The Garden Year: August 2023

Well, it was all change for me in July - and a new garden too. We moved house at the start of the month, and so gardening has been few and far between. Not least because I needed to find which box my gardening tools were in first!

But I found them, and was able to pot on a plant which dad had been growing for me - we think it’s a nectarine that he’s grown from the pip, so that will be interesting to watch develop. And it’s already quite big given that it’s only eighteen months in. I’ve also started to reshape the plants in one part of the garden, to stop them growing into each other and bring back some of the definition. I’ll be sharing a post on my new garden soon, so look out for that and it’s quite likely not what you might expect, but in the meantime I’ve linked up a post on my rather nice new garden wall.

Have a great month!

Advice, inspiration and places to visit

• RHS advice: jobs to do this month

• Gardeners World advice and inspiration

• National Trust gardens and parks to visit

• English Heritage historic gardens to visit

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This week we’ve spent some time unboxing things in the garage, which has meant that for the first time in a while I’ve been able to do some gardening. I hadn’t realised quite how much I’d missed just pottering about. I spent some time weeding and trimming some of the plants which had started to grow into each other, and somehow managed to half fill a wheelie bin. But it was good to get acquainted with my new garden, and I was amazed at how many butterflies the buddleia bush attracted. That was great to see.

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A rather nice wall

I know I haven’t shared pictures of our new house yet, and while I will we’re still getting ourselves straight and settling in. This week we spent some time tackling the boxes in the garage and trying to find the tools we needed in the house, and to pot on a nectarine plant which my dad has nurtured for me. We’re making progress there, but in the meantime I thought I’d share some pictures of one of the most striking features in our garden - the wall, and it is rather nice.

It’s an original feature on the small development where our house is, and acts as a boundary for a number of the properties. The section in our garden is full of character, and a few remnants of its previous life remain.

Aren’t they fantastic? I’m sure the wall has seen plenty of history, and if only it could talk…

One section appears to have had a cross section removed:

And my favourite addition is the Nottinghamshire Police sign, which says ‘For a safer rural community’ and warns that it’s a ‘protected area’ - I think that might have expired!

There’s a heavily laden crab apple tree in one corner of the garden, which looks great with our cream garden furniture and the wall for company.

See, it really is a rather nice wall!