First Hellebore of 2024
wendyswonderlandgarden
My passion in life is gardening and specifically growing flowers from seed
Tag: northwest england
January 16, 2024
First snow of 2024
I was not expecting to wake up to this today. We don’t get that much snow in my village, so if we do it tends to mean the higher ground around here will be thickly covered. I love looking at the snow on the garden but hate driving in it after a bad experience one winter when the main roads weren’t even gritted
December 30, 2023
RHS Glow at RHS Bridgewater Garden, Salford
Last night my friend and I went to the RHS garden in Salford for their Christmas light trail. Fortunately it wasn’t actually raining although a bit cold. I thought it was very well done and very pretty. I have been a couple of times before so recognised some of the different gardens even in the dark. Here are a few of my pictures
December 29, 2023
Snowdrops already
It seems a little early but the first of my snowdrops are flowering in my garden today
December 19, 2023
Happy Christmas 2023
Apologies once again for the lack of posts. Those who’ve followed me for a while will probably know by now that I don’t garden in the cold weather because as much as there’s always something to do it doesn’t really agree with me and I take far too long to warm up. I do really miss being outside in the winter but it’s also been so wet here that the flower beds are slightly under water! I’m hoping everything survives and doesn’t get washed away. It’s happened before. Anyway just dropping in really to thank my followers for following me and to wish you a happy peaceful Christmas. Here is my little tree, not real sadly! We have some real ones in pots in the garden in various states of decay
November 11, 2023
Winter colour
My garden is very wet at the moment due to so much rain. I did manage to finish most of my tidying up jobs so the garden is ready for winter. I have a bit of a winter colour still so here are some pictures
September 21, 2023
My hanging basket keeps on going
This is only my second ever hanging basket and I bought it pre-planted in October 2022. The viola has been flowering pretty much non-stop since last October, the ivy and grass were in it as were the sunflower seeds. I’ve added a few things and am really pleased with how it looks. I’ll need to change it a bit for winter when my tumbling Tom finishes
July 29, 2023
Sidalcea Elsie Heugh
Another plant has never appeared on here before. I have a couple of them and they do pretty well in my cottage garden improved clay soil 
July 22, 2023
RHS Tatton Park flower show 2023
It’s a few years since I’ve been to this flower show for several reasons including lockdowns. When I got up this morning it was raining so much I was regretting having got the tickets because I thought the rain would spoil it. Fortunately, however, by the time we set off it had really cleared up so although muddy we didn’t get very wet. There were lots of gardens to see, show gardens, school ones and various new exhibits such as the long borders and I liked the vast majority. Also the amazing floral marquee. I didn’t buy a single plant but did take a lot of pictures some of which are below
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