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![Transforming the bog garden](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_4509-150x150.jpg)
Transforming the bog garden
In my diary on the 15th of June, I wrote I felt worn out and excited - both! That was the day I started the transformation of our bog garden ...
![A Good Hare Day](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_4381-150x150.jpg)
A Good Hare Day
I arrived early this morning to find two hares down the driveway in front of me, black tips to their ears, their bodies elongated and golden brown with white bellies ...
![Magic in the Meadow](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_4282-150x150.jpg)
Magic in the Meadow
As I write, there are hundreds of young plants in our newly sown wildflower meadow, ready to become the key that will unlock the door to even more of a magical mixture of wild flowers ...
![All the right mauves](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_4102_small-150x150.jpg)
All the right mauves
For about three weeks our parterre is garnished with a sea of intense purple balls of flower ...
![The Darling Buds of May.](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_3312-150x150.jpg)
The Darling Buds of May.
One of the many good things about having visitors come round the garden is that it forces you to do all those tidying up jobs you’ve been meaning to do ...
![Read Owl About It](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3614-150x150.jpg)
Read Owl About It
Nothing in gardening is so exciting or encouraging as the lengthening days of April ...
![The Joy of Solitude](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_0340-150x150.jpg)
The Joy of Solitude
Gardening is often thought of as a solitary profession and I am sometimes asked if I ever get lonely ...
![The Joy of Other People’s Gardens](https://www.columbinehall.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_2828-small-150x150.jpg)
The Joy of Other People’s Gardens
There is nothing more joyful than visiting other people’s gardens. We are a curious bunch - we all want to see what is behind that garden gate ...