INTRODUCTION

I have created this blog to record my journey towards opening my garden for the National Garden Scheme.

I am a very keen gardener and spend most of my free time in the garden.  I have over the past 15 years or so enjoyed visiting gardens open for the NGS throughout Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Powys.  These gardens have given me inspiration and encouragement.  One garden in particular - 'Orchard Bungalow' now called 'The Orchards' near Bishops Frome, Bromyard, has been the biggest inspiration and certainly my favourite.  The owners have worked hard and tirelessly to create a wonderful haven without lavishing large amounts of money on it.  Their plants are some of the healthiest I have ever seen.  It is from this garden that the idea of opening my garden for the NGS came.

Friends and relatives say that my garden is good enough now but I feel and know it is still rough around the edges and not up to my expectations of an NGS garden.  Also I would like to have more time so I have decided to wait until 2016 when I semi retire.