We decided to go ultra contemporary for the steps which link the lower swimming pool area with the rest of the garden. The thin white str...

The stone bridge links the house to the rest of the multi-levelled waterfeature in this Japanese garden (designed and built by us  over 1...

I always try and include alliums of some sort on our schemes,,,they add a certain 'wow' quality to any border. I usually use allium Chris...

We often use these large flat stone pieces (some weigh up to half a ton to create a Japanese effect to our paved areas. This feature, com...

Woodland Wildlife Challenge Coobs Clough Lancashire It’s just a month since I started my woodland wildlife challenge I have really enjoye...

Cobbs Clough : Lancashire Day 29 of my Woodland Wildlife Challenge Today : Shiny Cranesbill (Geranium lucida) This little beauty is not g...

Cobbs Clough Lancashire Day 28 of my Woodland Wildflower Challenge Today : Large bittercress (cardamin amara) : All aboveground parts are...

Cobbs Clough Lancashire Day 27 of the Woodland Wildlife Challenge Jack-by-the-Hedge (Alliaria petiolata, also known as hedge garlic) is a...

Cobbs Brow: Lancashire Day 26 in my Woodland Wildflower Challenge Today the stunning Rowan (Mountain Ash) Sorbus aucuparia, just coming o...

Cobbs Clough : Lancashire Day 25 of my Woodland Wildflower Challenge Today:Green Alkanet ( Pentaglottis sempervirens) flowers are edible ...

Cobbs Brow : Lancashire Day 24 of my Woodland Wildflower Challenge Today : Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) Another delicious (asparagus-l...

Cobbs Clough : Lancashire Day 23 of the Woodland Wildflower Challenge. Today :Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata ) This plant is everyw...

Day 21 of my Woodland Wildflower Challenge The glamorous Red Campion has skin cleansing properties. Therefore, their ingredients are used...

Cobbs CLough , Lancashire Day 20 of my Woodland Wildlife Challenge. (So named because I have to find one flower in the wood for every day...

Cobbs Clough Lancashire Day19 of the Woodland Wildflower Challenge An early hawthorn blossom! The fruits are edible, and they are sometim...

Cobbs Clough, Lancashire Day 18 of my Woodland Wildlife Challenge.Common speedwell (Veronica persica) Speedwell was once a highly regarde...

Cobbs Clough LancashireToday is day 16 of my Woodland, Wildlife Challenge. Today's flower : Forget-me-not (myosoti syvatica)The flowers a...

Cobbs Clough : Lancashire Day15 of my Woodland Wildflower Challenge Burnet-saxifrage - Pimpinella saxifraga It has long been held in high...

Cobbs Clough Lancashire Day 14 of my Woodland Wildlife Challenge Greater Stitchwort (stellaria holostea) is source of edible wild greens ...

I am reflecting today on why I started this wild flower challenge at the beginning of the month, as it is quite a lot of work. I suppose ...