Great Expectations – Chelsea Flower Show 2015 Show Gardens
Reading time 8 minutes
Only fifteen days into the New Year and the RHS have offered the public a glimpse of how the show gardens will look at this year’s […]
Foliage
Daily Flower Candy: Echium candicans
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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 […]
Birthday Blooms
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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 […]
Planting Containers for Winter Colour
Reading time 10 minutes
January can be a bleak month for us gardeners, our outdoor spaces painfully devoid of colour and working conditions far from ideal. The less […]
Maybe Moss?
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Our garden table in Broadstairs has always been graced by central pot or trough of flowers. We opt for hardy cyclamen or violas in winter, followed by narcissi […]
The Very Best of 2014 – A Year In Pictures
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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 […]
Blooming Boxing Day
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Even by London standards it’s been an exceptionally mild start to winter. Our traditional Boxing Day walk from Highgate to Hampstead revealed dahlias in […]
Stars of the Solstice
Reading time 8 minutes
The winter solstice is the longest night and shortest day of the year, this year falling on Sunday December 21st. The Earth’s axis tilts the […]
O Christmas Tree!
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Heaven only knows what I did to deserve such an appalling start to the festive season. First a horrendous tummy upset, which began in New […]
Jet Lag
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That’s it, I am done with travelling for 2014. I am stuck indefinitely at Amsterdam Schiphol airport with my colleagues, half of us with […]
Wreath 3 Kings
Reading time 8 minutes
As Christmas approaches, I find myself rapidly running out of time to do all the wholesome, festive projects I promised myself I would tackle. […]
Deck the Halls
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One of the things I love most about Christmas is festooning our London flat with greenery and flowers. I adore the smell of fresh-cut pine and […]