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Ellicar Gardens is a vibrant, naturalistic, family garden with planting to encourage wildlife. The garden is a showcase for our Garden Design & Landscaping, Teacher Training and Natural Swimming Pool and Swimming Ponds businesses.
Visit this Garden! Open day 21st September as part of the National Garden Scheme
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Front Perennial Bed, The Garth, July 2014
This year the main perennial bed is full of continuous colour and I have managed to achieve a flow and rhythm throughout the scheme. This part of the garden has always been a June garden with the vivid blue of the Delphiniums and the striking tones of the oriental Poppies and Peonies but growing many later flowering varieties from seed has provided a second flourish of colour that will continue through to October. Introducing large clumps of Crocosmia Lucifer, Verbena bonariensis and bronze Fennel has been a very welcome addition and creates a vivid contrast to the softer toned plants. The Rudbeckia I sewed in February is yet to flower but will provide an exquisite display of bronze and yellow in a few weeks.
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Produce, The Garth, July 2014
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Cut Flower and Vegetable Garden, The Garth, July 2014
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Bug Hotel, The Garth
I created this Bug hotel last August in an area of the garden that was both lacking identity and interest. Not only does it offer a fantastic habitat for beneficial wildlife it also acts as a beautiful piece of sculpture within the garden and costs nothing to create.
I formed the main structure by stacking six pallets and then created the roof from some old house tiles. I then filled it with a vast array of natural materials such as garden canes, dried flowers and bricks creating a variety of habitats that insects such as solitary bees and lady birds would find appealing to nest within. I love the overall aesthetic and the display of natural materials works really well. This is a great activity to do with children to engage them in both arts and crafts and nature. Placing it near an area with pollinating plants will attract the beneficial insects and soon your garden should be full with buzzing wildlife.
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Grass Bed, The Garth, July 2014
The new grass bed is now in full bloom and now one of my favourite features within the garden. The Allium sphaerocephalon I planted in October is now in full bloom and absolutely breath-taking. I first came across this wonderful variety at Ellicar Gardens and fell in love with both the architectural form and tonal variation it offers. I have paired it with Verbena bonariensis and white Echinaceas and think the colour combination works really well. All three are constantly covered in bees and butterflies which is what I was hoping for.
The main backbone of the bed is created from Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'overdam', Stipa tenuissima and Misscanthus sinensis all grown at home from seed and division. The bed has a beautiful ethereal quality and I love how the planting moves and catches the light.
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