Helga's Garden at Oakbank: photographs

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Monday, 2 May 2011

Another Spring

Last year turned out to be awful for the garden. After the harshest Winter I have ever experienced here, I rather gave up on the blog as I watched my plants die. In the end I lost all the Dicksonia as well as many other plants, many years old.

This Winter was cold for a period, too, but not nearly as bad as 2010-11 and I lost only a few plants.

Anyway, I've put all that behind me. I opened the garden yesterday and I've already had 4 visitors. I have a group booked for Wednesday. The garden looks an absolute picture at present so I'll add some photographs I took today. I'm looking forward to a bumper Summer. Come and visit!

Saturday, 25 July 2009

Loch Fyne from the viewpoint

Although it was rather swampy at times in the Winter, so far this Summer we've enjoyed quite good weather and I've been able to wander the garden with a glass of wine most evenings.

Often I sit on the bench at the viewpoint and look down Loch Fyne towards Tarbert and the Isle of Arran. This week has been particularly clear. Here is the view just half an hour ago from the viewpoint. Goat Fell is the highest point visible on Arran (905m.).

Sunday, 12 July 2009

Photographs

Ray Cox is Kenneth Cox's brother and he is a brilliant specialist in garden & plant photography, who also took the pictures in the 'Scotland on Sunday' article below. Looking at his photograph of the children's garden from the new book reminded me that I intended to put more of my photographs of the garden onto the blog to give a better idea of how it looks. Here are a few. I'll add more later. These are from last year - this year I've been pre-occupied by learning to use my new camcorder. Sooner or later I may put some film clips up too.

In case anyone is interested in being in touch with Ray, his website can be found at http://www.rcoxgardenphotos.co.uk/.