Thanks to the U3A Gardening Group members (and a couple of other enthusiasts) that sent in photos of their gardens taken during the lockdown summer of 2020, the Web Team have created this interesting and colourful gallery.
Click or tap on the first pic to run a full-size slide show.
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Stepping out into a Gardening Group Member’s beautiful and interesting Ormskirk garden
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Now 5 photos from a stunning Aughton garden: Consider the lilies ….
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And a beautiful close-up of same.
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Also Rockery Nook 1
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Rockery Nook 2
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Rockery Nook 3
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A view of a new border in Helen’s garden – “this was just grass before lockdown!”.
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Helen’s garden also has an established and delightful clematis.
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Social distancing, in the wind and rain in Aughton, “Summer” 2020
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The gazebo succumbed to the deluge. Fortunately the green bean teepee survived!
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And now a fancy fuschia in a Rose Place front garden
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… and a bog-standard but very robust and prolific one in same garden
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…… where there is also a robust and prolific hydangea
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With close-up of same
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Hostas also seem to thrive without much tlc in this same garden. May be splitting them in early autumn, so look out for offers of plants.
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Bright and beautiful blooms in Maureen’s garden.
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What a great new look and use of spare lockdown time! Jean explains .. ……
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“We changed some of the gravel to stones and grasses and called it a Covid garden”.
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A colourful display in Roger’s summertime garden
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And another view of the same delighful garden
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From Lyn, a beautiful summerrose.
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And again from Lyn – “Roses (Gloire de Dijon) and clematis running riot in May”
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Lovely border at Lorna’s
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Spot the vigorous rhubard in Lorna’s garden
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A burst of summer colour ……
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And finally, a blast from the past : “Come into the Garden, Mawdesley” (Burscough, Aughton & Ormskirk, and any other local U3As) serenades ABCXLVII
https://youtu.be/0-rv4YiTg8U
Last Updated on July 7, 2021