Category Archives: Garden Bloggers Blooms Day

Choice June Blooms

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

I took a little time out of my to-do lists (three cakes made, pricing signs printed and laminated, garden photo board completed, tomatoes potted on, wayward stems tied in, etc, etc) to choose some pleasing June blooms to feature for … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers’ Blooms Day: Permission to Cast a Clout

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

I have been casting clouts around the garden for a number of weeks but, whether or not there is any credence in the old saying, the more common white hawthorn has been in bloom for some time too. Our pink … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers Blooms Day: an April Feast

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

April continues to bring floral surprises on an almost daily basis, so this month’s GBBD is inevitably a veritable feast. I often search my GBBD posts to remind myself when something was blooming as the meme is useful record keeping … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: March Flypast

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

We are all but half way through March already, and as the days fly past they drag the garden (willingly, I trust) towards a full-blown spring. Every day there are new blooms to discover, or new shoots of green appearing, … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers Blooms Day: Let’s Hear it for the Bulbs!

Posted on February 16, 2017 by

Carol of May Dreams Gardens hosts GBBD on the 15th of every month so I am a day ‘late’ in showcasing what is blooming in my garden around the middle of the month. Although there is still colour and fragrance … Continue reading →

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January Blooms and Thoughts of Compost

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

The value of winter blooms cannot be overestimated, although this year there are no waifs and strays to join them from milder days as there often is. The witch hazels continue to form the mainstay of colour in January, with … Continue reading →

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Garden Bloggers Bloooms Day: Promises and Apologies

Posted on December 16, 2016 by

Yesterday passed me by without any awareness that it was the 15th of the month, the day traditionally chosen as GBBD, the meme hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens.When I went out with my camera today I was fully … Continue reading →

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