Kentish Gardens

The Heat Is On

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I love a bit of sun as much as the next man, but when the mercury rises above 25 degrees I am not at […]

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Jungle Warfare

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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 […]

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The Watch House Awaits….

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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 […]

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Old Bladbean Stud, Elham, Kent

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Joyful and life affirming is how I’d describe the garden at Old Bladbean Stud. Hidden among the labyrinthine lanes of South East Kent, owner […]

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Elham NGS Open Gardens

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Nestled in a broad, fertile valley cutting a swathe through East Kent, Elham is the very essence of England. During W.W.II Sir Anthony Eden lived in a […]

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Daily Flower Candy: Lotus berthelotii

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In case you haven’t noticed I am a sucker for anything colourful, exotic and expensive looking. This goes for food, cocktails, shirts, wallpaper and […]

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Great Balls of Fire – Sandling Park in May

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There was such an extraordinary amount going on in May that I am now working through a draft post pile-up. In contrast to the scarcity […]

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Spring comes to Saltwood

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Yesterday the hedgerows were heavy with may flower and vital with leaf as we drove from Broadstairs to Saltwood Castle for the 2014 NSPCC plant fair. […]

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Kentish Belles

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Over the next couple of weekends, two of Kent’s most beautiful and enigmatic gardens will be opening their gates to the curious public. Both reveal their secrets […]

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Sandling Park Open Day 2014

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Spring 2013 arrived fashionably late. This was convenient for us, as we’d been travelling in Bhutan during the prime time for camellias, rhododendrons and […]

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Awash With White

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Yesterday we ventured out into the storm-torn Kentish countryside. Public transport was at a standstill after hundreds of trees fell onto train lines linking […]

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Seeing White

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Perhaps it is just me, but it seems that every gardening publication I open this month is packed with features on snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) and lists […]

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