Tidying The Gravel Garden, Mediterranean or Dry Garden?

It's time for the Gloucester House gravel garden to be cut down and weeded, a little later than last year but, strangely, the same date as 2010. The Echinacea, Knautia, Calamagrostis, Deschampsia, Eringium and Dierama are all past their best and have been looking rather messy for a few months now. Once all the old stems and grasses have been cut down and the weeds pulled up, the gravel is raked, a very tidy border is left behind at the end of the day.