Today we are able to sit and do nothing, our garden was open last weekend 12/13th June for the N.G.S. and was a great success raising almost £600. The weather couldn’t have been better, lots of lovely people came and made such wonderful comments about the garden, the plants, the atmosphere and the cakes! I think the most used words to describe the garden and flowers were “dreamy”, “wonderful”, “romantic”, “to die for”, “magical” this made all the hard work worthwhile.
About 15 of my Meconopsis have flowered, but the first one came out deep purple, what a disappointment! We have got a few the bright turquoise blue that they should be but the rest were lilac, grey, pink or purple! I went onto the Meconopsis website & found some information which said that if the seedlings were too warm as the flower-buds were forming down at soil level, they might be inclined towards purple colour. At that time we were having a heatwave here so I suppose that could be the reason – will just have to try again next year, saving seed from the best blues and make a nursery bed in the shade.
We were away for the whole of January teaching at a mission in Sierra Leone and while we were away the moles had a field day. In the past we have had one or two mole hills which we have just removed and it usually hasn’t been a problem but this time they were everywhere and so huge. Because we were away so long the grass is dead where the molehills were and we have been busy trying to fill in all the hollows-we have visions of our open day visitors disappearing down a tunnel, never to be seen again!
This is a peaceful village garden where the plants grow freely, intertwine with romantic abandon and spread in drifts to complement the countryside around them. This natural garden is composed of colour, shape & texture of leaves for twelve months of the year on top of which flowers from all 4 seasons weave their own special magic. We share the garden with all the local wildlife – animals, birds & insects – sometimes we feel we are the intruders.
