Open Day and talk

Charity Fridays – Garden openings at Fieldcrest Friday 19 August  2.30 pm – 4.30 pm Talk and Tour: Growing flowers for the home Friday 26 August  6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Talk and Tour: Herbs around the garden The cost of each session is £3.50. Refreshments...

Open Garden

Well, we’ve done it!! We’ve had our first (and last??) Open Garden for the NGS. What a weekend! The weather last week was glorious, but by mid week the weather forecastpredicted that the weekend would be cold, rainy and windy. Ha!!! It rained all morning on Saturday...

Wallflowers – Erysimum

These are plants that grow from seed in their first year, flower and set seed in the second year and then die. Actually, many biennials can carry on for another year or so, but they are often quite poor in subsequent years and so are usually pulled up by gardeners...