Do come at visit us at The Watch House today, 12-4, and the same again tomorrow. If you aren’t able, please enjoy this three minute video. Have a lovely weekend whatever you are up to.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous👏👏👏👏such a beautiful collection of ‘wonderfulness’ .. Thx so much for sharing, so wish I was there. The video transported me to a place of special memories. Have a super successful day, best wishes from a wet, windy and wintery Melbourne. Good luck. H 😘😘
Endless thanks Dan from The Antipodes where you have a number of fans in Sydney’s Inner-West and my 96 year old mother in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. We love your blog. Such generosity. Hope you have a lovely time at your open day. Best wishes. Fran
That’s wonderful to know Fran. I treasure my followers in Australia and enjoy the fact that it’s summer here when it’s winter there, and vice-versa. We did enjoy the open weekend although we’re both exhausted at the end of it. A quiet morning now before my sister and neice arrive for their summer holidays 🙂
Thank you, it did. We had one or two ominous clouds, a few spots of rain and lots of wind, but mostly warm sunshine. Proper British summertime weather I’d say!
Thanks for your comment, your encouragement and your kind words about the garden and blog. It was lovely to see you again yesterday. If you ever want to pop in and take a look “out of hours”, just drop me a line at thefrustratedgardener@gmail.com
Thank you for the video so those of us who can’t visit could come along for the view. Beautiful, and I know you will hear oohs and aahs all day from your actual visitors. 🙂
Me too. We really are at the end of the world here, so it’s a schlep for a lot of people and I am always very grateful for those who do rise to the challenge!
Lovely agapanthus, and lots of them–are they potted or in a bed? And was that plumbago to the far left of the camera sweep, or something else that shade of blue? Hope it went swimmingly.
The agapanthus are all in troughs, about 6ft long by 2ft wide. And the plant you spotted I think is Tweedia caerulea, much admired by many visitors and a very choice plant. I liken the colour to that of a swimming pool. Quite extraordinary.
Thanks so much for making the video so that we can share the wonderful blooms and foliage of your garden. Hope that the weather is being kind to you. (We’ve got pretty gusty winds here and all the stone fruits are falling off the trees).
Just home after a first visit to this exhilarating garden, for anyone who has the chance to go don’t miss it. Look up, down, beneath and behind you and you will see a plant, and a very good one, flourishing. You couldn’t add another in or take one away. This verdant freshness as summer fades away is glorious, you will leave feeling full of joy.
We are very blessed with the relatively dry, warm climate here and the quality of the light. Even in light shade here we can get away with quite a lot, and recent winters have been especially mild.
It looks gorgeous, I hope the weather was better today than we had in Devon and you had lots of appreciative visitors. You deserve to have all your efforts rewarded.
Thanks Tina. The wind took out lots of the flowers but it’s dying down now. Sad that the garden won’t look quite as good as it did when we open tomorrow, but we had a fab day nevertheless.
Your gardening tips is very good.I like gardening very much.I hope every people like gardening.We should follow some roles for best gardening.I am waiting for next post. https://rexgarden.com
I would really love to visit one year, but sadly it would be quite a schlep from the IoW. In the meantime your beautiful video was wonderful consolation.
Tell me how do you keep your dahlias looking good when they’re in pots? Mine (in pots) are all pretty mildewed, although still blooming well.
I get asked that a lot! Normally mildew is caused by a dry atmosphere, so try watering around the pots as well as in the pots to create humidity. Pleased you enjoyed the video, I shall try to do more in future 🙂
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Looks like a tropical jungle. Well done.
Good luck with the weather – the garden is beautiful!
Thank you Candy. The weather came through for us in the end.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous👏👏👏👏such a beautiful collection of ‘wonderfulness’ .. Thx so much for sharing, so wish I was there. The video transported me to a place of special memories. Have a super successful day, best wishes from a wet, windy and wintery Melbourne. Good luck. H 😘😘
We can match wet and windy, but it’s lovely and warm here today. Thanks for the good wishes Helen. Wish you were here X
Endless thanks Dan from The Antipodes where you have a number of fans in Sydney’s Inner-West and my 96 year old mother in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. We love your blog. Such generosity. Hope you have a lovely time at your open day. Best wishes. Fran
That’s wonderful to know Fran. I treasure my followers in Australia and enjoy the fact that it’s summer here when it’s winter there, and vice-versa. We did enjoy the open weekend although we’re both exhausted at the end of it. A quiet morning now before my sister and neice arrive for their summer holidays 🙂
You’re so good to take time out to make a video!! Beautiful mixture of interesting flowers and foliage. Good good luck for today and tomorrow.
