Pretty in Pink: Podranea ricasoliana
Reading time 3 minutes
Draped elegantly over the high walls surrounding Marrakech’s wealthier villas and riads is an elegant climber known variously as pink trumpet vine, Queen of […]
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Holiday Mode
Reading time 4 minutes
Our “proper” holiday, by which I mean a holiday where I am looked after rather than being expected to look after others, has […]
Omens
Reading time 4 minutes
“I laugh because I must not cry. That is all. That is all.” Abraham Lincoln To say our current travails with the building […]
Slow Progress
Reading time 4 minutes
I have watched enough episodes of Grand Designs to know that when carrying out a major building project two or more of the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Cobaea scandens
Reading time 6 minutes
The last time I wrote about Cobaea scandens was at Christmas and I make no apology for featuring it again so soon. Barring a few […]
The Plight of the Bumblebee
Reading time 9 minutes
I like bees, but I love bumblebees more. The sight of their comedically cumbersome bodies ambling across an umbel, or alighting delicately on a […]
Creating a Splash
Reading time 5 minutes
At 8.30 this morning I had the pleasure of showing Margie, Helen and Sarah from our fantastic local gift shop around the garden […]
King’s Cross Rising
Reading time 10 minutes
Although I class myself as a country boy, I have spent the majority of my life living as an urbanite. I count myself […]
So Far, So Good!
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Day two of our garden opening is always a more relaxed affair and I am thoroughly looking forward to it. On day one […]
Waiting and Anticipating
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When preparing for our garden opening, I find I end up doing anything but gardening. Over the last two days I have been […]
Ever Decreasing Circles
Reading time 3 minutes
This is a petrocosmea, a ground-hugging, rosette-forming relative of the African violet, hailing from the mountains of Western China. In its natural habitat […]
The Final Countdown
Reading time 7 minutes
Twelve days to go and preparation for this year’s garden opening feels like one of those bad dreams where, try as one may, one […]