Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
Black bryony has been peeking out of this tall hedge of Viburnum tinus all year long. I don’t mind it just now.
Bindweed is done for the year. Black bryony (Dioscorea communis) too – the strangling, clambering vines with their heart shaped leaves and pretty white bell flowers rendered innocuous by the passage of days. November sees fecundity and vigour replaced with something altogether less forbidding, garlands of beige raffia draped ornamentally over trees and shrubs, red berries glowing like retro Christmas lights. We know that the seasons are cyclical, not linear, that this is respite rather than ruin, that potential trouble lies at the heart of each fruit and deep below ground in starchy storage organs. But we’ll take the pause in proceedings, and with thanks.
Garden coaching with Andrew O’Brien
Just to let you know, I’ll shortly be opening up a few spaces for one-to-one online garden coaching. The final details are still being tweaked, but if this sounds like something you’d be interested in, let me know on this page so I can tell you as soon as booking opens.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
