In deepest October not much of interest is happening on the wildflower meadows, so time for some out of season reminiscence. A hardy...

The orchid season is pretty much over now for this year. If you discount the Ghost orchid (Epipogium aphyllum), which anyhow may be...

I have just finished cutting down both Front and Back meadows for this year. There were still a few colourful Knapweeds and Wild carrots...

The exuberant height of meadow flowering may have passed now, in mid July, but there is still plenty of interest as we go into the last...

I forgot to say in the previous blog post do e-mail me if you have any orchid or meadow thoughts, questions, comments, stories, or need...

We have been away for a few days and came back to find this Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flowering on the front meadow. It...

Though there are still a few lower areas of sward, both front and back meadows have grown to a great height, due mostly to Oxeye daisies...

The meadows have grown rapidly in the last 2 weeks or so, perhaps due to the generous amount of rain we had over winter, and are now two...

There have been three Green-winged orchids (Anacamptis morio) flowering nicely on the back meadow, just past their peak now. All are...

Yesterday I noticed a tiny glint of colour in the back meadow and found this Green-winged orchid (Anacamptis morio). It is the first...

17.04.2023 Now that we are finally emerging into better weather in mid April, there have been exciting developments on the meadows. The...

31.03.23 It is the end of March and our garden, like most I suppose, is still cold and sopping wet underfoot from all the rain of the...

27th February 2023 It is late February and still too cold for much growth on the wildflower meadows, but there are one or two harbingers...

At this drab time of winter it’s nice to think back to the orchid highlights of last summer. In June I was very privileged to be invited...

Gardener’s World came to our garden on 20th May this year to film a short feature on my hardy orchids and wildflower meadows. It is due...

Now that there is not much happening on the meadows as we approach winter it’s good to look back on some of the summer happenings. The...

While mowing the Front Meadow last month I noticed several patches of this eye catching fungus in amongst the grass. On looking it up I...