Another Bank Holiday gone …

I hope this weekend finds you ready to enjoy your outdoor space and with a little luck be able to sit, relax and enjoy the sun.

The last bank holiday for me was all about gardening and plants.

On Saturday my friend and I visited Jefferies Plant Nursery in Gatley. This is family ran and they are extremely good value. It’s not a posh garden centre with a coffee shop, it sells plants. The majority of their plants are annuals or tender plants for the summer season. Needless to say we always come away with a car boot full!

Then we headed over to Bud Garden Centre for yet more compost and a quick nosey round. I really like Sylva Grow Compost that they sell. They also sell Dalefoot Compost this is slightly dearer and slightly different, I save this for my hostas.

All spent up, we got stuck in by doing some much needed gardening at my parents whilst they were in holiday. We did it to surprise them.

It was hard work, digging holes to plant my 2 musas (bananas), 4 cannas and 3 hedychiums (ornamental gingers), we also planted some pelargoniums, cosmos, coreopsis, mimulus, eucomis and an abuliton. I threw lots of annual seeds on to the bed too for good measure. I’m hoping that parents are going to like the colourful display once is gets more established.

I’ve actually still got plants on their way and some how are meant to fit in here too. Where there’s a will there’s a way. Or so they say!

On Sunday I drove up to a small village in Yorkshire, just north of York for an NGS Open Garden.

I’m pleased I made it as it is a beautiful garden, lots of lovely plants and many ‘rooms’. John is also a Hostaholic and Heuchera grower. He had lots of both for sale, along with many other plants.

I can highly recommend visiting Rewela Cottage, it’s inspirational! The hard landscaping is softened by the huge variety of plants he grows. I thought the meandering path kept interest and I couldn’t help admire the organisation! John has an amazing work bench, pots all stacked in order and his labels are all catalogued in order by using recycled toilet roll tubes.

Needless to say I made a few purchases.

Here is Hosta ‘Cherry Berry’, Hosta ‘Colour Carnival’, Hosta ‘June’ and French Tarragon.

For more information about John’s lovely garden and when he’s next open take a look here.

Bank Holiday Monday gave me the opportunity to potter in our yarden, I made more progress with the planters I’ve been making out of recycled corrugated metal roofing and some scaffolding planks.

I’ve also been really excited to see that some of my seeds have finally sprouted and are doing really well!

Before I leave you to carry on watching Gardeners World, if you’re local to Stockport you can find three great events this weekend.

Alpine lovers should visit

Burnage and Levenshulme Open Gardens are back! We visited a few years ago and loved the variety and creativity of these hidden green spaces.

If you’re in the centre of Manchester, King Street has been turned in to a flower and plant haven, worth a nosey..

I’m currently on the train to Leicester to help the in-laws with their garden.

What ever you’re up to this weekend enjoy your garden!