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Conversations with residents - picking apples and cherries
Published on August 22, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
It was lovely today to catch a mother and daughter admiring the micro walled wellbeing garden today in Hollycot Gardens. The mother was showing her daughter the garden and talking about lavendar. I told the lady the plants were medicinal an...
Conversations with neighbours - Lavander growing
Published on August 3, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
This week a resident from Lincoln streets was walking by our micro walled wellbeing bee garden and asked for advice on lavendar as she looked at our garden. She said hers had died. Its nice to be inspiring residents to plant and grow and al...
Our Lavandula x intermedia Woodhayes' is just coming into flower
Published on August 3, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
It is really good to see that this silver green coloured lavendar flowers later than the Lavandula angustifolia. Here is a picture of it just coming in to flower at the beginning of August. It has also grown really well....
Picture of Bee ID - on our Lavandar x intermedia ' Woodhayes'
Published on August 3, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
This lavendar is just flowering just as our Lavandula angustifolia lavendar has finished flowering. It is planned to increase the number of these plants in our other corner gardens to prolong the availability of nectar for the bees....
Picture of Bee ID - Honey bee, Apis mellifera on our Mullein, Verbascum thapsus
Published on August 3, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
Its great to see honeybees on our Mullein which is flowering just as the Lavandula angustifolia has finished flowering....
Picture of our 'Sorbus fingerprint' trees planted in 2021 and Valeriana officinalis plugs planted in 2026
Published on August 1, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
This bed has three Sorbus Fingerprint rowen trees ( two are visible in this picture) planted in 2021 using funds from the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner community fund. These 'fingerprint' Rowans are the most compact native R...
Our architectural drawing of our Planting Plan for our first Micro- walled wellbeing bee garden 2022
Published on July 29, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
Here is a picture of our Micro-wellbeing walled bee garden planted in 2022. The bees have enjoyed the lavendar through the flowering time from June to the end of July for the Lavendula angustifolia and the silver green colour Lavendar Woodh...
Conversations with neighbours - Gathering cherries
Published on July 29, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
Today when maintaining the Organic Lavendar Garden a neighbour was chatting saying she saw a happy lady laden with cherries she said she picked off the Prunus aviam 'Stella' we planted along our wildlife corridor. One of our goals is to gen...
Our National Trust gifts Apple Rosette tree is fruiting
Published on July 28, 2026 by Kirsty Harper
A big thank you to the National Trust. It is really good to report that our Apple Rosette 'Malus domestica 'Rosette' is fruiting in our Organic micro-walled wellbeing bee garden. A big thank you to the National Trust. We have two other tree...
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