Penny Brook (on the right) welcomed us to her garden at Swindon House Farm,Kirkby Overblow, which is set in the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire. Penny moved here over 30 years ago and we saw photograph of when the plot was just fields. Since then she has worked hard, planted trees and native hedges and made the garden into what we saw today.
Penny is passionate about wildlife and we reached the garden through wildflower meadows in which she has erected poles for the owls to perch on and hunt for voles and stoats. The large pond is home to many frogs and newts, there are hens strutting around in one of the fields and any prunings are left in piles for the wildlife.
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The garden is divided into areas, some with mixed perennial borders, there is an orchard, raised beds with herbs, fruit and vegetables including figs, gooseberries and rhubarb and a cut flower patch.
We thoroughly enjoyed the visit and the cream tea and will take away many ideas for our own gardens.
Next Meeting: 17th July – Friday Forum Summer Show. Details can be found on the Flower Show page.
