'you missed a treat ..'

Female orange tip on bluebell

Here, on a murky and frankly miserable December day, summer seems another land. It was so lovely to receive a review from the Butterfly Conservation magazine, looking back on August in the garden in that other country...

Gardening can be a lonely old undertaking but its delights are doubled when shared with others.

'We just want to say what a fabulous environment you have created and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Great work you have done. Today we went to buy wildflower seeds which we will scatter/sow. We have some photos to send but did not note the e mail to send them to! Also if you repeat your open garden event please let us know we have been telling people how wonderful your oasis is and we think more people would want to visit'.

We opened our garden for Butterfly Conservation this year. It was a memorable day resulting in a donation of £400 to the charity.

Comma on marjoram

Wonderful day at a magic garden, with great people and yummy cakes! 11 Butterfly species, Toad, Common Newt and my first Slow Worm!! Lots of insects feasting on the wild meadows and pollinator plants in the gardens. We will talk about this for years. A Huge Thank You'.

Our thanks to all our amazing family and friends who gave their time to making the day such success. 

And special thanks to our garden visitors. 

The biodynamic calendar has this as a 'grey day' - one in which it is not ideal to plant, sow or harvest.

But finishing the next in a series of small wildlife ponds isn't excluded so out into the Woodland Garden I will go..

Perhaps you'll come and marvel at my little ponds  next year???