Cornwall Spring Flower Show 2018
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As great days out go, I rank a visit to the Cornwall Spring Flower Show up there with Chelsea and Sissinghurst. It’s a special […]
Cornish Gardens
Trewidden, Cornwall: Anything But Magnolia
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It’s been a cruel winter for spring flowering shrubs and trees. Today at Trewidden in Cornwall we witnessed the impact of subzero temperatures and […]
When The Wind Blows
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I am not a cold person, temperature or temperament wise, but when the wind blows from the north, as it did this weekend, I […]
Eternal Eden
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I can smell Cornwall before I can see it. Driving across the ancient border between Devon and Cornwall at night it’s pitch black, […]
Wonder Walls Part II
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Each time I return to the West Country I am reminded just how damp it is compared to Kent. A crude comparison of […]
Rhododendron Rebound
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Although I’ve never been able to grow them well, rhododendrons have always held a special place in my heart. I grew up visiting […]
Return to Eden
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It is May 2000 and I am standing in a long line of chattering, excitable people wearing white hard hats. This is not an […]
Tumbledown
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We are staying at Trevoole, one of our favourite places in Cornwall. And because I am on holiday I can take precious time to […]
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewintered
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As winter draws to a close, I can sum it up in one word: soggy. Dreams of bracing walks along the beach beneath clear, […]
The Very Best of 2015 – A Year in Pictures
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The moment I sit down to write my review of the year my mind goes completely blank. How do I sum up the year […]
Kaleidoscopic Colours
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I am in Cornwall, where the hydrangea is Queen of Shrubs. No seaside garden is complete without at least one; indeed many are packed […]
Cake and Kayaking
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Today The Frustrated Gardener celebrated three years on the World Wide Web, but there was a more significant party in town, my dad’s 70th. […]