Dazzling Dixter
Reading time 11 minutes
Having been utterly engrossed in our own garden for the last few weeks it was a relief to get out and about and start the […]
Flowers
The Watch House NGS Open Weekend 2014
Reading time 10 minutes
It was about this time last year when our friend Beth began twisting our arm to open for the National Gardens Scheme. We took […]
Gardening Leave
Reading time 3 minutes
No, I haven’t quit my job or been given my marching orders, but I have taken a couple of days off to prepare the […]
First Nature
Reading time 2 minutes
It’s official, my little neice Martha is on the move. She’s a quick learner, like her uncle, and on the eve of being seven months […]
The Heat Is On
Reading time 5 minutes
I love a bit of sun as much as the next man, but when the mercury rises above 25 degrees I am not at […]
Daily Flower Candy: Dahlia ‘American Dawn’
Reading time 2 minutes
It’s no good, I tried to hold back, but I just had to share this ravishing new dahlia which has started to bloom at […]
Jungle Warfare
Reading time 6 minutes
At a certain point each year our seaside garden passes from a neat, orderly state into jungly bedlam. It becomes increasingly hard to move around without getting […]
Daily Flower Candy: Zantedeschia ‘Picasso’
Reading time 3 minutes
I have always rather shunned the colourful, smaller cousins of the Ethiopian lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica, mainly because of their artificial looks and regular, cellophane-wrapped […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2014: Vestra Wealth’s Vista
Reading time 5 minutes
I had never heard of Vestra Wealth before this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and that’s for one very good reason – I […]
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2014 – Show Garden Highlights
Reading time 13 minutes
Chelsea needs to watch her back. Her bigger, louder and brighter sister at Hampton Court Palace is slowly but surely stealing her crown. Chelsea […]
The Watch House Awaits….
Reading time 17 minutes
In just less than two weeks, we open our garden at The Watch House in Broadstairs for the National Gardens Scheme. It has not been […]
Daily Flower Candy – Campanula lactiflora
Reading time 3 minutes
I have been a little quiet of late and that’s for three reasons. The first is work, which has been abnormally busy. The second […]