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Silent Sunday: a cold January morning

20 Sunday Jan 2019

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English country garden, frost, January, Silent Sunday

Frosted fern

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Wordless Wednesday: plums a plenty

29 Wednesday Aug 2018

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English country garden, harvest, let them make jam!, plums a plenty, Victoria plum, wordless wednesday

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Tuesday 15 May 2018

15 Tuesday May 2018

Posted by digwithdorris in Tuesday View

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Beth Chatto, English country garden, horse chestnut trees, Lewisia, pink flowers, Tuesday View

There is so much to do in the garden as I prepare for my first NGS opening. The speed at which everything is growing is frankly, phenomenal.

As I battle with weeds and couch grass on a border with dense clay I wonder about which plants will survive there and perhaps thrive as I have lost several in this border. ‘Right plant, right place’ needed Dorris.

These often quoted, wise words, were said to have been uttered by Beth Chatto OBE VMH to share and perhaps explain the wonderful success of her garden near Colchester, Essex. I was sorry to read that she has died and for those who wonder who she was, or would like to know about her amazing achievements, there is an obituary on The Beth Chatto blog.

http://www.bethchatto.co.uk/gardens/our-blog/garden-news/beth-chatto-27th-september-1923-13th-may-2018.

An inspirational gardener and woman. I am sure I should have enjoyed meeting her.

Enjoy your evening.

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Wordless Wednesday: majestic Fagus sylvatica

11 Wednesday Apr 2018

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beech tree, daffodils, English country garden, Fagus sylvatica, sweet chestnut bench, the Chilterns, wordless wednesday

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Tuesday view: 27/6/17

27 Tuesday Jun 2017

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Dryopteris filix-mas, English country garden, perennial sweet pea, poppies, poppy seed heads, succulent planter, Suffolk, summerhouse, Tuesday View

Today I am sharing my Tuesday view but it is not actually mine. Going against the spirit of the meme Cathy hosts, I hope I will be forgiven, this is my view today.

A long narrow garden with brick and pebble paths there is no grass to maintain. Instead the whole garden is packed with plants. There are half a dozen trees, including a couple of mature apples, a beech and an ornamental weeping pear.

There are rambler roses and honeysuckle clambering around. These predate the new planting of white foxgloves, poppies, evening primrose, perennial sweet pea and knautia macedonia. Valerian, fennel, alliums and geraniums to name just a few.


There are lots of grasses including Stipa gigantea, stipa tenuissima and stipa arundica. Through the planting there is a stepping path of sleepers set in the ground to enable easier access for maintenance and for complete immersion through the plants. Low growing thyme and vinca minor have been planted around the timbers. 

It is a delightful sight especially as I do not have to work on it, I can just enjoy its prettiness. Further down the garden there are a number of ramshackle buildings including a summer house, log store, studio and shed. Yes this garden has not one but five buildings. In the first photo you can see the exterior of the brick built studio. This is the approach to the summerhouse.

How sweet is this.


At the top of the garden which is shadier there are ferns and hellebores. I like this combination, perennial sweet pea and fern Dryopteris filix 


I hope you enjoyed this view, I think it’s super. 


Poppy seed heads. 

Another look at the succulent planter. 

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Silent Sunday: wisteria time

07 Sunday May 2017

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Ascott house, English country garden, National Trust, pavilion, pergola, wisteria

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