Finished digging wildlife pond at last!

The roses on the arbour have been flowering for weeks now, even some of the clematis have recovered from being stuck in pots at the garden centres and put on an impresive display, next year should be stunning. The wildlife pond at last has been dug out and I've managed to get some old carpet to line the bottom, m'spouse is getting a bit fed up of me stopping at every skip to see if they've got any old carpet in them, I've had several donations from friends, and might go to the local carpet shop to raid their bins as people have to pay to have it taken away!
The borders looked wonderful with all the asters that came into flower this month. A lot of the cuttings I took last year (from Picton Nurseries) have been planted in the borders, some flowered as well, although I should have cut them off to preserve their strength, but they looked so pretty. I'm already looking forward to next year.



This area has come together well, I've just mulched the area with last years wood shreddings left to rot down in the woods with lots of leaf mold. The autumn leaf colour was stunning with the Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diana' having brilliant red leaves, the yellow flowering ones seem to have yellow autumn coloured leaves. The Kniphofia is 'Rooperi' is autumn flowering and has huge flower heads, this one I got from Carol Klein's nursery and it has quadrupled in size in 2 years. The cyclamen have grown, some clumps are over 1' wide this year and lots of baby seedlings are showing their leaves. I should one day have enough to fill the woodland garden too.