Gransnet Open Gardens

kittylester Sun 21-Jun-20 14:27:20

This weekend should have been our village open gardens - sadly cancelled.

Having been part of this previously we know that it is hard work over the two days but also enormous fun.

We have had the front garden redesigned recently but dh (particularly) has worked very hard to make the back garden look good!

The event also makes a lot of money for our local children's hospice which will, sadly, miss out this year.

I thought it might be nice to have a Gransnet Open Gardens event so here are some of our plants. Watch out, I could go mad!!

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PageTurner Tue 23-Jun-20 22:20:32

Thanks for the info**Gingster**. A very interesting plant. I don't think I have the best climate for growing it. If it is a perennial it would freeze out in the winter.
Yougrowgirl.com has info about it and even a recipe for its use.
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Gingster Tue 23-Jun-20 19:57:10

It is a Cardoon also known as. Artichoke Thistle. Very easy to grow, hardy and in my opinion absolutely beautiful. We can’t grow too many plants and shrubs due to the sea air here and also the rabbit population but these Cardoons flourish. They have a purple flower.

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PageTurner Tue 23-Jun-20 00:08:18

Sorry I spelled your name wrong. ?

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PageTurner Tue 23-Jun-20 00:06:49

Ginster
That is an unusual plant. Is it a plant that grows only near the beach in sandy soil? It looks like it has blossoms. What color will the flowers be?

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Gingster Mon 22-Jun-20 21:50:54

My seaside garden

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PageTurner Mon 22-Jun-20 21:37:25

Here is my garden, such as it is. I don't have nearly as many blooming plants as your lovely gardens have.
Hops is the plant covering the arch.

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janeainsworth Mon 22-Jun-20 21:05:23

Lisa your garden looks lovely and what a fabulous view.
What’s the hill in the background? It looks very familiar territory. PM me if you don’t want to answer on the thread smile

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Lisagran Mon 22-Jun-20 20:53:00

View from kitchen window / little pond / a border

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Grammaretto Mon 22-Jun-20 19:57:08

Some wonderful gardens here. Well done.
I have left part of the grass un-mown and have a meadow with 4 orchids.

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Carillion01 Mon 22-Jun-20 19:47:31

Kitty, this is a lovely, lovely thread. Thanks so much xxx

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crazyH Mon 22-Jun-20 19:43:57

My fuschias and hydrangeas (still to bloom fully) from front and back garden

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janeainsworth Mon 22-Jun-20 18:52:13

3 views of mine

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shysal Mon 22-Jun-20 17:22:45

A few pics of mine. It will be more colourful when the Hydrangeas are out. The Tidal Wave Petunias are in a 5 tier trough stand. I find it difficult to water as I can't see the containers any more.

Love the foxes, Norsat. I have stopped feeding the wildlife after seeing rats. I miss the badgers, foxes and birds, but still have visiting Muntjac.

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LittleMissGrumpy Mon 22-Jun-20 17:17:54

Nortsat, how lovely!

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jacq10 Mon 22-Jun-20 17:11:45

Love looking at other folks gardens! Nipped out to take some photos in the rain. I'm in what we in the north of Scotland call a "boorach" (muddle) - stuff all over the place. Back at end of February got a quote to replace all my back door patio and paths winding down the garden to make them safe and also for trees and three beds which are totally overgrown as I neglected them for two years while DH was poorey. The plants enjoyed it and wandered all over the place. He delivered the Indian sandstone and then lockdown took over. He has now started again and should be here in about two weeks. I am wondering if he should just do the hard landscaping just now and leave the rest till it dies down a bit. Do any of the keen gardeners agree with me or should I just let him go ahead?

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Nortsat Mon 22-Jun-20 16:37:48

Here’s part of our garden with our visiting vixen and her cubs.

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Greenfinch Mon 22-Jun-20 16:08:07

I have enjoyed looking at all these beautiful gardens. What green fingers you all have. envy

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MerylStreep Mon 22-Jun-20 16:04:01

I hope these come out. I don't seem to have much luck with posting photos.

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Auntieflo Mon 22-Jun-20 15:39:09

Lovely gardens.
Dollymc2, I love your pallet garden, clever,
Our garden is small, and a bit like the parson's egg, good in parts.
So here are some of the good bits

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Dollymc2 Sun 21-Jun-20 20:50:19

Here are my rain battered offerings...

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ginny Sun 21-Jun-20 20:27:26

In the garden today.

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kittylester Sun 21-Jun-20 20:01:16

Our Open Gardens have been making about £4000 a year as we offer teas,quizzes, nature trails, plant sales, colouring competitions etc. Our committee are really hard working and people have been holding plant sales etc but it will never make up for what has been lost.

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seacliff Sun 21-Jun-20 19:54:17

These don't show as many weeds.

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seacliff Sun 21-Jun-20 19:35:08

Oh they are so lovely. Lemongrove I LOVE the mixture of colours, all planted so densely. No room for weeds.

We have a huge garden, but it is not well kept. More of a nature garden.

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lemongrove Sun 21-Jun-20 18:56:12