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HOME & GARDEN Glad tidings of compost and joy with Garden Designer, Sally Cunis Winter will soon be here but the garden has been confused by the warmth of the late Indian summer this year. Roses, passionflower and honeysuckle have been flowering well beyond their normal season, as have lavender, Verbena bonariensis and Penstemon which add strong splashes of purple to the autumn garden. In fact, the mild weather enabled me to pick a pretty little posy of rose buds, holly berries, lavender and herbs to place on top of my son’s wedding cake at the end of October. Parthenocissus henryana and the Japanese maples enchant with their fiery reds while elsewhere in the garden leaves turn through various shades of butter yellow, orange and russet. Berries abound, a feast for hungry birds lighting up deciduous It is a good time to “ empty bird boxes and clean them before the next nesting season starts. Some garden birds may use the boxes to roost in during the winter. ” Blue tit nest and evergreen trees and shrubs; roses, holly, Cotoneaster, Sorbus and hawthorn are weighed down with berries of red, orange and pink. No doubt many of the red ones will be stripped by our resident blackbirds and, at some point, by the beautiful redwings which visit the UK in flocks in the winter looking for berries. Garden birds will need an energy boost as temperatures drop. Feeders and water bowls should be cleaned and refilled regularly. It is a good time to empty bird boxes and clean them before the next nesting season starts. Some garden birds may use the boxes to roost in during the winter. As it has been so mild, it is easy to forget about the tender plants in the garden. Remember to bring in pelargoniums and citrus plants and, anything that is tender but too heavy to move, wrap up against the worst of the weather. Tidy up the garden, putting the last of the leaves into pierced bags to make leaf mould, and clean your tools. If you have a bonfire, remember to check for hibernating Parthenocissus henryana Passionflower Wreath using material from the garden hedgehogs in advance. As the end of the year approaches, our thoughts turn towards the festive season, to gifts to be made and ways to enhance the house. Every year I enjoy making my own wreath for my door; sometimes friends join me too for a little workshop. I like to use foraged plant material from the garden reusing, where possible, an old wire frame or willow base covered with florist’s moss. An overlapping layer of holly, secured with twine, onto which I twist a long strand of variegated ivy, creates a good background. Make up some little bunches of evergreen leaves including Euonymus, holly, bay, rosemary and Pittosporum to brighten up the wreath. Wire in securely. Coloured stems of Cornus (dogwood), seed heads Heps of Rugosa Rose Blue monoprint of seeds and ferns and feathers can be pushed in and larch or fircones wired up and added. If the birds have left some berries, these can be added nearer to Christmas as they may go black if cut too early. Crab apples make lovely jelly, sloes from the hedgerows make great Sloe Gin, and hedgerow jelly (using blackberries, rosehips, damsons, elderberries, haws, rowan berries and crabapples) is delicious. For myself, I have been printmaking in recent years often using ferns, seed heads and leaves from the garden to make monoprints, as well as drawing inspiration from the birds and plants in my garden so many of my presents are garden themed but in print form! Whatever you do in the garden this festive season, enjoy it. 66 aroundtownmagazine.co.uk
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