Moors Meadow Open Gardens and Nursery - Bromyard

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This Month October 2025 - Friday, 03 Oct 2025

I have recently been asked for 5 of the most remarkable plants in the garden but it was a very difficult choice as there are so many plants which are beautiful specimens or rarely seen in cultivation. I think that if I was asked the same question every day for two weeks, or more, I would choose different plants each day. I didn’t even add the Redwoods, Davidia involucrate (Handkerchief Tree) or Quercus cerris Argenteovariegata (variegated Oak), any of the Schefflera, Illicium, or Aralias. Not the Firmiana simplex, the Oxydendrum arboreum, Sassafras albidum or any Acers or Sorbus. The more I think about it then the more plants are my favourite.
The autumn colours are becoming more vibrant each day, I am welcoming visitors to come and enjoy them but it is imperative that you contact me before you come in case I am having to do some tree work. Yesterday a little time was spent clearing a large branch of one of the Liriodendron (Tulip Tree) which had broken off. Whilst in that area we also did some work on the Oaks in the Oak circle, taking out dead branches and lifting the ones which were touching the shrubs around them. There is still more to do to them.
I am trying to think logically as I work around the garden doing the autumn and winter jobs, however with so much to do it is not easy to decide which is most important. I must make time to plant the two boxes of bulbs I ordered, I knew where I was going to put them when I ordered them but now cannot think where.
Perhaps I should be cracking on with all these jobs now instead of sitting at the computer as although a storm is forecast for today at the moment it is dry and warm. I did have a few days break to recharge the batteries but they still feel fairly flat instead of feeling refreshed. It is not helped by still having a water issue with only the tiniest of drips coming through. I get so frustrated about how much water the population consumes, the waste and needless running of taps and hosepipes as well as the vast amount used for businesses. Having no water supply for four months certainly makes you aware how precious this natural resource is.
I almost forgot to mention a new award. Unfortunately I couldn’t go to the ceremony so some friends went to represent me and I haven’t seen them since to hear all about it. I think the full title is ‘BBC Hereford and Worcester Make a Difference Green Award Highly Commended’. It is due to my work here at Moors Meadow and in the community raising money for charity and at public gardens.
I should be doing some housework but I haven’t the heart to remove the spiders which have found their way indoors. Oh well, the more time I spend outside the less time I have to see the muddle in the house and when it gets cooler there will be the extra dust from the fires. Mum used to say that after the first 16th inch of dust nobody notices anymore.
Right, I am going to get at least a little work done in the garden before the rain comes.

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