The LDGA Year 2021

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A review of the LDGA year

A gallery of photographs recounting all the things we’ve been doing in 2021.

A snow covered garden

A snow covered garden

A snowy sunset

Snowy Broadway Gardens

Ice globules on tall dry grass

A ladybird on an ice covered teasel

A snow covered garden

A snow covered Yucca

A snow covered garden

Snowy weather in late January

A snow covered garden

A crow making a snow ball

A pheasant in the snow

A pheasant in the snow

A snow covered allotment

A snow covered allotment


A drift of mauve crocuses

A close-up of mauve crocuses with yellow centres

Purple pansy blooms

A yellow and white daffodil bloom

A stand of snakes-head-fritillary

Then Spring Arrived

A border of yellow daffodils in front of a wooden fence

Yellow daffodils in a border


Plot cleared in March

Plot laid out and ready for planting by end May

Lawn area raked and ready

Lawn area half laid

Lawn area laid

Finished plot with white stones laid

Fully stocked borders

A yellow Teddy Bear sunflower head

Squash Uchiki Kuri and Black Eyed Susan

2021 Progress of the LDGA Members’Garden


Allium bloom at Serendi

Members enjoying the garden at Serendi

Iris bloom at Serendi

2/6/21 – Coffee Morning at Serendi


A pink dahlia bloom

A pot with blooms of many purple shades

A magenta dahlia bloom

Blue flowers at Wisley

Lily bloom at Wisley

Close-up of plant with pink-viened leaves

24/7/21 – Outing to RHS Wisley
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A wide herbaceous border

A water lily covered pond

A pink water lily bloom

An allium bloom

A red and white dahlia bloom


A view from the Mount at Wisley

The Jellicoe Canal at Wisley

Water Lillies at Wisley

The Exotic Garden at Wisley

The Exotic Garden at Wisley

24/7/21 – Outing to RHS Wisley
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A view from Hilltop Sky Terrace

The Exotic Garden ay Wisley


A dragonfly on a leaf

Tiger striped caterpillars on ragwort


A blue flower bloom

A pink zinnia with butterfly

A yellow zinnia bloom

A small allium bloom with bees

A large white bloom

An orange dahlia bloom

Sweetcorn and courgettes growing in the kitchen garden at Sissinghurst

A type of squash growing in the kitchen garden at Sissinghurst

Carrots and beans growing in the kitchen garden at Sissinghurst

A couple of pink cone flowers with bee

Small allium blooms with bees

A yellow butterfly

The tower gatehouse at Sissinghurst

Borders at Sissinghurst

Orangy yellow rudbeckia

14/8/21 – Webmaster’s visit to
Sissinghurst in Kent


Dahlias growing in poly tunnel

Dahlias growing in poly tunnel

Dahlias growing in poly tunnel

4/9/21 – Outing to Mark Pattenden’s dahlia allotment. – Thanks to JB

Dahlias growing in poly tunnel

Close-up of a salmon pink dahlia bloom

Close-up of a maroon dahlia bloom

Close-up of a pink dahlia bloom

Close-up of a yellow dahlia bloom

Close-up of a yellow and orange dahlia bloom

Close-up of a white dahlia bloom


An arrangement of flowers and shells

An award winning display of fruit

A vase of flowers

25/9/21 – A few exhibits from
the Great Gransden Show


Hanging bean pods and rose hips

A rainbow above the trees

Begonias in a greenhouse

Out and about this autumn


Light projected onto ground reading Christmas at Wimpole

Trees lit purple with light spheres underneath

One of the light spheres

Arch tunnel of white light

14/8/21 – Webmaster’s visit to
Wimpole Hall lights

The front of Wimpole Hall lit in blue

The stumpery lit in purple

Lit up toad stools small and large

Pine needles lit in purple

Grasses and metal flowers lit in orange

The head of a metal flower in orange

A tree lit with multicoloured neon lights

Multicoloured neon lights forming a bow tie

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