Yes, it is a year long celebration, Ryan. Special display for Mothers Day, then Easter, then St. Georges Day. Lots of golden flowers being brought on in the conservatory and blue and purple complemsnts. Lots of golden veg. too in my potager. I give the first public talk on the spring events on the 11th of April so some of the above pics will be in the slide show. Open day on May 28th and another in August. I am hoping to write some good poetry through it all and paint some lovely pictures either out in the garden or in the bad weather from my photographs.
Wow Marion, sounds lush. I really want to come and see your garden, even if I am 4 hours away! I think I may be at Chelsea on the 27th or 28th may, so may have to make it the August one.
D'you have any books or poetry out (sorry if you've been through all this before) as I'd love to read them.
I used to have a poem each month in the Bristol Evening Post, now the Bristol POst - online somewheres. At Chapter 7 in my social history type novel. I will have a kook see if any of my poems are pertinent to this thread. In the meantime here is May Day I painted in the garden. You see I have a fetish about celebrating.
Such a pleasure to catch up on this thread! Have been offline for a few days (hence my biz zines several pages ago).
Marion, you excel in photography, the clarity and colours are a delightful and the tour of your garden inspiring.
Cold wind here so scurrying about checking the new growth on the clementis. None lost to the frost earlier this week although did use a covering of fleece?
Good to get back to the garden and having this catch up time.
My photography tutor at Bristol University would love your remarks, BizzieB. I do hear his voice as I am out there, saying try to find a diagonal, horizon on the golden mean etc. and the butterfly expert saying keep ypur shadow well away! During my six years as a volunteer gardener at the Univ. of Bristol Botanic garden I knew i was learning a lot of Latin names and a lot about plants and how to grow them well but the other things i learnt have been just as useful including photography. Cold outside today so potted four pots of sparaxis for the summer months and pricked out some more tomatoes which had to go on bedroom windowsills as the conservatory will be a hazard to negotiate if i cram any more in.
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Yes, it is a year long celebration, Ryan. Special display for Mothers Day, then Easter, then St. Georges Day. Lots of golden flowers being brought on in the conservatory and blue and purple complemsnts. Lots of golden veg. too in my potager. I give the first public talk on the spring events on the 11th of April so some of the above pics will be in the slide show. Open day on May 28th and another in August. I am hoping to write some good poetry through it all and paint some lovely pictures either out in the garden or in the bad weather from my photographs.
Wow Marion, sounds lush. I really want to come and see your garden, even if I am 4 hours away! I think I may be at Chelsea on the 27th or 28th may, so may have to make it the August one.
D'you have any books or poetry out (sorry if you've been through all this before) as I'd love to read them.
Gorgeous tulips , Marion, Mine are only just showing buds.
I used to have a poem each month in the Bristol Evening Post, now the Bristol POst - online somewheres. At Chapter 7 in my social history type novel. I will have a kook see if any of my poems are pertinent to this thread. In the meantime here is May Day I painted in the garden. You see I have a fetish about celebrating.
Fab pics
Can I ask what the white flowers are in the first picture of the tour resuming? (Time of posting 14.54)
Those are the catkins of the pussy willow tree, looking delightful in the sunshine but losing their pollen to the hundreds of bumble bees on the tree.
I think that would be a first, Edd - an 85 year-old running as MP! Quite happy running a garden!
Thanks Marion x
Marion, you excel in photography, the clarity and colours are a delightful and the tour of your garden inspiring.
Cold wind here so scurrying about checking the new growth on the clementis. None lost to the frost earlier this week although did use a covering of fleece?
Good to get back to the garden and having this catch up time.
My photography tutor at Bristol University would love your remarks, BizzieB. I do hear his voice as I am out there, saying try to find a diagonal, horizon on the golden mean etc. and the butterfly expert saying keep ypur shadow well away! During my six years as a volunteer gardener at the Univ. of Bristol Botanic garden I knew i was learning a lot of Latin names and a lot about plants and how to grow them well but the other things i learnt have been just as useful including photography. Cold outside today so potted four pots of sparaxis for the summer months and pricked out some more tomatoes which had to go on bedroom windowsills as the conservatory will be a hazard to negotiate if i cram any more in.