root in pots in the greenhouse before slowly now being planted out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Too much sitting on the Internet buying new plants including a load of triphylla fuchsias...this will be the year of the fuchsia!! also a new discovery with Remusatia and too much aroid temptation....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Lots of soil, I think I ordered in about 50 bags of compost. I always forget how heavy they are to carry and order more than I need as in my head I am an avid mulcher/soil improver</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- moving heavy plants, a big champerops and a big Washingtonia because I love moving plants when the soil is super heavy clay</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Canna cull:</b> this is the year for dividing over congested clumps</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>New seating area:</b> this is such a good idea in my head, but practically??</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>NGS garden visiting:</b> the new season is here! get visiting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The garden is actually still looking good, although full of fallen leaves and a little battered from Storm Brian. The main victims seem to be the tree dahlias which have properly flopped all over the place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As yet I havent done anything to prepare for winter beyond taking a few cuttings of the salvias that the cold and slugs like the most. I always try and leave things as late as possible, and think I will try and dig things up in mid November which I hope will still be before the frosts</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The terrance is still super leafy although the Brugmansias and hedychiums are worse for wear </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Leaves a go go </span></div>
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Tetrapapnax flowering away.....unusually this one started in August! </div>
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Below Tithonia still going strong </div>
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Hedychium densiflorum fruits</div>
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