A Wander Around The Wiggly Garden

I made a trip down to see Heather and the rest of her team down at Wiggly Wigglers yesterday. I did however manage to combine the trip down with an excuse to have a ride out on my new motorbike. It was so much quicker and more fuel efficient than going by car and much more fun.

After a cup of tea and a slice of cake with Heather I went for a wander in the garden. Hannah, who looks after the garden and vegetable patch, amongst other things, was busy doing a bit of weeding. After a bit of a natter with her I decided to have a stroll through the garden.

As you can see it is packed full of colour and I can tell you that not only is it pleasant to look at, it is full with bees and other insects gathering nectar.

The4 garden it's self is a walled garden but you can see the surrounding fields from inside of it giving you an impression of it blending into the surroundings.

Hannah has done a fantastic job with the vegetable patch as many of the vegetables and soft fruits were looking great and ready to eat.
One of the other jobs that Hannah does is to look after the new bee hive in the garden. She has 4 hives in her own garden and has been interested in bees for a number of years. A hive in a garden like this is ideal, as it is big enough to provide all the pollen the bees could want and is another way of supplying additional food from the same space.
I know it is hard to tell but this is Hannah (left) showing Heather (right) one of the racks that contains lots of bee grubs in various stages of development. If you click onto the picture you can see the darker cells are full of the grubs, while the lighter ones are full of honey.

Whilst I was there Herather was also taking part in a photoshoot. She is to appear in the Womens Institute Magazine soon and was being photographed by Charles Sainsbury-Plaice, who is a leading photographer of rural images. He also carries out work for many magazines and he has an online picture libary . It was great to meet a fellow photographer and interesting to watch him work.
Whilst Heather was being photographed, Monty her son, went for a closer look at the hive and he too was fascinated by the bees.
If you would like to see all of this for yourself the garden will be open to the public on the Sunday 27th July. As well as the garden there will be trailer rides with Farmer Phil, woodland crafts and much more, making it a great day out for all of the family. I will be popping down too and it will be great to meet some fellow bloggers.

See you there...