-Jun 7, 20201 min readBees and more beesIt really is so lovely to hear the sound of the bees. We have a beautiful rose that was buzzing so loudly I thought it was worth recording!!
-May 27, 20201 min readFirst strawberriesNot bad for a first picking of strawberries. We don’t have loads of plants but this year looks like it could be a fruitful one. The only...
-May 22, 20201 min readBugs!Walking around the garden taking in all the beautiful flowers and smells, I noticed some rather stunning visitors. On our precious apple...
-May 15, 20201 min readLiving garden sculpturesWe have a few sculptures (or features!) made by Head Gardener dotted around Silver Trees, but there are also some natural living ones...
-May 13, 20201 min readRoses!My favourite rose has just opened up in the sun today. It doesn't have a perfume but it makes up for that in its beauty. We are lucky...
-May 11, 20201 min readWonderful poppiesWe are always so pleased to see these beautiful poppies reappear every year. This year we have a good number of flower heads to look...
-May 7, 20201 min readEmerging vegetables and fruit!So lovely to see the seeds starting to grow and the fruits of our labour developing. No veggie patch should be without runner beans or...
-May 2, 20201 min readGreen fingers. Not being able to visit garden centres at the moment it quite hard. So we’re trying to use any seeds we have and also finding any plants...
-Apr 25, 20201 min readSmelly visionI wish this was smelly vision! Walking round the garden there are so many different perfumes. The lily of the valley is doing very well...
-Apr 22, 20201 min readFruit cageEver wanted a stylish fruit cage that isn’t ”in your face”? Well we have just fitted a couple in the garden. Hopefully this year we will...
-Apr 21, 20201 min readTidy garden With so much time (& gorgeous sunny weather) the garden has been beckoning. Lots of little jobs done.....weeding, dead heading, grass...
-Apr 15, 20201 min readBrilliant TulipsWalking round the garden at Silver Trees there are some really beautiful tulips. Some have been presents from Sarah Raven catalogue. So...
Graham FentonApr 14, 20201 min readCheeky squirrelNo matter how hard it is to reach the bird food this cheeky beggar will get to it.
Graham FentonApr 14, 20201 min readMy first Blog PostThought a nice picture of the garden might be nice . . .. #garden