Thank you Sally. It was a great success thanks to all our wonderful volunteer helpers and, of course, our many visitors.
Just fabulous, thanks for the virtual tour Dan and all the best for the weekend openings.
Totally awesome video! You made my day! I particularly like the backing vocals from the birds 🙂 Fingers crossed the weather holds for you. X.
Thank you, it did. We had one or two ominous clouds, a few spots of rain and lots of wind, but mostly warm sunshine. Proper British summertime weather I’d say!
Thanks for this tour around your lovely, leafy paradise. Good luck for this weekend!
Thanks Susan. I am thoroughly looking forward to a day of NOT doing the garden 😉
I can imagine.
Coming Sunday afternoon. So excited!
Thanks for your comment, your encouragement and your kind words about the garden and blog. It was lovely to see you again yesterday. If you ever want to pop in and take a look “out of hours”, just drop me a line at thefrustratedgardener@gmail.com
Thank you for the video so those of us who can’t visit could come along for the view. Beautiful, and I know you will hear oohs and aahs all day from your actual visitors. 🙂
They will all love it. You can’t fail with all those exotic blooms. Have a great weekend. Do wish I wasn’t at the opposite end of the country!
Me too. We really are at the end of the world here, so it’s a schlep for a lot of people and I am always very grateful for those who do rise to the challenge!
Lovely agapanthus, and lots of them–are they potted or in a bed? And was that plumbago to the far left of the camera sweep, or something else that shade of blue? Hope it went swimmingly.
The agapanthus are all in troughs, about 6ft long by 2ft wide. And the plant you spotted I think is Tweedia caerulea, much admired by many visitors and a very choice plant. I liken the colour to that of a swimming pool. Quite extraordinary.
Thanks so much for making the video so that we can share the wonderful blooms and foliage of your garden. Hope that the weather is being kind to you. (We’ve got pretty gusty winds here and all the stone fruits are falling off the trees).
Oh, what a pity. It was a fairly unforgiving wind wasn’t it? Hope things have settled down now and you still have some fruit left.
Just home after a first visit to this exhilarating garden, for anyone who has the chance to go don’t miss it. Look up, down, beneath and behind you and you will see a plant, and a very good one, flourishing. You couldn’t add another in or take one away. This verdant freshness as summer fades away is glorious, you will leave feeling full of joy.
Andrew, you are too kind, but I will take a compliment where it’s given, especially from a brilliant gardener such as yourself. Thank you.
Good luck with the opening. Ours was back in June so seems a long time ago now. Your plants look great but most are a little bit tender for us.
We are very blessed with the relatively dry, warm climate here and the quality of the light. Even in light shade here we can get away with quite a lot, and recent winters have been especially mild.
It looks gorgeous, I hope the weather was better today than we had in Devon and you had lots of appreciative visitors. You deserve to have all your efforts rewarded.
Thanks Tina. The wind took out lots of the flowers but it’s dying down now. Sad that the garden won’t look quite as good as it did when we open tomorrow, but we had a fab day nevertheless.
Your visitors are in for a true treat! Thank you for the video. Love the birds in the background. Doves?
You may have caught the sound of our doves, Daphne and Dudley, but more likely you heard Herring Gulls. They are noisy blighters!
I love that you named your Doves.
You have totally converted me to trying dahlias. And loving the background birds. Enjoy your Sunday and just hoping the weather is kind.
The weather was much kinder today, thank you Anne. All in all we cannot complain. And you must try dahlias. They are so rewarding.
Wonderful! Thanks so much for posting. Lucky, lucky visitors.
Your gardening tips is very good.I like gardening very much.I hope every people like gardening.We should follow some roles for best gardening.I am waiting for next post.
https://rexgarden.com
I would really love to visit one year, but sadly it would be quite a schlep from the IoW. In the meantime your beautiful video was wonderful consolation.
Tell me how do you keep your dahlias looking good when they’re in pots? Mine (in pots) are all pretty mildewed, although still blooming well.
I get asked that a lot! Normally mildew is caused by a dry atmosphere, so try watering around the pots as well as in the pots to create humidity. Pleased you enjoyed the video, I shall try to do more in future 🙂