The Chop

Sometimes I do wonder why I do this blog and the #treefollow.

Then somethink happens and then I remember why I started Busy Bees Garden or should say it was originally called My Little Garden Heaven. For me it is my way to show and express my love for all things plant/gardening related....

Kind of my way of taking some of the load off driving my family up the wall..

Talk about family before joining looseandleafy #treefollow ... I use to repeat the same info to each family member that asked about our tree... But now I just send them all a link to this blog..

 So back to the tree in question. . .

I wander past the Saint John's Gardens nearly every day.  So I notice when some think as happened within the gardens and especially

 with Grand's tree.

Please don't judge nor laugh when I say not a lot is happening to grandmothers tree, even the little flowers that was at the base of the tree as gone...

Makes me wonder were the flowers have gone too.. They were there yesterday , but have gone today. Makes me think have they died over night or have they been picked. . . We will never know! 

One thing I have noticed is the local council gardening team are working in the gardens.  I was entirely sure what they were up to. Until I walked past just now..... 

They are giving the Roses the chop...

Not the best picture in the world, but you can see some of the rose bushes..

Spring is coming

I think I can definitely say winter as hint my

 'Prunus Padus Grandiflora' and the little Victorian Gardens that it is in..

I have noticed the past couple of times I have walked past the gardens how the place looks a bit run down and well used too... Sad thing I've noticed is some one as pulled down the wired fence...  I am not entitle sure what or how the Victorians would feel to see the place now... I guess heart broken! 

I decided to do some digging to find out more about the gardens...  So I dig out my Dorset books to do some research.... 

This is what I have discovered about the land that the gardens are situated on was owned by Sir Frederic Johnston (a Conservative party member).

Sir Frederic Johnston was also the same man that own Greenhill Gardens ( which I am working on a post about).. I believe Frederic also owned the Alexandra Gardens too... 

Back to the little gardens I learnt Sir Frederic Johnston gave the land to the local council for the gardens. He wanted local people who did not have a garden have a place to go...

The gardens was opened on Wednesday 20th July 1904 and was named Saint Johns Gardens.

The picture below is how the gardens looked once opened..

Which to me makes kind of sense... Has up and around the corner is Saint Johns Church. Across the road from the church was the school, also called Saint Johns... Now stands an block of flats where the school was...

Back to Saint Johns Gardens, the Prunus Padus Grandiflora has lost its leaves. But there is signs of Spring is on its way... 

There are buds!

Winter Setting In!

Since my last post not so long ago!!! 

Not much seem to have happened to the Prunus Padus Grandiflora aka Grandmother's tree.

The tree seems to be just sitting there watching people, students and the local council gardening team come and go...

But secretly Grandmothers tree is slowly going into sleep mode.

Will update very soon!

Letting nature takeover!

This year I have not really done much in the garden.  I seem to of just let nature take over. Okay I did kind of tidying up, started to paint the place and adding new plants to my little heaven.


Sad thing is I haven't had much of a chance to spend time out doors to enjoy.


This is how my garden looks at the moment..

I like too say 'not for long, that's for sure'. But really at the moment I'm not sure when I will get outdoors.... 

Slowing down

I only realised yesterday on my way home from work that I had not written my #TreeFollowing post for the month......

So as I walked past yesterday on my way home.. I noticed not a lot as changed, maybe the weather is at play again - with confusing all the plants what time of year it is...

I noticed the trees in the gardens where slowly going into sleep mode for the winter.  Apart from the Roses they are still flowering, also the Osteospermum are still flowering around the gardens. The only tree that is taking its time over things is my grandmother's tree.  Which still has leaves on, the only thing I couldn't see was the fruit...

Autumn tidy!

My local council gardening team have been in and tidyed up the whole garden.....

13/10/14

Looks rather nice I have to say...

The Prunus Padus Grandiflora aka Grandmother's tree has also had a tidy up....

Its another wet day here. 13/10/14

I have also worked out what some of the plants were, that was growing around the base and taking over.

The tall green leaf plant was Bindweed Calystegia Sepium.  The bindweed was also growing in the hedge of the garden.

I also noticed the hedge across the road too. Had the bindweed growing in amongst the hedge.

The other plant was the orange little flowers plant.. 

After a bit of studying I believe that orange flowered plant was African Daisy Osteospermum.

By the gate! 13/10/14

I have noticed one of the African Daisy's have survived the local gardening team. Which I am so glad one has!

I see there is a weed growing as well! 13/10/14

This little one is showing 'No Matter What life flows at us. . . We should NEVER give up'

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Somethink else I noticed around the end of August  and I thought I had mention it as well. Grandmother's tree had fruit on. (Please note not edible) 

Not the best picture in the world I know..

It will be interesting to say the lease, what will happen the coming months.. Only time will tell!

#TreeFollowing

Found You

I think for the first time in a while. I have made the deadline for 'Looseandleafy' #treefollowing . .

Last month I was in the middle of writing this post. When I and the rest of my family received some bad news..  Don't worry I won't keep on about it! 

On a happier note I have so exciting news... Yay!!

Believe I have found out what my grandmothers tree is. With help from The One Show gardener Christine Walkden and Chris Beardshaw. You can find Chris presenting on Beechgrove Garden.. But for me and rest of you will best know Christina and Chris for appearing in our favourite gardening magazines or being at RHS Shows the list goes on!

So I sent some pictures of the tree to them. Both Christina and Chris reply back to say the tree look's like..

Prunus Padus Grandiflora

I am a bit old school, as I always try and look in my gardening reference's books before I go online..  But I think this time I was over looking as I couldn't at the time find what I was looking.... 

In the end I ended up on the internet....  I looked at the pictures on google and I then I went on to the RHS website.  Grandmothers defo looks like a Prunus Padus Grandiflora

Sorry there isn't any pictures this month!