New planting at Buccleuch Gardens, Richmond (pronounced Book-loo).

Amazing work by Will, Susan, Jenni, Cathy, JP, Harry and Anita who responded to an urgent call for gardeners to help with planting in Buccleuch Gardens, Richmond.

We were able to plant and water-in all the plants donated by Petersham Nurseries, weeding as we worked, really transforming The Arcade Rockery and garnering loads of compliments from passers by walking along The Thames Path:

23 pachysandra

5 Achillea Summerwine

2 sage Tricolour

1 French Lavender

1 Nemesia white vanilla

2 salvia memosa East Friesland

2 small hydrangea

10 Primula ‘Hall Barn blue’

Also interred in Will's bespoke, spade-dug holes were 2 purple heucheras, 4 Salvia and 4 Nepetas.

We also filled a few gaps at The Three Pigeons Plot with some of the donations from Petersham Nurseries. 'The Pampas' area, behind the silver bollard, is now looking really good with the addition of Korean Feather Grasses and wood-rush:

8 Luzula Sylvatica (greater wood-rush)

4 Calamagrostis (Stips) brachytriva (Korean Feather Reed grass)

2 Dahlias

2 Lupins West Country Red Rum

2 x small and 3 large unlabelled plants

1 small blue hydrangia

1 lemon balm

1 strawberry

With so much awesome GG manpower, we were also able to weed, clip and edge more of the Arcade lawn and use a 'long-arm' tool to cut down some of the weeds sprouting high up on the brickwork behind the Arcade.