Garden

I have been developing my garden at Broad Lee House from a previously open field since 1987. It is approximately two acres on a north facing hillside at about 900 ft above sea level. I have planted many trees and shrubs, including ericaceous species, which grow well here. I have also designed large beds in which I grow tall perennials in the Oudolf style. The garden is now reasonably mature.
These early autumnal photos were taken on a misty September(9th) morning
The following photos were taken on 29 July 2024
The following photos were taken on 7 July 2024​
The following photos were taken on ​23 June 2024
The following photos were taken on 20 May 2024
The following photos were taken on 7 May 2024
The following photos were taken on 15 April 2024
The following photos were taken on 27 March 2024
The following photos were taken on 19 January 2024:
The following photos were taken on 31 October, 2023
The following photos were taken on 30 September, 2023
The following photos were taken on 26 July, 2023
The following photos were taken on 22 June 2023.
 The following photos were taken on 3 May 2023
The following photos were taken on 20 April 2023
The following photos were taken on 6 March 2023.  I attempted to capture the early spring flowering Daphnes, Hamamelis (witch hazel), Rhododendron and Pieris.
​The following photos were taken on 14 December, 2022.
The following photos were taken on 25 September, 2022.
The following photos were taken on 27 July, 2022
The following photos were taken on 30 June 2022
The following photos were taken on 5 May 2022.
The following photos were taken on 20 April 2022
The following photos were taken on 7 February 2022
The following photos were taken on 2&3 December 2021.
The following photos were taken on 24 September, 2021
The following photos were taken on 2 August 2021
The following photos were taken on 18 July, 2021
The following photos were taken on 16 May 2021
The following photos were taken on 12 May 2021
The following photos were taken on 20 April, 2021
The following photos were taken on 30 March 2021
The following photos were taken on 23 January 2021.
The following photos were taken on 21 October 2020.
The following photos were taken on 26 and 29 September 2020
The following photos were taken on 29 July 2020
The following photos were taken on 22 July 2020
The following photos were taken on 19 July 2020
The following photos were taken on 12 July 2020
The following photos were taken on 9 July 2020.
The following photos were taken on 15 June 2020.
The celebrated photographer Peter Aichison visited my garden on 18 May 2020 and he took the following pictures.
The following photos were taken on 18 October 2019
The following photos were taken on 20 May 2019
The following photos were taken on 31 January 2019
The following photos were taken on 11 October 2018.
The following photos were taken on 6 August 2018.
These photos were taken on 10 May 2018.
These photos were taken on 30 January 2018.
These photos were taken on 20 November 2017.
The following photos were taken on 25 September, 2017:
The following photos were taken on 14 August 2017.
The following photos were taken on 23 July 2017.
The following photos were taken on  19 April 2017.
The following photos were taken on Wednesday 19 October 2016.
These are my August pictures of the 2016 garden. Unfortunately it was a little too sunny but I hope that they give some flavour of the late summer contours and colours. The pictures were taken on 16 August 2016.
There has been tremendous growth in the last few weeks and it has necessitated hard work keeping on top of the mowing, edging and weeding. These photos were taken on 24 July 2016.
The perennials are now growing at a pace and the last flowering rhododendrons are putting on their show. Soon many of these views will not be possible as the perennials grow above five foot high. These photos were taken on 7 June 2016.
Despite the mild winter the spring has been cool and my shrubs have been slow in flowering, but when I returned from a recent trip the show had begun! The pictures were taken on 12 May, 2016.
I took the following photographs on Thursday 15 October 2015. They reflect well the magnificent autumn colours we have enjoyed this year.
Many of the borders and island beds are planted with ericaceous plants which show at their most colourful in the spring. The following photographs were taken on 16 May 2014.
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I have planted the herbaceous beds in the Oudolf style favouring large perennials alongside bamboos and grasses. The flowering season for these prairie plants is much later than the traditional border plants and they have most colour in August and September.
The next set of photographs were taken a month later on 23 August 2010
The following photos were taken on 14 July 2015