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The Garden House (Devon, England)

The destinations are beginning to blur but looking at the tour guide booklet, I see that we are now in Plymouth. Today, we visited two gardens designed by Keith Wiley.  The first is The Garden House , where Wiley worked as Head Gardener for 25 years (from 1978-2003). The 10-acre estate was purchased in the 1940s by former Eton schoolmaster Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katherine. It was formerly home to the  vicars of Buckland Monachronum. The Fortescue's renovated the gardens and ran a market garden business and raised cattle.  The remains of some of the original buildings in the vicarage still stand in the garden and serve as a romantic backdrop in the Walled Garden - I loved the way they had massed ferns together. Just stunning! Surrounding the walled garden and venturing out away from the house are more naturalistic plantings  - Today, the head gardener is Nick Haworth, who was previously head gardener at Greenway , which we visited earlier.  Keith Wiley lef...
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Red Wing Blackbirds

First of all, thanks to everyone who left a comment on my previous post. I enjoyed reading each and every one of them.

The Redwing Blackbirds are back at the feeders. I only see them at the feeders at certain times of the year. The beginning of Fall seems to be one of those times. This is probably a migration time for them and they are passing through.

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. Lisa at GreenbowOctober 1, 2012 at 1:22 PM

    It is that time of year. Redwings are such beautiful blackbirds. I bet you are baking up a storm since it has cooled off. Excuse me while I go bake some muffins. :)

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  2. AnonymousOctober 1, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    I have a feeder just like that. The Carolina chickadees just love the hid in the holes. Mary

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  3. Anne BoykinOctober 2, 2012 at 2:26 AM

    Hi Phillip, I wish they would come to my bird feeder. I grew up in California where there are a lot of them. Enjoy!

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  4. Phillip OliverOctober 2, 2012 at 6:38 AM

    Mary, isn't that the greatest feeder? The birds love it.

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  5. Gardening Under The InfluenceOctober 4, 2012 at 1:03 PM

    I use to see Redwings all the time growing up in Wisconsin, but have not seen any since coming to NC many years ago.

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