My Calamondin Tree that Sue rescued from the garden centre for me
Wednesday 9th June
Well after a cold winter, and a wet spring we have been thrust into a blazing June with very high temperatures. I had a lovely visit from my daughter Sue and we indulged ourselves in a couple of days visiting gardens etc.
On our first day out we visited a Citrus Nursery. Actually, the nursery was closed but Sue rang the number and the very kind owner opened up the gates and let us in for a view. The owner a 70 year old lady is cruising towards retirement and is running the place down. She now only has huge citrus trees of every sort so we couldnt actually purchase any. However, she gave us a lesson on growing citrus trees and their care which we found invaluable. Sue and I are both a bit passionate about citrus trees and we are going through our "citrus phase"
Montissfont Gardens
These gardens hold the National Rose Collection and they are truly beautiful. It is what I imagine heaven (if there is one) to be like. The scent of the roses hits you as soon as you enter the garden and is intoxicating. You immediately want every rose that is there in your garden.
On our first day out we visited a Citrus Nursery. Actually, the nursery was closed but Sue rang the number and the very kind owner opened up the gates and let us in for a view. The owner a 70 year old lady is cruising towards retirement and is running the place down. She now only has huge citrus trees of every sort so we couldnt actually purchase any. However, she gave us a lesson on growing citrus trees and their care which we found invaluable. Sue and I are both a bit passionate about citrus trees and we are going through our "citrus phase"
Montissfont Gardens
These gardens hold the National Rose Collection and they are truly beautiful. It is what I imagine heaven (if there is one) to be like. The scent of the roses hits you as soon as you enter the garden and is intoxicating. You immediately want every rose that is there in your garden.
This is Sue, she could not stop snapping all the wonderful roses
Thursday 10th June
Today I took Sue to my Ocean Spa for a swim and lunch. In the afternoon we visited Value House the local garden centre where Sue did a rescue mission on the Calomondin Trees. She feels a need every so often to carry out these operations, for which I as a recipient am very grateful, as I said we are both a bit nutty at the moment about citrus trees. Some years back I had a Calamondin tree laden with small oranges which I made into marmalade and it was the most delicious marmalade I have ever taken. I am hoping to do the same with my new tree but at the moment I am enjoying just looking at them.
Friday 11th June
Today we went to Kingston Maurward, the horticultural and agriculture college in Dorchester. They keep animals for the enjoyment mostly of children and have many school visits there. We go mainly for the gardens and walks which are lovely. We spend many happy times gathering seeds from the flowers according to the season. It was here that I got my idea of a border which consists mainly of aquilegias and foxgloves. Last year they had some beautiful apricot coloured foxgloves and I have since grown some from seed for my garden.
Saturday 12th June>
Today we went to Kingston Maurward, the horticultural and agriculture college in Dorchester. They keep animals for the enjoyment mostly of children and have many school visits there. We go mainly for the gardens and walks which are lovely. We spend many happy times gathering seeds from the flowers according to the season. It was here that I got my idea of a border which consists mainly of aquilegias and foxgloves. Last year they had some beautiful apricot coloured foxgloves and I have since grown some from seed for my garden.
Saturday 12th June>
This day we went to Abbottsbury Gardens which is always beautiful. There is a new viewing point which I hadnt seen before. The view takes in the sweep of Chesil Beach with Portland in the distance.
This is the view of Portland and the other picture is a carved tree trunk which has only been carved this year from a tree that grew from 1810 and was cut down in 2010.
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