Clematis Arch and Box Hedging

Last night it rained for the first time in several weeks.

It has made everything in the garden really green up again.

This is what we call the Secret Garden as it is secluded

and surrounded by a large hedge and covered trellis.

The raised beds have strawberries, leeks, chives, lettuce,

carrots, herbs, onions, rhubarb and

runner beans (which got a little singed the other night

by the frost), as well as flowers,roses, bushes and clematis.

We decided to cut the Box Hedging as it was cool

and this would stop the cut leaves burning.

It is a bit of a bother but putting down sheets to

catch the cuttings, makes gathering them easier.

We cut the Parterre garden too!

There are always jobs to do in the garden

at this time of year.

I can honestly say I am a fair weather gardener these days!

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Clematis Arch

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This purple clematis is absolutely amazing the flowers

are the size of side plates!

It is climbing up through a climbing rose on another arch.

I put my Starburst quilt on the seat.

All the fabric for this was dyed and batik'd.

The veg bed in front of it has got courgettes in

but as you can see it has been very dry here,

we have to water most nights.

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Clematis Arches

I just had to take a photograph of the Clematis Arches

in our garden.
This one leads into the 'Monks Garden'.
It's enclosed originally for a place for me to come out

of my old studio,
sit in a secret garden read and draw.
Now it's where we plant salads and veg

we don't want the deer to eat!
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