Meanwhile onions and garlic are growing happily in a third bed, enjoying the frosts it would seem. Sorry - all other portraits are already filled. We are looking for a portrait of a Hamster to make up the visual signs for this bed. If they grow well we are hoping to offer a pick your own salad bar for children to take home to their pets. We have rows for Tortoises, Hamsters, Cats, Dogs and Rabbits. We are growing seeds specifically and scientifically designed for certain pets. Due to the variable weather and threat of frost we have put back our plastic cover for now.Īnother of our raised beds has been turned over to a new venture this year - a pet salad bar. We planted on an east-west axis so don’t be surprised by the odd lines. One of the raised beds has been planted up with fresh compost from our heaps with a dash of manure and is fully devoted to potatoes this year - an organic seed variety called Sunset. Visit us any time in the next few weeks for a breath-taking display… Or burst into radishes - we picked the first ones on Monday! The front of house wisteria echoes the blue of the irises below, and our wonderful iris collection is starting to appear in the walled garden. Right now, the blossom is breath-taking, Spring has arrived in the meadow, the tulips are stunning, the auricula theatre has just opened its 2022 show, and the irises - oh yes, the irises! - will be up within the next few weeks and then the garden will astonish everyone all over again!Įarly May, and the walled garden is starting to burst into bloom. We, the Garden volunteers, do all try to take a minute or three to just stand and look, too we are not always on our knees! Working in this garden and being involved in its evolution is a delight.
We are so pleased that the money we raise is enough to pay for any new plants that go in and the occasional piece of equipment and organic manure it's good to know the garden is self-supporting. Marion - who had frantically been keeping the plant sales tables stocked up during the holiday (with thanks to Caroline too, who has been nurturing cuttings and seedlings offshore in her own garden) - has a lot of potting up to do to keep ahead of sales.