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Insect Hotel

13 Sunday Oct 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Garden Creatures, insects

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comfrey, garden creatures, Insect Hotel, Insects, The Lost gardens of Heligan


Insect Hotel

There are over 2300 species of insect living in the U.K.

Comfrey is grown on the outside slope of the Insect Hotel to encourage decomposition and create a healthy environment

Comfrey is grown on the outside slope of the Insect Hotel to encourage decomposition and create a healthy environment

Many different types of mediums were used to create a bio-diverse habitat for the insects

Many different types of mediums were used to create a bio-diverse habitat for the insects in the “Insect Hotel”

The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Building an Insect Hotel Habitat

Flowers Garden

06 Sunday Oct 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Colours, Flowers, South African Endemic, Uncategorized

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composite flowers, flower, Flower garden, Flowers, garden, Lost gardens of Heligan, plant, plants, showy flowers, South Africa, South African endemic plant, Southern Africa, The Lost gardens of Heligan


  • Although it is the end of Summer in the UK, we were still able to see many flowers in the flower garden at The Lost Gardens of Heligan.
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  • Rudbeckia still as bright as ever, distinguished for their long flowering season.
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  • This Melianthes (Kruidtjie roer my nie) caught my eye. It is a South African endemic plant.  On a sunny day the sun-birds feast on the nectar dripping from the flowers, but any one touching those attractive leaves is in for a surprise. With a strong unpleasant smell, it warns all that it is highly toxic.
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  • Echinacea commonly know as “Cone-flowers,  have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer. The generic name is derived from the Greek word, meaning “sea urchin,” due to the spiny central disk. Some species are used in herbal medicines and some are cultivated in gardens for their showy flowers.
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  • This flower is a mystery, could someone please help me identify it.
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  • This Sedum or Stonecrop  leaves  are edible.
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Pelargonium species are evergreen perennials indigenous to Southern Africa, and are drought and heat tolerant, but can tolerate only minor frosts. They are extremely popular garden plants, grown as bedding plants in temperate regions.
The Purple flower is  Dissotis princeps, another South African endemic. This handsome species is fast, easy and rewarding to grow provided it is planted in fertile, well-watered soil in a sunny position
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The productive garden

03 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Flowers, Gardens, Pest control, Re-use

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Artichoke, beans, companion planting, espalier, Flowers, food, garden, gardening, gourd, health, Heligan, heritage varieties, home, home grown, kale, organic, pear, Personal, plant, pumpkin, saving seed, The Lost gardens of Heligan, Victorian garden, Zinnia


The Productive Gardens at Heligan have been restored to reflect the workings of a Victorian garden before the First World War. Heligan remains true to this period in the cropping plan, growing only heritage varieties and cultivating the soil by hand. The garden is fully productive throughout the year and there is a constant supply of produce ready for harvest.

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The pears are grown espaliered  along the boundary walls

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These beans are being saved for seed.

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The Artichokes in their final Summer flush.

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Pumpkins ready for harvest.

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Many different types of Kale

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The garden planting plan.

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Diggory

03 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Garden Art, Garden Creatures, gardening tips, Gardens, Recycle

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Diggory, environment, garden, garden art, recycle, scarecrow, The Lost gardens of Heligan


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The Lost Gardens of Heligan – Diggory and friends

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Red Admiral

02 Wednesday Oct 2013

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art gift, butterfly, deviantart, Flowers, Helichrysum, nature, Photo, photography, plants, pollinators, Red Admiral, The Lost gardens of Heligan


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This Red Admiral was found at the Lost Gardens of Heligan sipping from the Everlastings.

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Posted by Brigid Jackson | Filed under Art Gift, Colours, Flowers, Garden Creatures, Gardens, Photography

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It is a Jungle

01 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Uncategorized

≈ 4 Comments

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Bromeliaceae, Bromeliad, Cyathea, Cyatheales, Flowers, Gardens, Giant tree ferns, ginger, Gunnera, Histories of Famous Gardens, jungle, Jungle Garden, Lost gardens of Heligan, nature, organic, The Lost gardens of Heligan


 

The Jungle Garden  is a riot of luxuriant foliage and dramatic tropical plantings at “The lost Gardens of Heligan“OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

A Zebra patterned Bromeliad catches the eye.

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Giant tree ferns standing guard.

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Many different  types of Ginger showing off their beguiling sweet-scented flowers.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Sprawling tree ferns.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAGiant Rhubarb, growing taller than my head.

The Jungle sits in a steep-sided valley, creating a micro-climate at least five degrees warmer than the Northern Gardens.

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The Lost Gardens – Woodland Stroll

29 Sunday Sep 2013

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Gardens

≈ 9 Comments

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comfrey, compost, environment, garden, nature, organic, Organic horticulture, plant, plants, Soil, tamworth pigs, The Lost gardens of Heligan


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Hydrangea growing wild and very large. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

a deer?

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The lands over the hill

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Comphrey growing on the compost heap. Comphrey is an important herb in organic gardening. It is used as a fertilizer and as an herbal medicine.

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A breeding box for the Woodpeckers .

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Ancient Oaks covered in moss.

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Blackberries, wonderful to forage. Full of wonderful tasty fruit.

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Tamworth pigs foraging on the Blackberries.

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Himself, looking at the height of the Hydrangeas.

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