A Bee-friendly wildlife garden in Kent
My new garden having relocated to East Kent (UK) after 27 years with my previous garden. Totally chemical-free;organic;no-dig; small orchard developing towards Forest garden with wildlife gardening principles as my main focus. Closed cycle, everything composted or stacked to enhance biodiversity. Any plants purchased, except the grasses from Knoll Gardens in Dorset, were sourced from peat-free, and some organic, growers: Rosybee.com; Bluebell Cottage in Cheshire; Ashridge Nurseries in Somerset; Edibleculture in Kent included. 2020/1 plantings : Silver Birch (a self-collected garden sapling); Hawthorn to grow as a tree (same); 'wild' Crab Apple; Rowan (freebie at a Wood Fair event); Amelanchier Canadensis; Amelanchie Lamarkii; Cornus Kousa 'Nicole'; Betula jacquemontii 'Doorenbos'; Betula jacquemontii; Betula albosinensis 'Red Panda'; Apple 'Jupiter'; Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel' Carb Apple 'Golden Hornet'; Cobnut 'Webb's Prize'; Purple Filbert; 57 x native hedging plants; native Hazel x 2; Redcurrants x 4; Euonymus 'Red Cascade' x 2; Chuckleberry x 3; Chokeberry; Gooseberry 'Hinaki Red'; Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion'; Golden Tassels Hop; Clematis tangutica; Cotoneasters x 4. Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum x 9; Geum Rivale 'Leonards's Variety' x5; Hemerocallis 'Corky' x 5; Sanguisorba 'Tanna' x5; Knautia macedonica x 5; Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Fat Domino'; Actaea Simplex ' James Compton'; Stachys officialinalis 'Hummelo' x6; Veronicastrum virginicum x6; Molinia caeruleum x5; Miscanthus malepartus x 5; Miscanthus silberfeder x 6; Persicaria ; Penstemon; Scabious ochroleuca; Hyssop; perennial sunflower 'Lemon Queen'; Lysimachia clethroides; Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun'; Pulmonaria x10; native Betony; Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro); Salvia uliginosa; Jacob's Ladder; Digitalis lutea x5; Eryngium planum x 7; Broze Fennel; Eupatorium cannibinum x 7; Eupatorium 'joe pye weed'; Veronica spicata; Veronica longiflora x 4; Astrantias ,various x 7; Succisa inflexa x 5; Comfrey,x 3 varieties; Agastache x5; Nepeta sibirica x 2; Calamintha nepeta 'Blue Cloud' x 9; blue geranium; Red Campion x 6; Thalictrum; Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'; Devil's Bit Scabious; Lovage; Chives x6; Garlic chives; Asters x 3; Siberian Iris; Erigeron x 2; Erigeron karvenienskis x 2; Geranium phaeum x 4; Wood anemone rhzomes x 100; wild daffodil x 75; Snakehead Fritillaries x 15 plants brought from old garden; annual Sunflowers x15; Cosmos x15; annual Clary Sage x 12; Tithonia (Mexican Sunflower) x 7; Cerinthe purpurescens x 15.
