Book Review: “Daffodil: Biography of a Flower”
Reading time 5 minutes
“I’m always pleased to see a daffodil” confesses Oxford University botanist Dr Robert Scotland to the author of this new account of the […]
Photography
Scented flowers for the midwinter garden
Reading time 10 minutes
During the winter months, every flower in the garden is cherished like a precious gemstone. Once spring arrives, we’ll enjoy an elegant sufficiency […]
And Relax …..
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It’s here, the moment I have been waiting for all Christmas, the moment when all our visitors have departed, there is no cleaning […]
Year’s End
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It’s been a funny old year, and not one I’d care to repeat. 2016 has neither been the year I predicted nor planned; […]
Beach Blanket Boxing Day
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It has been a long time since Him Indoors and I spent Christmas at our seaside house, but it is good to be […]
Sing Hallelujah!
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The builders have left the building – sing hallelujah, ring out the bells and fa la la la la!! We are finally free […]
A Feast for the Eyes: Terrain, USA & Oogenlust, The Netherlands
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Among the many perks of my job is the opportunity to travel. In the last fortnight I have been to the USA, Germany […]
A Sight for Sore Eyes
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I’ve been back from China for 6 days and still the jet-lag drags on. At about 3pm every day my vision starts to […]
Saying it with Flowers
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Two subjects I prefer not to write about in this blog are my day job and artificial flowers. Today I make an exception, […]
Moving Mountains
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You may ask what is interesting about the photograph at the top of this post. It is, after all, a view out of […]
A Walk in the Park
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They say “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. In order to avoid falling into the same trap as Jack, […]
Le Jardin Secret, Marrakech
Reading time 20 minutes
To create a new garden and open it to the public in the space of three years would be a challenge for the […]