The Very Best of 2015 – A Year in Pictures
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The moment I sit down to write my review of the year my mind goes completely blank. How do I sum up the year […]
Photography
Balmy Boxing Day
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I began my traditional Boxing Day post last year by commenting on the unusually mild weather that lead up to Christmas. Had I known […]
Christmas Flower Candy: Cobaea scandens
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If you live in the Northern hemisphere, you may consider Cobaea scandens, otherwise known as cup and saucer vine, an odd choice of Christmas Flower […]
Top Tips for Choosing and Dressing Your Christmas Tree
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Every year my team and I dress a hundred or more Christmas trees for product reviews, press shows, store displays and special customers, but when […]
Reflections
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In my life as a buyer of all things festive, it is Christmas every day of the year. My face is permanently dusted with […]
Shipwreck Weather
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As we drove across the border between Devon and Cornwall on Friday night it was almost as if the wind were determined to blow […]
Postcards from Prague
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No jetting off to New York this year, but a trip to the Czech Republic instead. And what a refreshing trip it was. Not […]
All I want for Christmas 2015 is …….
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Coming up with a Christmas list is one of those annual tasks that sounds fun and indulgent, but which I find perenially difficult. Throughout […]
What’s in Store for 2016? Chiltern Seeds
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In a series of posts over the coming weeks I’m going to be looking at what the seed merchants and nurseries have in store […]
The Lady
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As we approach the festive season it feels like the world has very little to celebrate. The tragedy that has befallen Paris and its […]
Hangers On
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One of the challenges when blogging on the subject of gardening is striking a balance between ‘doing’ and writing about ‘doing’. Usually this is […]
Ginger Glow
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It has been an exceptionally mild and sunny autumn here in the UK. Last weekend we enjoyed the warmest ever November day, with temperatures […]