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BGs Visit to Snowdrops Garden

February 26, 2015 by Ann Bishton

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A special bunch of snowdrops

18 of the Beech Gardeners went on a visit to a lovely garden, Little Court, in Crawley, near Winchester on Wednesday 25 February to see the snowdrops and swathes of crocuses.

Aconites in the front garden

Aconites in the front garden

There was a great carpet of aconites in the front garden of Little Court as we went in and some beautiful hellebores.  We went round the back of the house and met Mrs Patricia Elkington whose house had been her family home since the 1950s.  The garden was open to the public under the National Gardens Scheme.  She pointed out the swathes of crocuses and snowdrops further down her garden and told us to feel free to roam around, especially to go into the field at the end of her garden.  The snowdrops and crocuses were a picture.

Carpet of crocuses

Carpet of crocuses

We mooched about exploring her garden and admiring the wonderful show of flowers – a real harbinger of Spring.

Display of crocuses under the trees

Display of crocuses under the trees

There were many new varieties of snowdrop planted near the house which our hostess is obviously bringing on before she transplants them elsewhere. They are in the photo gallery below and have labels on them.

Aconites galore

Aconites galore

Mrs Elkington was also selling little pots of snowdrops and aconites for us to buy. at a very reasonable price.  We all seemed to take something away with us.

The fields beyond the end of the garden were amazing.  They had put some benches in the meadow for us to sit on and admire the view.  It was a very bright and sunny afternoon and mild for the end of February.  The farmer in the adjoining field was ploughing and the cloud of seagulls following him made a wonderful picture in the sunshine.

Crocus up close

Crocus up close

After we had done with exploring Mrs Elkington had made us a cup of tea and provided biscuits as well.  She also was selling slices of the most gorgous, delicious lemon cake.

Mrs Elkington gave us some very good tips about encouraging our new bulbs to spread – a mixture of Vermiculite which can be bought from B&Q for £4.37 and Vitax Q4 fertilizer from Amazon at £4.99 – wrapped in a tissue and tied, and buried about 6 inches down under our new plantings.

After we had finished our refreshments all the bantam chickens came out and gathered round us after crumbs.  They were so pretty, but a nightmare for the photographer as they would not stay still for a second.  A fitting end to a lovely afternoon out.  Below is a gallery of photos of our visit.

BG members at Little Court
Snowdrops alongside the drive
Yellow Hellebores
Aconites in the front garden
Aconites
Lovely clump of snowdrops
More dainty snowdrops
Helen Lamb's photo of back garden and house
Helen Lamb's photo
Carpet of snowdrops
Snowdrop "Comet" variety
Snowdrop "John Gray" variety
Snowdrop "Curly" variety
Snowdrop "Magnet" variety
A carpet of aconites
Another carpet of crocuses
More crocuses
And even more crocuses
And more snowdrops
And again

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