Amateur Gardening – 10 July 2019

Owner:Natalie

and Glen

Beswetherick

Address:

Cadsonbury, The

Ridge, Bussage,

Gloucestershire,

GL6 8HD

Garden size:

48x30ft (15x9m)

Month visited:May

Aspect:East facing

Soil:Alkaline brashy clay soil

and imported top soil

Special features:Small garden

created on a slope, with Cotswold

stone terracing. Includes water

features and small greenhouse

for summer salad crops.

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Make the most of spots that catch the sun at different

times of the day. Here a table and chairs next to a bubbling

water feature provides a soothing place to sit

Instal small

water features

to bring the

sound of water

to different

parts of the

garden

meet the gardeners

Rely on cultivars of

argyranthemum

for a stunning

display of colourful

blooms from May

to November

Treat the garden as an extension to

the home: a table, chairs and

barbecue provide alfresco

dining opportunities

Add layers of colour to the
garden by growing early
flowering clematis. This
C. ‘Elizabeth’ produces
clusters of large pink flowers

A multi-pronged approach to slugs:

gravel, copper collars, raising pots

off the ground and a liberal watering

of nematodes does the trick

Soften a dry-stone wall with plants like sedum,

nigella and London pride Saxifraga x urbium,

combine to create a blanket of green