MMXXVI - A new year & a new life!

 Well - today marks both a new year in the garden and, for me, a whole new and very different life!  I shall be testing gardening as a therapy to its absolute limits.  I am determined keep the garden going in Al's memory as I promised him.

On a very frosty and sunny day, work began with hedges and ivy.  I don't normally complain about working in the sunshine but it was so low in the sky and so brilliant some work was difficult when looking into it!

Andrew and I trimmed the ivy growing on dead trees and removed it from all living trees.  It's a menace in the wrong place!  Roses and Clematis were all tied, hedges were trimmed and we had a proper clear out at the back of the Woodland Border.  Andrew trimmed the inside of the boundary hedges form the Top Lawn Border down to Compost Corner removing damaged hawthorn branches as he went.  Even the ivy around Cordelia was trimmed! All this work added a huge amount to the bonfire pile and the compost heap. 

December in the garden!

 

Worcestershire NGS 2026

PTC Garden makes the cover on Worcestershire's National Garden Scheme county booklet!!  Lot to live up to and I need the extra incentive this year!

 

Autumn

 The Woodland Border!  At its very best in autumn and early spring!

Twilight Garden by Candlelight 2025

 An enormous thank you to all bakers, helpers, visitors and supporters!!  You're all amazing!!!

It's getting closer!

 All visitors VERY welcome!!

July Highlights

 Despite the most awful drought conditions, the lilies and phlox are a blaze of colour and perfume so here's a few highlights from around the garden: July Highlights

 

ALL TIME TOTAL

 I thought it would be interesting to know our all time total for money raised for the National Garden Scheme.  I could never have guessed our total!! 

Can you believe this figure?

Exciting News!

We are thrilled to learn that next year PTC Garden will appear in Julia Goodfellow-Smith's guide to Worcestershire.  Julia has written a whopping SIX guide books on castles, walks and even coastal pubs!

We hope that it will mean we can raise more money for the National Garden Scheme which supports all the CARING charities.

 

Mowing Meadows

 

It's that time of year again!  Mowing the meadow grass is very much a one off seasonal job and Andrew certainly got on with it!!  In absolutely no time at all, it was cut and lugged off to the compost heap.  No hay this year as I knew rain was forecast and the chickens aren't short of nest box material. It always looks a tad dramatic but the long meadow grass and flowers will be back again next year.

Andrew in action!

In no time at all and despite the heatwave, another three hedges were all trimmed to perfection and the garden was left looking immaculate!