October and Autumn approaches in the Ednovean Farm Garden

We are approaching autumn in our gardens at Ednovean farm now and slowly I’ve noticed the changes in the season as autumn approaches as I’ve watched the birds twist and curl above the garden in a tightly grouped flock with the swift sure movements that are part of the unchanging rhythm of the seasons. Just as surely as I occasionally hear the sound of the sea drifting over the garden with just a little more insistence, or watch Spud with soft white paws treading the golden leaves of autumn that flutter on the lane, as he returns from important cat business abroad. I know each day the signs grow larger that mark the autumn days that lay ahead of us and yet the garden is still full of promise as the flourishing  grasses bring an unexpected tawny-red glow to the borders.

News from the garden

The long border behind the italian garden is given a rhythm by the palms

The miscanthus so bright at the beginning of the month have started to fade already

Grael and grasses with an agave tucked in a corner of a path

Russet grass seeds soften the borders with scoops in the hedges giving glimpses of the further gardens

The first of the rich russet miscanthus blooms

Miscanthus grass in the Italian Garden

Bright flashes of red in the Autumn garden from the developing foliage

The rosettes of fascicularia bicolor have started to change colour now

My bargain bin banana tree has done well with a little tlc and rewarded me with bright new leaves

aloe striatula – they poruce orange “candle shped” flowers in summer

Thhhhhhe fresh new Echiums have sprung up already to flower next summer

This month, the garden has grown still lusher, welcoming the light rains that have fallen so far and sending up a final flourish of bright Miscanthus grasses and Sedums to finish its season.Message

We’ve still found warm sheltered corners to dream away an afternoon and soak up the sunshine as the Indian summer we’ve all so enjoyed has slowly slipped away.

The half circles that we cut in the hedges in the Italian Garden have showcased the dramatic Miscanthus grasses perfectly this year, framing the bright russet red blooms as they emerged and then slowly faded as the month goes on to a more gentile tawny fawn.

October and looking down across oru garden toward St Michael’s Mount and Penzance across Mounts Bay

The brave new pampas seeds

The unchanging winding paths

Shadows on the lawn

A tall pampas towers over the courtyard entrance at this time of year.The entrance to Ednovean Farm garden

The date palms in the courtyard gardens

Charles emerged from the amres field at the bottom of the garden

We still stop for tea int he garden

Relaxed planting with bright red Sedums

The italian Garden waitis as always tempting guests to explore its depths

The lwan has enjoyed the first of the autumn rains and grown green again

The gentle colours of the border

Clumps of Pampass help to separate and shelter areas of the garden

Succulents in a sheltered courtyard

Our pampas grasses of course so at home in our garden near the sea; tall and stately, they will entertain us with their swaying plumes through the autumn before defy the winds from the winter storms that have yet to come. And in the spring? They will make carefully concealed “des-res” for a nesting bird among the jumbled seed heads their final task in the course of the seasons. I hope you enjoy this month photos of the garden at Ednovean Farm if you would like to follow the garden diary through earlier months  here’s a selection from the seasons 

To catch up with the latest news of Ednovean Farm’s garden throughout 2017 why not try my garden diary roundup for this year