Nantybeddgarden Abergavenny

10/09/2026

Back home, after a few days away,to find autumn has arrived.

A good many plums and apples have blown off the trees whilst we were away. But that's fine. Visiting wildlife has feasted in our absence and there's plenty left for us.

And a joy to see so many small copper butterflies on the good old-fashioned Michaelmas daisy. Its vigour and floppy habit can be forgiven for producing such a display every autumn.

Not quick enough to get a photo of a young gleaming slow worm slithering into the long grass under the washing line.

Nice to go away but a joy to be home.

20/08/2026

The meadow having its water mint and sneezewort moment.

With yarrow, blue butterflies and just a smidgen of devil's bit scabious.

The middle of the meadow is wet so has remained much greener than others in the valley where the only green is the bracken. We won't be draining it. Wet grassland is such an important, and declining, habitat.

08/08/2026

Today in the Potager.

Weeds.

Wild angelica, hogweed and great willowherb.

And buckler leaf sorrel being, well, leafy in the shade of the Taunton Deane perennial kale.

Note for the faint of heart...we have been carrying out our annual 'off with their heads ' exercise with the hogweed. Much as we and the pollinators love it, a bit of annual editing is definitely required.

Please note that the garden is now closed for 2026 for visitors of the two-legged kind. Always open for pollinators.

01/07/2026

May Newsletter

Better late than never, here is the May Newsletter. If you want to get the Newsletter earlier, just drop us a line to [email protected] and ask us to add you to the mailing list.

Better late than never, here is the May Newsletter. If you want to get the Newsletter earlier, just drop us a line to [email protected] and ask us to add you to the mailing list.

01/07/2026

Hear all about it!

Last week Sue recorded a podcast for Roots and All entitled Letting the Wild In. Altogether its about half an hour, with Sue at the start and then another interesing piece by Benny Hawksby at the end. Do have a listen, the link is here Thanks to Sarah Wilson, who visited recently, for asking us to take part.

Last week Sue recorded a podcast for Roots and All entitled Letting the Wild In. Altogether its about half an hour, with Sue at the start and then another interesing piece by Benny Hawksby at the e…

26/06/2026

In the heat of the day. The cool of the forest. Our Silent Space. The perfect spot for chilling.

'Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything'. Gordon Hempton.

The words engraved onto our chaise log.

The sound of the river and birdsong. With the tree fern (native fern in a dead ash stump) gently waving in the breeze.

17/06/2026

Here’s 10 more reasons not to miss out on the next Jo McKerr and Sue workshop on July 25th, when they will be spreading their knowledge of different types of meadow, large and small. Only a few places left. Book via https://Nantybedd.com/2025/12/01/workshops-2026/.

26/05/2026

Our 50th Newsletter. Maybe we should be looking at combining them all into a book!

The 50th Edition! I never imagined when putting Issue 1 together that we would reach 50 (and still going…) Don’t forget that you can subscribe (for free!) just by emailing us on garden@…

26/05/2026

Better late than never. Finally catching up with web posts!

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25/05/2026

Lovely down at the pond this afternoon as the sun was going down behind the lime trees.

Does the path need weeding?