Woollon House is opening its garden during Open Garden Squares Weekend on Sunday 19 June – do visit this peaceful space created by an intrepid and determined gardener in Tower Hamlets who would love to have your company! And this time it is a working lady, digging and planting on her own – fabulous results and lots of interesting ideas.
Archways give height to the garden and carry scented climbers.
There are quiet corners to enjoy the sights and scents.
Variegated srubs are used to create interest in addition to flowers – aucuba, hebe, and weigela.
Different textures are regarded as important and are being developed – spiky irises, soft ferns, architectural fatsia.
The Wow factor!
Scent is important to this gardener, and I found philadelphus, a small pink jasmine, and honeysuckle.
Roses, placed throughout the length of the garden, are used more like shrubs than planted in rose beds.
There are several varieties of geranium, and I particularly enjoyed the drama of pink geraniums next to the black elder.
Fruit and vegetables are a new undertaking – peas, beans, sweetcorn, beetroot, herbs, apples and plums and other delights!
The long lawn even provides space for games!
What a wonderful gift from this lady to the lucky residents of Woollon House.
What a great space this looks like….well done to its creative lady!