‘We must cultivate our garden,’ says Candide at the end of the book by Voltaire. When the outside world seems a mad, bad and dangerous place, sometimes the best thing we can do is simply tend our own plot.
We have a smallish garden in a smallish town. In our sunny south-facing front garden we have raised beds for growing vegetables and flowers. Out back we have a lot of terracing inherited from previous owners, plenty of lovely trees, room for our three kids to play, a couple of herbaceous beds, a ramshackle shed and a lawn which is mainly taken up by a giant trampoline.
I love gardening, but as a mother of three I have very little spare time so I believe in keeping it easy. I have an RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Horticulture and am studying garden design with Rosemary Alexander at the English Gardening School based in the beautiful Chelsea Physic Garden.
Here is a brief introduction to our garden in pictures.
This blog also talks about inspiring gardens we have visited, some of my favourite gardening books and gardening projects I’ve tried with my kids.
You can find me on Instagram and Twitter as @wildecarrot
What a lovely introduction to your garden and blog Ciar. I am looking forward to reading more. It’s so true that gardens are good our well being. Gardening makes me happy I am sure of that!
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Gorgeous pics and descriptions of your garden. It looks like a lovely place to be.
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Thank you Ali – needs updating as has changed already.
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Great that you can get your kids off their screens and into the garden. Looks like you’ve got lots of space in your gardens to play with!
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Oh believe me they love their screens but I do my best to tempt them outdoors 🌱
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Charleston Farmhouse is one of my favorites too!
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