Making the Garden

The wall as it was!

Stewart paints the trellis

Planting the first rose

Ready for the arbour

The arbour takes shape

Hmm… maybe pink?

Stabilizing the soil

December 2014 from above

Planting the first climbing rose November 2014

Second load of plants go in

Preparation for arbour rose

The arbour takes shape

Creating the corner bench

Empty corner space

The components

Bench takes shape 3

Almost there

Finished corner bench and cupboard

Complete with cushions, hurrah!

What the flowers look like

Chaenomeles Quince

Aubretia

Anemonies

Scabious

Saxifrage

Pulmonaria

Nepeta racemosa closeup

Nepeta racemosa

Armeria maritima

The fern unfolds

Aliums in full flower

Rose ‘Shropshire Lad’

Rose ‘Perennial Blue’

Verbenena Bonariensis in close-up

Lavender ‘Hidcote’ in close-up

Lavender ‘Hidcote’

Jasmine ‘Officinale’

Jasmine ‘Officinale’ in close-up

Hardy Plumbago

Foxglove ‘Glory of Roundway’ in close-up

Campanula persicifolia ‘Blue’

Campanula persicifolia ‘Blue’ in close-up

Hardy Fuscia ‘Mrs. Popple’

Salvia Nemorosa

Rose ‘Shropshire Lad’ in bud

Rose ‘Pernnial Blue’ in full flower

Rose ‘Perennial Blue’

Nepeta racemosa complete with bee

Chaenomeles ‘Geisha Girl’ second flowering

Alium roseum

Alium roseum in close-up

Alium Aflatunense

Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’ in close-up

Genranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’

Sempervivum (House Leek)

Verbena against the gate

Snakes Head Fritillaries

Veronica horizontalis

Summer Wine

Geum “Scarlet Tempest”

Agastache

Alchemilla Mollis

Veronica Spicata

How the garden develops month by month

December 17 2014

January 26 2015

March 9 2015

April 2 2105

April 24 2015

May 24 2015

Top view June 2015

View from above July 7 2015

Top view October 2015

November 1 2015

September 31 2015

May 6 2016

December 17 2015

June 1, 2017

 Wildlife

Bee on aubretia

Alium with a curious visitor

Welcome to my first guest!

Bee exploring the heather

Jay surveying the garden

Butterfly on the Verbena

Beehotel has guests!

A bee enjoys the Alium

Bee entering tube

Bee busy in the hotel

Bird on the feeder

Colour-coordinated wood pigeon

Plugged holes and a busy tenant

Magpie helping himself

Speckled bush cricket

Rose chafer

Mason bee

Bees on cardoon

Bee on Agastache