Visit to Sue Jackman’s Garden – 16 July 2023 by Christine Hall

Our ‘Meet the Gardener’ visit for July this year was to Sue Jackman’s lovely garden at Great Totham.  About thirty members came on what was a very sociable and fun afternoon.  I found the garden had matured considerably since I visited ten to twelve years ago.   Part way down the garden there is a hot border on the right-hand side of the path with kniphofias, heleniums etc.  There are lilies in abundance as well as clematis.  In a corner near the house Sue has alpine troughs and various plants in containers.

I was impressed with the Thalictrum delavayi just beside the garden gate as one enters the back garden which had grown to about 6 feet in height.  I have a white one to which I have been giving lots of tender, loving care but this is only about a foot high!  Admittedly the main stem broke off in the wind earlier this summer or maybe it was gnawed by something.   Towards the end of our visit, we enjoyed the delicious cakes and refreshments.

This was a very pleasant and enjoyable afternoon and in spite of our very changeable, wet weather this July, it remained dry and sunny.