Wildlife-friendly woodland walk
This wildlife-friendly woodland walk not only provides habitat for a range of insects, birds and small mammals, its vibrant winter colours are also an invitation to engage with the garden in the colder months.
Tag: Winter interest
Park Crescent’s ‘Garden in the Clouds’
The Garden in the Clouds, in Park Crescent, is a place for children to dream, to engage with plants and to experience nature.
The Savill garden: redefining the winter frontier
January 2020 – Winter was once the final frontier for garden folks. The cold season just meant leafless shrubs, perennials cut back to the ground, and muddy borders. Of course you could always count on holly, yew and various conifers for greenery and structure. The odd Christmas rose would bring a bit of colour until the first snowdrops popped up, along with winter aconites, followed by crocuses heralding the imminence of spring and a return to floriferous times. But mostly, in winter, gardens went into hibernation.
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Marks Hall: bright barks and ancient trees
February 2019 — A sharp breeze sweeps across the hill, ruffling the silver-green eucalyptus grove in the distance. It forcefully combs the grasses and buffers the young monkey-puzzle trees that are dotted around the meadow. The air is crisp and the sky is clear. Apart from the hissing of the wind in the branches, there is barely a sound. Gondwanaland, on the western fringe of the Marks Hall estate, feels a bit otherworldly.
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Anglesey Abbey: kingdom of stems and scents
February 2019 — Search for ‘Betula jacquemontii’ on the internet and the chances are the first page of results will include several pictures of the white birch grove at Anglesey Abbey. It’s a testament to the garden design team that, despite the internet’s ability to warp our perception and unrealistically heighten our expectations, this should still be a striking sight when you eventually see it in real life. Continue reading “Anglesey Abbey: kingdom of stems and scents”
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