I have finished a very serious tidy of the woodland garden and I must say it has never looked better.  I have sent for some Trillium bulbs to plant.  Cannot afford as many as I would like so I am hoping that they will spread very quickly.  The under gardener is very fond to Turks head lilly so I have ordered some of them too. I was tempted to cut away the leaves from the Hellebore but the snow may be back so I think I will leave them a little longer.

More snow, I am so sick of it now.  Luckily it had all gone before Saturday afternoon so I spent some quality time tidying the gravel garden.  We need to put extra gravel down by next summer but for now I will content myself with generally chopping down and thinning out.  I have started a diary for the garden.  I wish I had done this before but better late than never I suppose.  I think that this will be more useful in years to come.  The under gardener gave me the Ivington Diaries for Christmas and if keeping a diary is good enough for Monty it is good enough for me. 

Happy new year!  I was out yesterday working in the woodland garden.  Finishing the clearing before the bulbs start and I cannot walk round without doing by interpretation of an ageing ballet dancer!  I bought a new hellebore and planted it by the front gate but left the leaves on the others planted there as I am worried about the weather coming back and spoiling the buds that are swelling very nicely below.  Think I will wait a few more days and see what happens.  I think one more "push" and that part of the garden will be finished with till the Spring. Aah Spring, now there is a thought!