After taking on a new garden this year and dealing with the dry, hot summer, autumn has never felt more welcome. For me, this has always been a time of celebration, and a time to take a moment and enjoy the season.
Misty mornings, dew-covered cobwebs and the lowering of the light in the sky, which in itself can be used to spot or back-light plants, start to drive a change in the atmosphere outside your back door. Autumn can be a fast-changing season, with plants starting to decay at varying rhythms. Something magical starts to happen, and I love that change of pace-rich leaf colour, ageing seedheads and still a good show of flowers.
So why do so many people see autumn as a time to tidy up and put the garden to bed for winter? There's so much still to enjoy and, best of all, autumn is a great time to look at your garden and start to understand the structure and form of your planting.
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