February Flowers

Glorious weather has  brought out the first spring flowers. The little  petticoat Narcissus, Narcissus bulbocodium and the native  Daffodil, Narcissus pseodonarcissus, are out, along with the first of the spring narcissi. The Winter Aconites, that Simon the gardener planted some years ago are now doing well, and the snowdrops and Read more…

New year Gardening

Happy New Year, Everyone. Now, while some of you were recovering from yesterday evening’s celebrations ( you know who you are, and so do we…) the rest  of us  were out sweeping the paths, clearing the pond and filters, pruning the Hydrangeas,  and getting on with the removal of laurels. Read more…

November 21: Gardening

A glorious  sunny morning ended  with rain just as we had finished.  13 of us spent a couple of hours weeding and tidying the beds round the entrance and sides of the memorial garden, clearing the hard standing, and  clearing the pond and filters  of leaves. We also removed a Read more…

August Gardening and Pond Work

We had two  excellent gardening sessions in August in spite  of the heat. We have  concentrated on the Sunderland Street entrance   and the Memorial Garden.  Watering has been an issue  but most plants have survived. A number of trees have been taken down: ash has suffered from die-back and several Read more…

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