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-escape balcony, over the block of back gardens, to see if I can spot any life anywhere. And with perfect timing, announced by a series of metallic ‘tsit tsit tsit’ notes, a small gang of titmice comes bobbing over the hedges and lands in next-door’s cherry tree

in some secluded bank or hedge and make her nest away from any more human interference.At home the cats were molesting something in the long grass around the pond. A small toad was marching up the garden. We sometimes find them hiding under the sandpit

681Bradenham, Thetford, Norfolk01362 687 279/243www.bradenhamhall.co.ukIP25 7QPOpen 9 Jun-22 Sep on 2nd & 4th Sun of month only, 2-5pm. Adults/OAPs £5, under-17s free. Single discount with card: £20%. Card not valid on charity days: 21 Apr, 28 Jul & 8 Sep.parking,toilets,part-dis...

716Elton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire01832 280 468www.eltonhall.comPE8 6SHOpen 26-27 May & 1 Jun-31 Jul, Wed & Thu, then 1-30 Aug, Wed, Thu, Sun & bank hol Mon, 2-5pm. Adults £6.50, OAPs £6, accompanied under-16s free. Card valid for garden only.parking,toilets,full-disabled,pla...

735Bread and Meat Close, Warwick01926 493 339www.hillclosegardens.com CV34 6HFOpen 29 Mar-13 Oct, Mon-Fri, 10.30am-3.30pm (until 5pm Fri), Sat-Sun & bank hol Mon, 11am-5pm (from 2pm Sun). Adults/OAPs £3.50, children (5-16) £1.parking,toilets,part-disabled,plants,refreshments,shop...

very favourite garden destinations. I love seeing what we would regard as house plants growing with weed-like vigour on the roadside, or trimmed to form a hedge. Poinsettia always looks wonderful there, not to mention the tangled jungles of Opuntia

I parked in a side street in Forest Hill last week and walking down to the Horniman Museum I noticed something odd with a small Norway maple, Acer platanoides, growing in a rather untidy hedge. Some of the leaves were dappled with the pale blotches

We are being invaded. I had not seen many harlequin ladybirds in my garden this year, but a few weeks ago I noticed that the larvae were climbing over the hedge from next door, in droves. This south-facing fence is covered with ivy and a

768Cromer Road, Beeston Regis, Sheringham, Norfolk01263 822 986www.priorymazegardens.co.ukNR26 8SFOpen 25 Mar-30 Sep, daily, 10am-5pm. Adults £5, OAPs £4.50, children (3-16) £2.50.parking,toilets,part-disabled,plants,refreshments,picnic,shop,dogs,public-transport

646Banbury, Oxfordshire01295 276 070www.broughtoncastle.comOX15 5EBOpen 1 May-15 Sep, Wed, Sun & bank hol Mon, 2-5pm, plus Thu in Jul & Aug. Adults £8 (£4 garden only), OAPs £7 (£4 garden only), children (5-15) £4. Card valid for whole property.parking,toilets,part-disabled,refre...