Susannah Black Garden Design

12/01/2022

Nothing like cold water swimming to focus your mind on living...literally just breathing and staying alive, in that moment, feeling the burn and the sensation like tiny daggers all over you...and then the incredible endorphin high and 'body buzz'. If you haven't tried it make 2022 the year you do!

12/01/2022

A swim a day for 2022! So far I've not missed a morning through the drizzle, dark, mist or ice. Sunrises like this and the invigorating buzz are addictive!

14/09/2021

September sun, warm evenings and that autumnal glow creeping in. Leaves starting to fall, everything's setting seed and the nights are closing in 💚

06/08/2021

For weeks we've watched these huge aerial acrobats flitting around the pond, dive bombing each other and us! We've seen them mating midair, laying their eggs carefully under the lilypads and now there are dragonfly nymphs everywhere! Looking forward to seeing them shed their exoskeleton and fly off as the next generation!

01/08/2021

31/07/2021

Bumper crop! Now the tiger and I will be busy making lots of jam!

27/07/2021

Not sure which is prettier...the meadow or Rosie 😍 almost 5 months old and full of mischief

26/07/2021

When we built our swimming pond last year it generated a LOT of spoil so to make our garden a bit more interesting we created some raised areas and seeded with a wildflower mix this spring. It's turned out better than I ever imagined for its first year, the colours are so vibrant and change constantly as new waves of flowers come in...and the bees and other pollinators are buzzing about it!

26/07/2021

Another beauty! And it even rotates with the sun to face it throughout the day, and then they close completely at night

13/07/2021

Office view: hollyhocks arriving en mass and our Rosa Mermaid still looking amazing! Just need some blue skies please 🙏

29/06/2021

Just shows what a pond addict I am now, that I get this excited about our first water lily flower!!! 🥳

22/06/2021

I love revisiting a project and seeing how things are growing and settling in. This wind swept front garden is looking fantastic and the combo of grasses, low growing Euphorbia myrsinites, Armeria and Thyme look great without blocking the view. Plus... and 👍 💚