How to deal with a garden on two levels, a very exciting meet-up, and the wonder of a crinkle crankle wall
Plus: the bulb meadow location is revealed, and there's some news about GOATS!
What an April here in the southeast of the UK - the sun is shining, there’s been a sprinkle of rain, and the garden is very happy indeed. If you’re in the southern hemisphere and autumn is wheeling round, please don’t get cross with me! We’ve endured five months of greyness, so the sunlight is an actual gift.
The fact is that Spring makes us feel good. The extra light, the waves of colour rolling in: all this makes me feel like I’m the luckiest person alive - hence the quick garden tour the other morning. More tulips, on film, below.
If you’re landing here at The Gardening Mind for the first time, welcome - I’m delighted you’ve found us. There’s lots going on here - garden design ideas, easy gardening how-tos, plant recommendations, general garden chat, border planting design tips and tricks, zoom get-togethers and lots more. If you’d like to join in, I’d absolutely love it.
If you’re wondering what we’re all about here, have a look at this.
We’re going to be taking a look at the Before and After of a garden design dealing with an impossible brief, along with design plans and illustrations so that you can really see the process.
I’ll be sharing the details of another real-life meet-up, along with a fellow Substacker
This bulb meadow location will be revealed:
And for pelargonium lovers, I saw the most exquisite WALL of flowers - here’s a close-up. You’ll see the bigger picture below
Also, there’s some excellent goat news! (If you’re a new member, don’t be alarmed - this IS a gardening newsletter, I promise).
By the way, I’m at the Winchester Books Festival today, in conversation with Natasha Poliszczuk - if you’re nearby, it would be lovely to see you.
Let’s get going - and you can find more garden design dilemmas here.
This week, here’s the Before photo of a large, urban garden, with one of the most challenging briefs from the clients: one of them wanted a flower-filled paradise (I can do that), and one of them wanted nothing but a football pitch (well, I can do that too).
Neither would be giving way: