We had such an enjoyable day yesterday welcoming folk to our garden for the first time. I kept a rough five bar gate record of the day and counted 254 folk who came and chatted and wandered about. It was such a pleasure to see them all.
Here's how it looked at the end of the day as the pond fell quiet
the cat chaps reclaimed their space
Phil's Corner captured the evening sunlight
and Woll watched on from his perch under the yew tree
as the flowers caught the light
and this morning the rain washed it all and made it shine
speckling the leaves of a little rose which started its life in Cecil's garden in Kidmore End, planted out from its pot this year, adding to the "garden as memory" element which I love in this space
Oh wow, It's a beautiful garden. I can imagine that the crowds gravitated to that fabulous pond and the shady places. But, I think I would give the bee the door prize!
ReplyDeleteHi Mary, thank you, yes, folk did enjoy the pond, and the bees were all at their buzzy best which made the garden feel very alive, even after the crowds had gone
DeleteNo wonder they loved it - your garden grows beautifully!
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel, thank you, it does do rather well despite our less than vigorous efforts at times. I'm always thrilled when I find plants still valiantly sending up their shoots as I clear away the weeds. Doing this event gave us impetus to get things more the way we'd like them to be, which was a Very Good Thing :-)
DeleteWow Kat, that's a LOT of visitors !!!!!! (they must have told each other how beautiful it was . . . :-) !)
ReplyDeleteThe high pale yellow ones (no 6) are Thalictrum ??
Indeed Els, it was a lot of folk, and most of them seemed to really enjoy the garden and, of course, paid their entrance fee so that the Hospice benefits as well.
DeleteYou are right, the yellow fluffy flowers are a thalictrum, self seeded and beloved of bees so we let it stay where it put itself. I love the combination of fluffy yellow and the grey green leaves, rather reminiscent of columbine (aquilegia), which are part of the same family