

Changes are afoot!
Managed to get a real good day in the garden today from about 10am til it got dark around 5pm only breaking briefly for a bit of lunch....


The Merry Month of May...
I love the month of May- you can turn your back for five minutes and everything's grown an inch. The garden at the moment is looking so...


The latest addition...
We went to a fete in the local park where Dudley Mind have their walled garden (the charity Duck Pools Garden has adopted). They had for...


Latest update...
After spending all morning in the garden planting, pruning and feeding the borders we went to the Spring Fayre at Wollescote Park where...


Preparing for the first flush of visitors...
"Spring has definitely arrived at Duck Pools and signalled by the amount of colour the borders are currently boasting." I always think of...


Robin moves in as open Day looms....
Its starting to feel like spring in the garden now. A couple of days of sunshine and gardeners across the land begin to perk up and their...


Plant Portraits No.2: Crocus sieberi subsp atticus 'Firefly'
This week's plant portrait comes in the form of a wonderful little crocus which is just starting to appear in the garden here at Duck...


Plant Portraits: Camellia ros. 'Cupido'
Thinking what else i could add on here for interest, i came across the idea of Plant Portraits. I will aim to showcase a particular plant...
My latest Ashwood update!
Read what i've been doing in John's garden this winter... https://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/gardeners-corner/articles/the-winds-of-change