Janet and John Baraclough's Garden Janet and John Baraclough's Garden Somewhere North of Glasgow. T his is a 3.6 acre rural garden which we have had for 15 years, before we came it was a grazing field and small birch wood. The garden has a 360 degree skyline surround of high moorland hills, with the Highland boundary fault mountains and Loch Lomond to the north.
Gardening here is dominated by exposure from the dramatic physical backdrop and a cold wet climate.
I have grown hundreds of mostly native trees and hedging plants, wild flowers and bulbs planted as naturally as possible to encourage wildlife. The trees shelter five open clearings and the organic veg garden, and lengthen the short summer seaon with spring blossom, autumn colour and fruits. Our front door, southwest facing, obscured windows and an ongoing marital debate. John would like to eat by daylight. Welsh poppies and pink geranium have colonised the gravel below.