Saturday, 14 November 2009
Friday, 6 November 2009
Improving Wilmington Square Gardens - Suggestions?
There is a good chance that Islington Greenspace will invest money into improvements in Wilmington Square Gardens this winter. There are already a few things which have been suggested: a water butt; fixing the water fountain; mending the hut; creating a woodland flower bed for local residents to garden; choosing wildlife friendly plants to encourage bees, butterflies and birds. If you have suggestions then let us know. What do you most love or find disappointing about the Square? We look forward to hearing from you.
Wilmington Square: Bird feeder altered
The holes in the bird feeder in Wilmington Square have been enlarged (thanks Chris) and new feed put in. This happened a week or so ago but no sign of birds using it yet. Still hopeful.
Monday, 12 October 2009
Wilmington Square Gardening: planted green mulch
Islington Greenspace have confirmed that local residents have permission to take over the SW flower bed. On Saturday we turned the soil, mixing in fallen leaves and then planted green mulch.
Spa Fields: spotted a fox
Last Thursday morning I spotted a fox in Spa Fields around 8.30am.
BH kindly looked after the bird feeder during the summer and I have taken over again. They are chomping through the food and I refilled it again today.
BH kindly looked after the bird feeder during the summer and I have taken over again. They are chomping through the food and I refilled it again today.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Suggestions for planting plan
This is a list of the plants we are considering for the woodland patch we are going to take on in the SW flower bed in Wilmington Square Gardens. If you have any comments or further suggestions then please let us know.
Flowering plants/Perrenials:
- Cyclamen coum (Grow in gritty, well-drained soil that dries out in summer ... Plant tubers in autumn)
- Stinking Hellebore/Helleborus foetidus (Best on dry or damp, neutral to alkaline soils and planted among snowdrops)
- Blue Poppy/Meconopsis cambrica (A noted self-seeder, is ideal for naturalizing in a wild or woodland garden in sun or shade, tolerating chalky soil)
- Lesser Periwinkle/Vinca minor 'Argenteovariegata': pretty vegetation and purple flowers
- Red Lungwort/Pulmonaria Rubra: clumpy herbateous perrenial with red flowers late winter to spring
- Dusty Foxglove/Digitalis obscura (tolerates most soils, preferably in partial shade)
- Common Foxglove/Digitales purpurea (More tolerant of dry conditions)
- Strawberry foxgloves/Digitalis x mertonensis - beautiful shape with more height than my other suggestions also a good wildlife option
Ground Cover:
- Pachyphragma macrophyllum (Good as ground cover beneath trees or
shrubs, or at the front of a shady border. It tolerates dry shade)
- Golden Creeping Jenny/Lysimachia nummularia: ground cover with pretty yellow flowers
Bulbs:
- Bluebells/Hyacinthoides non-scripta (English),
- Sicilian Honey Garlic/Nectaroscordum Siculum - The only wild garlic which tolerates shade.
- Narcissus 'Quail' - a vigourous yellow Daffodil.
- Common Dog Violet/Viola riviniana - very pretty purple flowers spring/summer and a classical choice
- Common Snow Drop/Galanthus nivalis
Grasses & Ferns:
- Alpine wood fern/Dryopteris wallichiana: this would give the garden some bulk
- Sedge Silver Sceptre/Carex 'Silver sceptre': a grass which could give the garden some structure when the bulbs are low.
Rose beds:
- English Lavender (for underplanting)
Flowering plants/Perrenials:
- Cyclamen coum (Grow in gritty, well-drained soil that dries out in summer ... Plant tubers in autumn)
- Stinking Hellebore/Helleborus foetidus (Best on dry or damp, neutral to alkaline soils and planted among snowdrops)
- Blue Poppy/Meconopsis cambrica (A noted self-seeder, is ideal for naturalizing in a wild or woodland garden in sun or shade, tolerating chalky soil)
- Lesser Periwinkle/Vinca minor 'Argenteovariegata': pretty vegetation and purple flowers
- Red Lungwort/Pulmonaria Rubra: clumpy herbateous perrenial with red flowers late winter to spring
- Dusty Foxglove/Digitalis obscura (tolerates most soils, preferably in partial shade)
- Common Foxglove/Digitales purpurea (More tolerant of dry conditions)
- Strawberry foxgloves/Digitalis x mertonensis - beautiful shape with more height than my other suggestions also a good wildlife option
Ground Cover:
- Pachyphragma macrophyllum (Good as ground cover beneath trees or
shrubs, or at the front of a shady border. It tolerates dry shade)
- Golden Creeping Jenny/Lysimachia nummularia: ground cover with pretty yellow flowers
Bulbs:
- Bluebells/Hyacinthoides non-scripta (English),
- Sicilian Honey Garlic/Nectaroscordum Siculum - The only wild garlic which tolerates shade.
- Narcissus 'Quail' - a vigourous yellow Daffodil.
- Common Dog Violet/Viola riviniana - very pretty purple flowers spring/summer and a classical choice
- Common Snow Drop/Galanthus nivalis
Grasses & Ferns:
- Alpine wood fern/Dryopteris wallichiana: this would give the garden some bulk
- Sedge Silver Sceptre/Carex 'Silver sceptre': a grass which could give the garden some structure when the bulbs are low.
Rose beds:
- English Lavender (for underplanting)
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