Odd Harvests
In the last few weeks of last year we harvested two plants that we have rarely harvested before but for very different reasons. The first crop came from the greenhouse where the plants had been growing...
View ArticleThe Gardens of the RHS Part 1 – A Tour of Wisley
The Royal Horticultural Society is probably the most important, most well known and most influential gardening society in the world. We are lucky to live in the UK where we have access to their own...
View ArticleWisley Part Five – The Centenary Glasshouse
I promised you a sample of the delights of the RHS’s Centenary Glasshouse, and here they are. Usually in glasshouses the flowers are the stars of the show so just for a change let us begin by bringing...
View ArticleThe Gardens of the RHS Part Six – Orchids at Wisley
The new Centenary Glasshouse at Wisley is one of our favourite, regular places for visiting and enjoying. In our September wander we made several detours through its big sliding doors and into its...
View ArticleTwo Welshpool Town Gardens
June’s Hardy Plant Society garden visit took us to two little town gardens. The first garden was truly tiny and the second slightly less tiny. They were perfect if very different examples of what it is...
View ArticleA Garden Bouquet for August
It is time I took up my camera and took photos of the delights our garden has to offer. This is a particularly important set of photos as we have decided on August 3rd as the date we are going to open...
View ArticleAiming for a year round garden. Part One – The Winter
Over the last few years we have worked hard planning to make our garden look and feel good all year round. So today I took a wander with camera in hand to see how well we had done so far. See what you...
View ArticleThree Winter Gardens – Part Two – Cambridge Botanic Gardens
We had never been to Cambridge before. Lots of people told us it is just like Oxford its parallel university city. We decided to put things right and find out for ourselves so spent a few days there....
View ArticleAiming for a year round garden – late spring.
It is only a few weeks since I published my post looking at our garden in early spring, but it is time for another look to see how we are doing where our aim of trying to establish a year round garden...
View ArticleThe Botanic Garden of Wales in the Rain – part one
We have come to love visiting gardens in the rain. We put up the brollies and huddle together for protection and just defy the downpours. But on a November day at The Botanic Gardens of Wales the rain...
View ArticleA Walk in the Park – Attingham Park July
Here we are back at Attingham Park for another wander, this time to see what is going on in the walled garden and woodland pleasure gardens in July. We arrived in the rain and carried on regardless....
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