Moors Meadow Open Gardens and Nursery - Bromyard

This Month

This Month November 2026 - Wednesday, 11 Nov 2026

This blog is rather late being posted as my internet has been playing up even more than usual.

I feel that I haven’t achieved much in the garden through October. It hasn’t helped that my water supply weighs heavily on my mind as the spring is still only a slow drip, I wonder if it will ever come back.

I have spent quite a lot of time sawing wood to move the piles waiting to be cleared into the woodshed, I hope there will not be too much more from pruning this winter. It is difficult to feel we are going into winter, yesterday it was so warm outside, much warmer than indoors. I’m confused and the plants are confused, even the Davidia (Handkerchief Tree) is flowering again.

Where we cleared one large pile of branches just the other side of the car park has left a reasonable patch empty so we are working out what to plant there. It will get quite a lot of sun so one of the possibilities is Brugmansia, we have three to find space for. There will still be plenty of space for other plants but nothing too high as I don’t want to hide the Clematis montana which is on the top fence of my exotic Chook Pen garden. This all leads into the Little Patch which will be Gill’s garden. In this area I have removed some small apple trees which were not producing much. I am also moving most of the younger shrubs I had planted in there to replant around the outside so Gill has a large area to play with.

I did finally plant trees into the fernery, it was only going to be two or three however in the end I planted five. With a gap between each there is still space for two more small ones. As you go through the gates into the lower garden the fernery is to your right, as the path curves around to the right I planted Acer grosseri var. hersii, a lovely Snakebark Maple. As I decided to get rid of the fernery path to save me the work of keeping it clear I planted most of the other trees along it. Toona sinensis Flamingo, a Sorbus Autumn Spire, Styrax serrulatus and Acer Orange Dream.

I am in the process of increasing the area I plant around the Oak circle. The path used to be around the outside of the oaks however I decided to plant that area leaving just the area inside the oaks to walk through. I am only putting in low plants such as ferns and perennial woodland plants. I have quite a few ferns in pots waiting to go in the ground but I have been too busy to get around to it. I also want to prune any dead out of the Oaks before planting otherwise I will be making that job much harder.

I didn’t think the autumn colours were brilliant until I had a walk around and realised that it does look good, I must find time to wander around with my camera.

Did I mention a date for your diary - Sunday June 20th 2027 a garden festival at Moors Meadow in aid of the local hospice. With live music, refreshments, plant and book sales.

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