Garden and Garden Birds

Welcome to Donald and Patricia Perkins' garden pages. The idea for a garden diary stemmed from the occasional snippet that was put in the weather diary. Often there was more to say, but after all it was a weather diary and points were kept strictly weather related. As the Millennium Year 2000 approached the idea grew and the diary went live in January 2000. An added stimulation came in the form of an old book on our bookshelves 'Days and Hours in a Garden' by Eleanor Vere Boyle, first published in 1884; the date our house was built. This small book, with monthly descriptions of a Victorian garden at Huntercombe Manor in Buckinghamshire, is a fascinating comparison (albeit on a different scale) to our garden. So much has changed, but some things have not... Contents list

Contents There are lots of photographs and drawings in the Garden Diaries. It may take a while to download the whole file on a slow link, but you can download a month at a time. Our Garden in Llansadwrn Diary 2000 ...Full download... January 2000 February 2000 March 2000 April 2000 May 2000 June 2000 July 2000 August 2000 September 2000 October 2000 November 2000 December 2000 The Victorian Garden at Huntercombe Manor 1882/83 ...Full download... October 1882 November 1882 December 1882 January 1883 February 1883 March 1883 April 1883 May 1883 June 1883 July 1883 August 1883 September 1883 Garden BirdWatch Survey GBW Garden Birds 1996-2003 Data Recipes Links to useful sites Return to home page

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Last updated: 26 June 2002. This page is part of the site maintained at http://www.llansadwrn-wx.co.uk

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