Spring Bed West
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The two spring beds are either side of the rill that runs from the winter spring down to Winter Stream. They are therefore entirely in the glebe land. Both are cut in two by the path that runs across the rill. The western spring bed merges seamlessly into the North Glebe and School Oak areas and is 30 m2 in area :
The northern end of this bed is also relatively shady, not just because of the oak but because of the hazel at the corner by the spring. It does enjoy some afternoon sun however, while the southern end is a lot sunnier. The soil at the north end is reasonable and it is quite moist, becoming more clayier and wetter as one moves south.
The first planting in this bed was as early as 2016 but it was just a 1 x 1 metre patch carved out of the glebe land weeds to take some red astilbe brought down from Chelsfield. They thrived in the damp but really only became part of the garden in 2018, having been joined by some white Astilbe 'Cappuccino' in 2017 in a second square metre patch.
Full details of the plants can be found in the Spring Bed West plant list and the context of this area within the garden can be found on the Plan and Areas page.
