Roses and Connecting the Woodland to the Meadow. Joe's Country Garden June 2024

It's been a rose-tastic June and I've been loving it. There are loads of gorgeous roses all blooming in the garden and I've been taking pics and will try and work out what they are. Meanwhile, the deer has been "helpfully" pruning off the lower branches. It can't get enough of the roses! I don't mind, and until I have veggies in, it's a garden to share with everyone. There's been a robin picking up treats as I've been working too. What I've really enjoyed doing over the past few days is a bit of designing on the hoof - as I walk around the garden and create pathways through the woodland, I've been doing little bits and bobs, like pruning off the odd branch, or adding a bench and mown area to the end of the garden. But what I'm doing today is connecting the woodland with the rest of the garden. Now the railway sleepers are out I want to link up the different garden areas bette. I have found two spots where you just want to go from the woodland to the grass and vice versa. So I'm digging up and saving the plants in the beds and then mowing through. I'll heel in the plants (mostly Nectaroscordum) that I have saved and find a new home for them in due course.