High Summer

Temperatures are soaring and the sun is shining and the garden looks great. Grandchildren and gardening and friends have kept me busy over the past couple of months and I have neglected my blog (We have a new grandson who was born in May)

This garden in Woking was open in May in aid of Woking Hospice

 These 'giraffes' live in a front garden in Send

  

  Our garden in May

 

  

My kitchen window sill

  

London Open Squares Day

Beautiful roses in the garden of Trinity Hospice which is in Clapham

  

This cat was in the Harleyford Road garden in Vauxhall 

 

Bonnington Square, also in Vauxhall 

These 'fairies' live in a garden which was open to raise money for Woking Cats Protection

 Woking Park in June

Garden planted at The Lightbox in Woking as part of the Gertrude Jekyll exhibition

 

Our garden in June

 

 

View of Southampton Walls and modern day Southampton from the Tudor House Garden

 

 

 

May

May brings fresh green leaves and  blossom, sunshine and showers and longer days.


Mahonia can always be relied upon to bring a splash of colour to the spring garden

The exhibition 'Kaffe Fassett A Life in Colour' at the London Fashion & Textile Museum is well worth a visit. It is on until the end of June. You will be stunned by the kaleidoscope of colour. There are over 100 exhibits including  shawls, jackets, throws, patchwork quilts and hats  ....

 



 The exhibition shop sells books, fabrics, yarns, kits and jewellery 

http://ftmlondon.org/

 

 

Vivid blue Rosemary on my patio

 



Chaenomeles (false quince) has lovely red flowers in spring and then attractive fruit which can be used in pot pourri