14 - 18 August 2019
A very quick trip to the UK. My son turns 30, with a quick stop-off to see my Dad. While visiting in Shropshire, we were invited to visit an organic garden in the village. It was fabulous, very intensely planted. About a quarter of an acre garden converted into a series of garden rooms, all with different characters and plantings. The owners said they had set out to make the barren garden a haven for insects, as the first stage, and it had worked spectacularly.
A very quick trip to the UK. My son turns 30, with a quick stop-off to see my Dad. While visiting in Shropshire, we were invited to visit an organic garden in the village. It was fabulous, very intensely planted. About a quarter of an acre garden converted into a series of garden rooms, all with different characters and plantings. The owners said they had set out to make the barren garden a haven for insects, as the first stage, and it had worked spectacularly.
This was a very interesting water feature. A buried dustbin, with inverted lid, filled with water and using a little solar pump. The inverted lid has been filled with stones, and a couple of drain holes, so the water is protected from evaporation, but makes a very damp, mossy location for insects.
A lovely sculptural seat in one of the garden 'rooms'.
Being shown round
The pond. I am so jealous!
One of the fabulous bug houses dotted around in odd corners.
Then on to the family gathering in the North East. Much fun and partying, then home again.
Clash of the Titans at table-tennis
We left the car carefully under some trees at Preveza airport and came back to find ourselves covered in sticky sap. The car wash couldn't move it. We had to hand scrub every inch of the bodywork. Not fun.
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