Garden 1
Mary and Robin Crosher (Head Gardener and Trainee-cum-labourer respectively)
​WE took some pictures in June and then mid July.

A panoramic view of the garden when entering from the side gate (as was our intention for the Walkabout)

About our garden
We primarily aim to create a garden in which we can relax and entertain visitors whenever the weather is fine enough. However there are a number of other broad objectives that we try to adhere to as follows.

To have something in flower and of interest throughout the year. 
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To avoid bare soil wherever possible to prevent weeds taking over. Whenever a space is created, e.g. a plant dies, another is planted to fill the gap. Quite often this is from seedlings grown from cuttings or purchased or our own seed but sometimes friends and relatives provide a plant as presents on special occasions such as birthdays. Many plants are allowed to go to seed to produce new plants in the following year. These are allowed to grow wherever they occur unless they are in the wrong place in which case they may be transplanted or simply removed.

To encourage wildlife as far as possible. The pond helps and when ordering seed or purchasing plants we aim to choose wildlife friendly varieties and organic if available.

In the glasshouse we grow tomatoes and cucumbers in growbags during the summer months and the plants for our allotment. We have four compost bins for compostable garden prunings and kitchen peelings etc. We have seven water butts around the house. On our allotment we grow vegetables and soft fruit much of which we freeze for use during the leaner months.
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We have taken some photos earlier this year for your delectation — we hope you like them!

The Croshers (June 3 - 2020)

June photographs

The rose by the back door unknown variety or name. When we bought the house in 1973 this rose was already well established and it produces a lovely display every year

July photographs

Garden 2
Chris and Jim Parkin - July.

Garden 3
Brian Davis - July.