First design date

I visited the garden and met the ladies. We had a lovely time looking at the plants. Bethney brought along one of her books of rare and unusual plants, every one of which she is dying to try out. Penny is an unknown entity, mysterious behind her dark glasses. She kept her head down and gardened the whole time. Bee beamed in, full of life and stories about her writing projects. Susie showed me around, inside & out, and introduced me to the house volunteers – the guardian angels.

It seems the garden was originally restored along with the house about 20 years ago, but it was let go for a while. Then a couple of years ago, Susie was approached. She built a gardening team, and has been sorting and weeding, and building up the soil and garden and plant collection. They have reached a point where they want help with the layout and design. I can see it needs organising, some structure and judicial selection of precious plants; but most of all it needs some pizazz. This project has a lot of potential. I am very flattered to be involved, and I am looking forward to working with the ladies, finding out more about Victorian gardens, and shaping a garden for visitors to enjoy.