Happy New Year!

Published on by Catherine

Farewell 2024!

Wishing you all a garden full of beautiful colour and heavenly perfume in 2025!

Bringing our gardens back to life is only a dream at this time of the year—but there is little to stop us from enjoying that dream. Seed, bulb and plant catalogues are popping through the letterbox and it’s a treat to sit and flick through the pages on a cold winter night, sparking inspiration and indulging in dreams of a perfect garden! I’m sure most of us are the same, we always end up with far more dream plants than will fit in our borders, right? But…there’s always room for a few more plants in the garden?

Wisteria, once beautiful, now gone.

My little Wisteria Tree died last year, and although I’ve already bought a replacement, it will be some time before it produces those beautiful, heavily perfumed blooms shown in the photo above. However, the photo is a reminder of what can be achieved in the garden, given time. What exciting ideas do you have planned for your garden in 2025?

Have a wonderful and happy New Year!

Catherine x

Credit: Snowman illustration – Adobe Stock

12 thoughts on “Happy New Year!”

  1. Happy New Year! Hope 2025 is a good one for you and your garden. My husband and I are seeing in the new year with the joys of COVID-19. I had so many blog posts I wanted to do this week, but, unfortunately, my body has other ideas and even basic self care is a struggle right now! If one of us was well, we could look after the other but hey ho!

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    1. Oh, what a shame, Laura, you must be feeling awful. I hope the symptoms ease off quickly and let you and your husband enjoy the start of a new year.

      Best wishes to you both for a good year ahead!

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  2. I hope your new Wisteria thrives in 2025. I am dreaming about the new gardening year already too, and hope to experiment with drying and pressing some flowers and plants this year…. I got some nice books for Christmas that have inspired me! Happy New Year Catherine!

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    1. Flower pressing, Cathy! We must share successes & failures! I started pressing flowers after I bought a small press as an activity for two of my grandchildren, just at the end of last summer. I enjoyed helping them so much that I bought a press for myself, then husband had to make me two larger ones! I’m still very much a beginner but I’m planning to grow flowers specifically for pressing this year.

      At some point I’ll probably do a post on the topic, if I can work up the courage to show my efforts! 😁

      Happy New Year!

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      1. Oh yes, it will be lovely to compare our successes and failures! I did make a start a long long time ago, and my partner also made me a huge flower press, but other things in life took over! Looking forward to it now. Happy New Year!

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  3. Happy New Year to you and happy gardening in 2025! My wisteria had to be cut down for my roofing work so like you I’m starting a new growth for the new year and I’ll have to wait a little to enjoy the scent of these pretty flowers.

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