Wanna see my garden ?

[andyjevs]

Hopefully you can access this link. It shows pics of the garden i look after at work. It's a 2.5 acre rock garden at the entrance to Brighton (on the A23). I'm there all on my lonesome so if you're passing.....pull up and come and harass the gardener. Enjoy http://www.uk-aquarist.com/index.php?showtopic=12204& ;st=0

[boobesque]

omg thats a lovely garden!! i cant wait to move and get a garden and get stuck in!!

[B00]

that's beautiful andy- you should feel proud :-)

[Robinia]

Wow Andy - fantastic!!  You have stepping stones - I'd love a pond with stones & a bridge, oh and a stream that runs right through the garden....and...when you have time please!
I agree about the eleagnus - just how do those tiny flowers give off so much lovely fragrance?  My favourite though has to be winter honeysuckle - to smell that on a crisp sunny day is heaven!! Hope mine has lots of flowers this year as always.

I hope mullein sees that gunnera!!

[Chessman]

Its great to see gardens like this, absolutely well done, you've got to be one of the few people happy in their work, and it reflects. The Hebe, can you tell me what the strain is please?

[andyjevs]

Thanks everyone I really don't know what the hebe is and neither does my manager who's a better plantsman than me !!!!> It does flow during autumn/winter so i moriginally thought it might be autumn glory but that's more purple. I can't really help you i'm afraid. We have one of the winter flowering honeysuckles too.....Lonicera fragrantissima....more of a shrub than a climber but the tiny flowers are awesome during Jan and Feb !!!!! they smell just like freesias

[Jules001]

fantastic Andy, I've got a sacred bamboo, but it's not turning red yet like yours - do n't you have problems with herons and all those fish?

[Pythia]

Andy, I love that park, it's fantastic! I'm so looking forward to seeing it in winter, because the structure of it must be gorgeous in frost and snow. When's someone going to rescue the little summerhouse with the ivy over the window?

[gen2]

Andy, I haven't visited that rock garden for many many many years.  Not since my father used to take my brother and myself there as 10 or 12 year-olds.  In fact I had forgotten all about it until you posted this.  Thanks for posting the pictures - it brings back memories and I must make an effort to visit again next time I am in Brighton.

[shaneystar]

Wonderful garden.I have been there .a few years ago now though.
You are so lucky to work in beautiful surroundings like this.
Any time you feel the need to move on andy ..... I'll keep you supplied with tea and cake !!

[Robinia]

You'd better get in the queue shaneystar!

[netibiza]

Thank you so much - that brings back so many memories of my youth in the '60's when I lived in Preston Park (is that roughly where it is?)

[mullein3]

the gunnera is amazing..its the same one as i bought..only mine is still small..allthough its growing quite quick..the gunneras at the botanical gardens in bham are huge you can walk underneath them!  i have to move mine next year as i will be moving during the winter months...so do you  think i should pot it late summer and store it! and how do you take a cutting just in case?