Dear Members,
Wild flower gardening at Adderbury Lakes on Saturday, 24th September 2016
WI Wild flower gardening at Adderbury Lakes on Saturday 24th September, with members of the Lakes Working Party who were busy pruning and running a bonfire for dead plant material. The aroma of drifting wood smoke was everywhere, the bright sunshine warming everyone, combating that early autumn hint of a cold wind. It was all great fun !
Our two beds were still doing well so I tidied and applied my hoe to the bed beneath the overhanging trees which have developed less wellbecause of tree cover – the ox-eye daisies are doing well.
Our main bed was somewhat choked with grass and thistles and twisted stems of ox-eye so a quick tidy-up was all that could be done. I shall return on Tuesday for another session to tidy-up and admire our flowers – the ox-eye daisy, selfheal plants and the red and green berries of deadly nightshade. Our white campion flower has gone but hopefully it will return next year.
WI wild flower beds beneath overhanging trees
our tidied bed
Margaret Halstead