With the weather being very frosty and misty my Gardening thoughts are of ordering seeds in the warm.There’s nothing better than making yourself a hot drink and flicking through some of the numerous seed catalogues that arrive in the post.
Welcome to Farley Hill Place Gardens where they share a passion for gardening and all things green!
Their four acres of fully working gardens are gradually being reclaimed and replanted with a mix of traditional and modern plant varieties.
Theirr well-stocked shrub and herbaceous borders, including some mature trees, offer lovely decorative displays throughout the year and provide excellent material to cut for floristry demonstrations and courses.
Don’t miss their unique walled gardens, which showcase what you can grow in different aspects.
They have large areas dedicated to seasonal vegetable crops and annual flowers for cutting. Y
You can find these at local markets during the season, and their speciality squash, pumpkin, and courgette plants create a vibrant and colourful harvest in late summer and fall.
Their Victorian glasshouse is a restored gem that they use for practical courses and demonstrations, as well as growing a wide range of Heritage and modern tomato varieties and grapes.
Most of their plants are raised from seed or propagated from cuttings, and they offer a small nursery where you can purchase some of these for your own garden.
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Gardening through the Seasons with Margaret Finch is a blog with useful tips and hints for gardening lovers.
Only last week we were enjoying the most splendid autumn colours that in Britain we have seen in a few years The hot sunny weather helps the trees to store huge levels of sugar which produce these amazing bright glowing colours to lift our spirits in to the winter months
Just when the Summer has given us its full strength of growth and colour to totally surprise us Gardeners the Nerine suddenly appears as by magic. Usually flowering leafless on stems 45cm -50 cm tall on long slender stems with a stunning waxy display of trumpet like flowers having as many as 8/10 per stem.
The Garden centres now have a good selection of seed potatoes it’s a good time to buy while they are in good condition and get them to start chitting in preparation for planting in March
It’s so great to feel the warmth of the Spring sunshine and hear the birds singing. This sunshine has been an absolute joy for the chorus of Crocus this year as they emerge through the ground and open wide a host of bees 🐝 find their inviting
I know it looks tempting to cut the Lawn here it’s very wet and soggy and I think we would make more mess and damage than necessary.” We” as royal we! Tony, not me,
Gardening Through The Seasons With Margaret Finch Patio Peaches These like to be trained up a wall or fence. Tie in the laterials …
Exciting times ahead you will be extremely well rewarded.Definitely start planning now.
Runner Beans can be grown in a larger Container with plenty of well rotted compost, they also need support sticks. But even better in the ground
I know you might be thoughtful about your Clematis but the wind chill has been as damaging as frost
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