Planting Design

Cucumber Cottage, Sandwich

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Sandwich is full of lanes with quirky names such as Pondicherry Alley and Knighrider Street, each packed with an interesting mix of grand houses, […]

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The Salutation, Sandwich (Part 1)

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Ever since university, where our course leader Richard Bisgrove was an acknowledged expert on Gertrude Jekyll, I have been fascinated by the relationship between […]

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Captivating Annuals

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Whilst walking along Highgate High Street this afternoon, I was stopped by these charming pots of annual plants on the steps of the local […]

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Happy Hostas, Rambling Roses

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We are lucky enough to have a small garden at our London home, as well as by the seaside in Kent. On rare weekends […]

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Small is beautiful

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I rarely get time to the read the weekend papers, as I am normally out in the garden, pottering. But by Monday I had […]

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Out with the old, in with the new

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It always feels slightly wrong to be uprooting spring bedding, just when it appears to be reaching its zenith.  However, it’s a bad idea […]

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Daring Combinations

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I am already ruing my decision to plant out a number of young plants this week without hardening them off properly.  So often in […]

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