LOOKING FOR MOSS! AND FLOWERS IN GARDEN TODAY

Well Joan's now covered in gunk and sitting in the shade waiting for things to take root!

Looks like she's just got back from a very muddy battle!

Lots flowering in the garden

Lots of roses starting to bloom.

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Finally the Wisteria's starting to bloom.

This little rambler is going great.

Gorgeous Double Clematis

Clematis Montana

 More of the Wisteria and the rambler.

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IN THE GARDEN AND A PURCHASE OR THREE!

Today is lovely , after a week where's been extremely cold for June and we've even put the heating on in the evening for an hour or two, finally the weekend's come up trumps and it's gorgeous and warm.

So I took a couple of photo's of the garden to share.

The flower garden

flower garden

flower garden

The shade / damp garden

The jungle .. I mean tropical garden

more tropical

The Rhododendron/ wood land garden

looking back towards house from stone circle.

So being Sunday and being as it was lovely we decided to stop in at a little shop we know that sells old furniture, linen's china and garden objects , looking to see if they had any old terracotta pots.

They did, not overly old but different to the same old ones found in the garden centre, we bought six different sized pots of £8.50, two large, and a smaller one as seen in from above and then three flower pots but with just a rounded rim.

We also got this small tin bath for £14 which we will turn into an Alpine trough.

But of course we had to buy something totally unplanned!

This bust of Joan of Arc ! Paul spotted it and really liked it but her chin was a little grazed.

He then saw a different bust  which was much more detailed and defined but after some pros and cons , we decided to buy this one as I have never seen one of her before.

I love that she's wearing Armour !, so once home Paul decided to have a go at ageing her with moss!
So she's been coated and put into a shady spot to see if the moss will start to grow and hopefully define her features more.

I'm really pleased with this bust , we will take photo's of each stage as we try for that mossy look! and hope to report back in a month as to the results!.


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