The Very Best of 2013 – A Year In Pictures
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When I wrote my equivalent post this time last year, I thought 2012 was a momentous year, but reflecting on 2013 I find the last twelve […]
Other People’s Gardens
Devastation
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It’s a sad irony that after waxing lyrical about The Salutation earlier this week, the gardens are now under water, drowned by this week’s […]
Glorious Goodnestone, Part III: The Walled Garden
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The British love a walled garden: solid, enclosed and often romantic, they are private spaces where a lucky few get to garden and where […]
Glorious Goodnestone, Part I: Mellow Fruitfulness
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I have never been a great fan of autumn. All the untidiness and decay just doesn’t work for me. I generally console myself with […]
The Gardens of Constantine, Cornwall
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The National Gardens Scheme (NGS) is a fantastic charity, started in 1927 and now orchestrating access to thousands of private and public UK gardens […]
Trevoole, et vous?
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. I love this quote from Henry David Thoreau, American author, poet, […]
Making Arrangements
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This Wednesday I was extended the great honour of arranging the flowers for Trevoole Farm’s NGS open day. I’m not sure what qualified me […]
Potting Shed Still Life
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Being the custodian of two very small gardens, I envy those with room for serious glasshouses and potting sheds. Yesterday, in the lovely walled […]
Wallington Hall, Cambo, Northumberland
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Northumberland is a wonderful, wild, unspoilt county in the north of England, once the frontier between rampaging Celts and civilised Romans. The region is […]
Summer Serendipity
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The English language is full of wonderful words, if only one can find the opportunity to use them. Thought to be one of the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Lone Poppy
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Poppies are resourceful little plants, seeding themselves everywhere and living their short, glorious lives in the fast lane. Putting little effort into producing […]
A Little Bit of Paradise
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At the end of July we travelled north to the cathedral city of Durham. My partner (aka ‘Him Indoors’) grew up on a picture-perfect […]