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Clockwise from top left: herb robert (Geranium robertianum); hart’s tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium); lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria); Alexanders / wild celery (Smyrnium olusatrum); common […]
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I have been particularly dutiful this week, even if I do say myself. I began the week in Cornwall, entertaining my beautiful, happy, intelligent […]
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The weather forecast for Saturday was not promising – heavy rain and hail showers – but, as is often the case in Cornwall, the elements […]
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It’s been weeks since I last saw our London garden in the daylight. At first glance there is not a lot to behold except […]
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Travel agents report that the second week in January is the peak week for holiday bookings. This is hardly surprising given the short days, miserable […]
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While the January storms rage outside it is a good time for me to catch up on a little reading. Next to my bedside table is […]
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When one’s birthday falls in early January, one learns not to expect too much in the way of tropical heat or blazing sunshine. However […]
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I embark on my review of 2014 with a degree of trepidation, as this year did not turn out to be quite as joyful as […]
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From a very early age my parents took me and my sister to visit gardens. I like to think the reason was to cultivate […]
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On the steep sides of the Helford River in Cornwall lie two famous gardens, as similar in style as the two halves of a […]
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Cornwall’s great gardens are, by and large, gardens that were created over 100 years ago and that have developed organically ever since. A handful have been rescued […]
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As far as I am aware, and please enlighten me should I be mistaken, there is not a collective noun for a group of […]
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