One of my pleasing observations of the garden during my trip home last week was the progress of the bluebell walk over the past 5 years. Spring has sprung, the rain has come, the bulbs are out and all the deciduous trees are starting to sprout!
When we first planted up the walk 5 years ago it looked like this:
There were a couple of winters of transplanting the lines of trees, widening the walk, doubling the number of rows of birches, raising some mulched bulb beds and sowing hundreds of bulbs...
Above: Year 2
Below: Year 3
Below: Year 4, End of Winter
Below: Year 3
Below: Year 4, End of Winter
Below: Year 4, Summer
Below: Year 5, Early spring
Below: Year 5, Mid Spring (Last Week)
