In my post about Leaves From My Garden (07/04/17) I set myself a photographic and Gardening quest!
To not only have, each day, something growing in the garden that is interesting (leaf/flower/seed/colour) but to put that photo on Instagram. You can read the whole post and about the Garden Photo Challenge HERE
When I told my husband of the task I was setting myself, he was somewhat incredulous. So to prove him wrong, and to prove that even a small Garden can be interesting all year, I posted on Instagram every day! Ok, I know I started in the Spring, which made it easier but it also challenged me, (and gave me the time), to make sure that my garden could meet my goal too! Phew! Did I do it? I am certainly gave it my best shot (pun intended!)
Below are the photos gathered into Collages for each week
You can visit my Instagram account HERE, then click the follow button so that you can follow my progress and whether I am ultimately successful.
WEEK 1: 7 April -13 April 2017
7ths April – Veronica peduncularis
8th April – Drimys
9th April – Prostrate Rosemary
10th April – Japanese Quince ‘Niesdorfer’
11th April – Blossom on the Sunset Apple tree
12th April – Alpine Saxifrage
13th April – Erysium ‘Apricot Twist’
WEEK 2: 14 April – 20 April 2017
14th April – Forget-me-not
15th April – Asarina procumbens
16th April – Pasque Anemone
17th April – Narcissi var. Geranium
18th April – Flowers on the Honeyberry
19th April – Bluebells
20th April – Wisteria Blossom
WEEK 3: 21 April 21st – 27 April 2017
21st April – Blossom on the Crab Apple var. Laura
22nd April – King Cups by the Pond
23rd April – Cistus obtusifolia
24th April – Tiarella Pink ‘Skyrocket’
25th April – Cytisus ‘Porlock’
26th April – View across the Norwegian Garden
27th April – Broad Bean flower
WEEK 4: 28 April – 4 May 2017
28th April – Strawberry plant flowers
29th April – Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’
30th April – Pulmonaria ‘Excaliber’
1st May – New growth on the Picea mariana ‘Nana’
2nd May – Alpine Phlox
3rd May – White Clematis (variety not known)
4th May – King Cups
WEEK 5: 5 May – 11 May 2017
5th May – Convolvulous cneoram
6th May – Lily of the Valley
7th May – Globe flower -Trollius
8th May -Aquilegia
9th May – Blackberry Blossom
10th May – Pinus mugo pollen
11th May – Helleborus corsica
WEEK 6: 12 May – 18 May 2017
12th May – Iris pseudocorus ‘Roy Davidson’
13th May -Houttuynia cordata ‘Flame’
14th May – Pink Sea Thrift
15th May – Creeping Thyme
16th May – Icelandic Poppy flowers
17th May – Granny Bonnets – Aquilegia
18th May – Hornwort flowers
WEEK 7: 19 May – 25 May
This week also featured a video of fluffy grass seed heads in the Pond
19th May – Physocarpus ‘Dart’s Gold’
20th May – Erigeron karvinskianus
21st May – Cotton grass in the Stream
22nd May – Foxgloves
23rd May – Cerastium – Snow-in-Summer
24th May – Japanese Maples
25th May – Coprosma
WEEK 8: 26 May – 1 June
This week also featured a Collage of Welsh Poppies
26th May – Primula bulleyana
27th May – Icelandic poppies
28th May – Geranium ‘Orion’
29th May – Pot Marigold
30th May – Heuchera flowers
31st May – Leycestria formosa
1st June – Yellow Bottle Brush flowers
WEEK 9: 2 June – 8 June
2nd June – Self sown Pansy
3rd June – Lithodora ‘Heavenly Blue’
4th June – Ragged Robin
5th June – Yellow Loosestrife
6th June – Achillea ‘Terracotta’
7th June – Rosa ‘Crown Princess Margerite’
8th June – Foxgloves
WEEK 10: 9 June – 15 June
9th June – Honeysuckle ‘Ever’
10th June – Penstemon -variety unknown
11th June – Veronica
12th June – Strawberries
13th June – Strawberry-leaved Potentilla
14th June – Pond Lily ‘Hermine’
15th June – Dierama –
To see Collages for the following weeks click on the relevant links below