Chelsea Flower Show 2016: The Show Gardens
Reading time 20 minutes
The Chelsea Flower Show opened yesterday, showcasing the best clutch of show gardens in many years. Visitors were treated to magical woodlands, gracious urban […]
Other People’s Gardens
Chelsea Flower Show 2016 Preview: The Cloudy Bay Garden
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In just 11 days the Chelsea Flower Show will fling open its gates to an expectant crowd of RHS members and their guests. Until […]
Sunshine and Showers at Saltwood
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I have met some Americans who believe all us Brits live in quaint thatched cottages and are intimately acquainted with The Queen. We might […]
Changing of the Guard at Goodnestone
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Great gardens to visit in East Kent are rarer than hens’ teeth. Those that open during the winter months even scarcer. So, as soon […]
Seeing Snowdrops
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One of my unwritten New Year’s resolutions is to address my southern bias when it comes to writing this blog. As someone who’s never […]
Dahlia Week: Tips from the Top
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Last Saturday we were lucky enough to hear from two of the dahlia world’s greatest enthusiasts as part of a Dahlia Festival at The Salutation […]
Dahlia Week: Big and Beautiful
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When I was a boy, most dahlias looked a little like D. ‘Lady Darlene’. They were bold and brazen, not afraid to be bi-coloured […]
Gardening on the Edge: Foamlea, North Devon
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The most inspiring gardens are not always those on which huge funds are lavished or indeed the better known ones. Often they are the […]
A Walk on Walmer’s Wild Side
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We needed to blow away the cobwebs today, so settled on a drive down to one of our favourite spots, the stretch of coastline […]
The American Garden, Saltwood, Kent
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Primped and polished gardens are all very well (we’ll be seeing a lot of them at Chelsea in a few days’ time) but for […]
Hellebore Heaven
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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 […]
Trebah Gardens, Cornwall
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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 […]