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BGs’ visit to a Wildflower Meadow

July 5, 2015 by Ann Bishton

Doug and Suzy Palmer's house at Warren Farm

Doug and Suzy Palmer’s house at Warren Farm

On Wednesday 1st July the Beech Gardeners visited a beautiful wildflower meadow at Doug and Suzy Palmer’s house, just round the corner from Beech in the Basingstoke Road, at Warren Farm.

It was a really hot afternoon and Doug took us up to the top of the meadow along what used to be the Alton to Basingstoke railway line.  We walked along the mown path round the perimeter of the meadow and saw a plethora of wild flowers – orchids, trefoil, clover, knapweed, scabious, convolvulus and hedge bedstraw.

Doug leading the BGs round the meadow

Doug leading the BGs round the meadow

The garden round their house was full of beautiful flowers too and there are photos of some of them below in the gallery.

Doug told us of the history of how he had bought the farmhouse next door and converted the barns for themselves to live in.  Because of the railway alongside the meadow it had never been cultivated or had cattle on it for years, so the poor soil which had never had much fertilizer on it, except sheep and rabbits in the winter, was perfect.

The wildflower meadow

The wildflower meadow

Consequently the wild flowers thrived in the meadow, and when the flowers had all dropped their seeds in the autumn Doug would mow it and collect up the hay (by hand) and then let the sheep run on it, and tread in the seeds, until the next Spring.

We sat in the shade of umbrellas round of the patio at the back of the house and Suzy served up tea and home-made cakes plus scones, jam and cream.  Delicious!!!

Everyone had a really enjoyable afternoon and would like to thank Doug and Suzy for their hospitality.  Click on the first picture of the gallery below and then follow the arrows.

A glimpse of the back garden from the meadow

A glimpse of the back garden from the meadow

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A view across the meadow
Restharrow
Red Clover in bud
Pyramidal Orchid..
White Hedge Bedstraw
Greater Knapweeds in bud
Pyramidal Orchid.
Bird's Foot Trefoil
Common Spotted Orchids
Common Spotted Orchids with buds of Cat's Ear Daisies
Common Spotted Orchids and buds of Cat's Ear Daisies
Field Scabious in bud
Common Spotted Orchid
Field Scabious.
White Clover
Agrimony
A good mixture of Pyramidal Orchid and Bird's Foot Trefoil including wild parsnip
Red Clover
Greater Knapweed buds
Dark Mullein

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Sue Robinson sent in 3 lovely photos which she took that afternoon – much better than the author’s.  Her caterpillar is magnificent –

Mullein Moth Caterpillar

Mullein Moth Caterpillar

 

 

Pyramidal Orchid

Pyramidal Orchid

 

 

 

BGs admiring something !!

BGs admiring something !!

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