… Please look in the drop down monthly folders (on the right of the annual Garden Views boxes on the home page above) to see a selection of our favourite images from the garden through the seasons in 2011. Below are just one from each month of the year …
Terrace garden 07/05/11
Distant views over terrace garden 04/06/11
Copse with white Violas 2/07/11
View from the Dumpy Bags down into the shrubbery/butterfly garden….sadly lacking butterflies so far this year. 3/08/11
The first Asters start to light up the terrace garden in early September 6/09/11
Something I really look forward to for the whole year, the flowering en masse of Saxifrage fortunei rubrifolia, from now until the first frosts 14/10/11
This chance planting combination has wowed me over weeks, particularly with low angle light and a strong wind…late flowers from Eryngium alpinum and seedheads of Miscanthus grasses, with some coloured Cornus and Salix stems in the out of focus background 23/11/11
December 13 th brings first snow flurries, and still Rose ‘Bonica’ blooms, bright sunshine and later…
Thanks for reading. For more recent garden views, and to see how the garden has developed, check out this year’s images …
For 2014 our garden at Gelli Uchaf will open through the year from February to the end of August when we’re around, by appointment, for charity under the National Gardens Scheme. Please see the ‘Visiting the Garden’ page for details, or by clicking here.
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