In what I now refer to the 'old days', these plant fairs were often held in the garden of the Coach House at Ampney Crucis, and now are held on the nearby cricket pitch, with parking in a field down the road.All fine, with plenty of room between stalls.
What excitement I felt to visit my first plant sale of the season last Friday, here's the link: https://www.thegenerousgardener.co.uk/specialist-plant-sales and the next one is on 28 May, starting at 10am. Aware we need to be supporting nurseries to the max at the moment, I and many other bought as much as we could do!
There was a great turn out, I didn't arrive for the very beginning of the sale, thinking it would be busy, and at 11am, it was still quite busy.
Tortworth Plants had an excellent selection of some lovely plants. I bought lots from them, including Geum 'Scarlet Tempest' which is zinging in the garden, especially now it's raining.
I also bought a fantastic alpine wallflower plant from Dave Knox of DK Plants, unfortunately I have lost the label. One of the many great things about these fairs is finding plants you don't know. When I went to the Chase Plants stall, there was a plant in a terracotta pot which was for sale. It was a Mervilla natalensis Pacific Bulb Society, just coming into flower. Simply gorgeous. I also bought a Thermopsis lanceolata or false lupin. I've just looked it up, it looks fairly easy to grow, but tends to be attacked by aphids and slugs, so it might not survive for long.
Here's what I bought:
After the plant sale, we went to have a look round The Coach House Gardens which were looking fantastic. What a joy it is to walk round gardens, so many ideas there.
I love an Auricula theatre
As we queued for coffee and a brownie, the blossom on this tree looked fabulous in the sun
Lovely to see people enjoying themselves
Above this is a simple arrangement of a pot and some greenery which looks good.
So much thought goes into the organised potager by the greenhouse and planter below
Tim looking at the sitting area by the swimming pool, currently storing masses of dahlia tubers
A garden should be constantly evolving, here's the new pond and bog garden being created. It made me think about enlarging my pond.
And so onto the vegetable garden with its stone seat, and beautifully tended fruit trees.
As most gardens, it's looking skeletal before the buds come out on the trees, but in a good way, you can see all the pruning
Particularly amazing pruning here
And on the way out a Muscari theatre with black pots inserted into terracotta pots. What a good idea.
The next specialist plant sale is 28 May from 10am:
https://www.thegenerousgardener.co.uk/specialist-plant-sales
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