I loved this one, too, which had a formal area with a willow screen in front of a great space for growing veggies with a green house and shed...
And then this garden is just plain pretty..
There was a 'step towards Greener Living' marquee, which was great! I met a wonderful lady from the North London Organic Gardeners Society who pressed a packet of heritage peas collected from her own plants into my palm in return for my meagre 50p donation! How exciting.. she thought they would be OK on my roof and I could pinch them out once they were thigh-high without them minding.. watch this space.
I also picked up a moth and butterfly identification poster and some interesting information about making your garden friendly for wildlife. And I left the marquee with a letter to send to the Secretary of State for the Environment objecting to GM crops and a flyer for an open day at the national collection of hyssop and thyme garden in June.. not a bad morning's work!
Here are my treasures from the Herbal Haven stall ... I thought I was very restrained, to be honest(!) I got another lovage plant, because its a favourite. I got a chicory, which I have never tried before but hope to use as a salad leaf. I got a bronze fennel, because its SO beautiful and I'm thinking of using the fronds as foliage in vases of cut flowers. And I got some Southernwood - the fragrance is amazing and I'm planning to use it to pack some punch in my herb sachets this year.
If anyone's in the UK and fancies going along, its on Saturday and Sunday this weekend and I'm putting the link here ... there's a real punch & judy show, sheep-shearing and a brass band at the weekend!
4 comments:
Love the garden with the water pump, so very pretty. Good luck withthe peas, sure they will do well in your capable hands.
I have been protesting about GM crops for ages. We had a field nearby trying them out a couple of years ago, on behalf of the government. The protests could be heard for miles away. More power to your elbow hedgewitch.
thanks, cheryl.. will keep you posted.
That looks like it was a LOT of fun. Spring has been really slow arriving here however, so I'm cultivating patience for now. ;)
It was dave, a great day out.
Patience is a good thing to cultivate, lol .. I've never quite got the hang of it!
BTW don't let the sunny snaps fool you, a major thunderstorm and cloudburst sent everyone scurrying for the floral marquee for about 45 minutes, while most of the smaller tents were attempting lift off outside!!
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