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Ferns Lodge Map 2019

The Magic of the Plan!

The plan of the garden is one of my favourite parts of this website. See below – It started with a very dry ordinance survey map that was updated when the garden was surveyed a year or so ago to decide whether it had merit as a wood… At that time it…

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Seasons Greetings from Ferns Lodge

Happy Christmas and a very happy New Year. Although a white Christmas is uber unlikely, here are some images taken last March of the tree house, bottom meadow and a very snowy top garden. The garden shed was snug and warm for home working on the snow…

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Great blue hydrangea in the top garden - Ferns Lodge Garden

The very first Post!

Welcome to the very first post. On a grey December day, the rain is rattling down the window panes in the garden shed as I write this, and the last of the leaves from the mighty oaks surrounding the garden are falling and swirling around the lawn. Th…

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