Bluebell Walk

For three weeks between mid May and early June the area at the bottom of the paddock, above the stream wall, is an ocean of bluebells. We have tried to encourage them by mowing and strimming after they are ready to seed which is often not until the end of July in this shady spot.

When we arrived at Kirklands there was a jumble of elms with their roots in the wall and much of the wall had fallen into the stream. Honey fungus has curtailed our tree panting plans, but a Sorbus ‘Joseph Rock’ and a Prunus serrula have done well.

New planting further into the paddock area is an attempt to make this into a woodland garden