Marc and Rick’s Cottage Garden

Every time I stay with Marc and Rick at their Worcester cottage there is always something new to see …..

…… often new plants have been bought in or old plants have been moved to a sunnier or more sheltered spot and, more often that not, Rick has put large pieces, once part of his many (pre-covid) furniture shows………

…… but may have had a bit of a doink or two, but wouldn’t matter in the slightest in the garden ……..

….. or he’s added things that are now out of fashion …… but perfectly lovely in the garden, especially when they’ve gone a bit green or rusty and then it’s like they’ve always been there.

I like to have a wander ……..

…… never knowing what I will find to coo over round the next corner.

I mean how can you just love this little makeshift shelf at the side of the house, and the mirror? You know how I LOVE a mirror!

Believe me, this gave me a very serious bout of garden envy as soon as I saw it. It made me want to done a battered straw hat, find a trowel and potter for England!

I believe the plants Marc and Rick used in the pots, bricks and bowls are called hen and chicks (?), but I will stand corrected. How beautiful and simple. It made me hanker for my large garden in Wolverhampton and all the things I could have done to it to make it “cosier” and more “cottagey” ………

…… but there again, if I was still there, I would probably still working, having little time to garden, so you can’t have it all.

……. I just wish I could just have a little space under my two back windows to do something really simple, however it’s just not allowed.

After four years at The Towers I admit to getting a little restless, I really would like a tiny garden, that is all mine, with perhaps a little summer house or pretty shed and lots of solar lights. I would also like to be able to hang out my washing outside to dry and a  proper front door and porch to dress up according to the season …….

……… I just need to do the sums, get The Towers valued, see what’s out there in Evesham that I could afford (not a lot) and then “maybe” just “maybe” take the plunge.  I’ve done it once, it wasn’t all that daunting, I am just doing an awful lot of if and butting at the moment ………..

The urge is strong at the moment and it’s there for a reason ………

…… I know “someone” is pushing me and telling me it will be alright. 

I need to mark this date in next years calendar to see if I actually act on these feelings and if I have set anything in motion.

We shall see ………………………………