North Glebe
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The North Glebe is the relatively large area between Winter Stream and School Oak to the west of Spring Bed West. It is 220 m2 in area :
The area is a sunny bowl once the sun comes round the oak tree although it will have some shade along the bank of the stream once the weeping willow in South Glebe grows tall. It slopes up from the stream to School Oak. Fundamentally it is a moist clay soil because of the sub-surface water that drains down from the field to the west. Hopefully the soil will improve as we mulch and cultivate [although much of the area has been and still is - 2019 - mulched with old carpet].
All of the glebe land had been abandoned years before we took over in 2015. It was a mass of brambles with nettles, bindweed, bracken etc. that have been slowly tackled over the following years. In the early years North Glebe was a useful spot to have the many bonfires needed as we cleared the garden but in 2019 that was discontinued and the task of developing the garden in this area was started : three white-barked birch and two magnolias have been planted as a background when viewing from the south looking towards School Oak. The overall thinking [for the longer term] is to have herbaceous perennials down near the stream blending into shrubs and trees as the slope ascends.
Full details of the plants can be found in the North Glebe plant list and the context of this area within the garden can be found on the Plan and Areas page.
