The strong winds have removed more of our colourful leaves this past week. The lindera on the lawn has been glowing gold for some time. I...

Although there have been dry days most of October so far feels very wet. The ground that was pretty dry for the top 50 mm through...

We are getting to the end of the open season at Glenarn and some of the trees are beginning to turn, particularly acers although the...

We have recovered from the Plant Sale and Open Day- the gathering, labelling, bagging and sorting of 350 + plants as well as getting the...

We are holding a special plant sale and open day on Sunday 21 August between 2 and 5 pm. There will be lots of rhododendrons raised from...

Yesterday in the rock garden there was a terrific buzz from the little Eucryphia milliganii. Honey bees and bumbles love the nectar from...

Yesterday Mike and I were clearing some of the lush growth and weeds that have taken over part of Granny’s Hens. As a backdrop by the...

From the kitchen window I look north into what was once a muddy bank, now a buttressed stone wall with lots of gravel. Here Primula...

Although it is still very dry and we could do with some heavy rain, growth this year seems exceptional. New growth provides a second show...

I was in the vegetable patch yesterday lunchtime tying up sweet peas when there was an unforgettable noise- the sound of bees just about...

This little climber grows on an old stump at Glenarn and covers it with flowers in June. It then continues to flower for the next couple...

The first rose we notice is Rosa farreri, Farrer’s ‘threepenny bit rose’. Here it’s a wide spreading bush, covered in tiny pink flowers (...

Yesterday morning I met this lovely big hedgehog trotting through the grass near the greenhouse. He didn’t notice me and came right past,...

I was given this plant last year and have been surprised to see how tall and beautiful it has grown. Most of our iris are fairly small,...

I find it hard to take a good photo of red rhododendrons. I guess I’m usually trying in sunlight and that doesn’t seem to give great...

June and July bring us new scents in the garden. The maddenii family that started to bloom in May get into full flow. The full names are...

While we now have several well established clumps of perennial meconopsis in the garden, getting new seedlings to this stage can be a...

Last winter we cleared round this rhododendron to make more space and it has certainly responded. Although flowering later than usual the...

As well as the ’upside down’ magnolia wilsonii, this big beauty is now flowering. The huge leaves are really it’s best feature but the...

In the rock garden the raised bed with trilliums is now shaded by the acer foliage above and this beautiful trillium has opened. It’s...