Whilst driving over to Martin and Judy’s , I wondered what the garden would look like – as it has been a month since my last visit.

My immediate reaction was how tall it had grown, and all the plants looked so healthy. The garden really was full of nectar rich flowers and seed heads. Martin, Judy and I took a walk around to check it all out, and I came up with a plan of action…

I gathered seed heads, drank coffee, put up the wires for the roses and clematis, and removed self seeding dock plants, but mainly I just really enjoyed being there whilst watching and listening to the garden wildlife. I very much hope the following images provide a true sense of this new garden.

If you are interested in finding out more about this new project, why not check out Martin and Judy’s new garden. which is a collection of all the blogs about the design and progress of this fabulous small space over the ten months. Yes, it really was a patch of grass ten months ago.

The red poppies have formed their seed heads
We saved seeds to give to some of Martin and Judy’s friends
Wire was put up for the roses and clematis.
The wall climbers were previously growing along the floor…
The weld had grown to over 2m in certain parts of the garden, and the seed heads were ready for picking
Caraway and Weld seed heads, were picked and the ripe seed scattered through the planting
Seeds were also sown ( free from Gardens Illustrated )
I donated some sunflowers
Echinacea ( grown from seed ) are starting to flower
A holly blue butterfly on the Echinacea and Allium sphaerocephalon
The garden is literally fully of plants and insects
The umbellifer – Wild carrot has started to seed through the garden
White campion in full flower , this seed had arrived from the imported top soil.
A view through the garden
Ermintrude amongst the Linaria

I wonder what changes will occur when I visit again in a months time ?