No Tarmac Here!

It’s not often that I dedicate an entire blog to the driveway of Bealtaine Cottage, but today is totally about that most viewed and often ignored part of the gardens.

Rosa Canina is opening with the promise of hips this Autumn.

The driveway is an integral part of the gardens as it is not only the entrance to the cottage but the corridor of connection between the cottage and the rest of the land.

I counted the trees I planted along this 120metre stretch of lane…over 70!

Trees like this Hazel… Providing clean air!

Cotoneaster gives flowers, colour in autumn and food for the birds during the winter.

This lane-way will never suffer the suffocation of tarmac…and seeds will continue to germinate in the gravel.

The gravel ensures equal drainage into the soil with no run-off.

Beech, Laurel, Buddleia and Box all grow shoulder to shoulder!

Driveways are not just for cars!

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