A Moment of Drought
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Some things are just not meant to be. I set off, already late, to visit Eltham Palace. Once the home of the Courtaulds this […]
Planting Design
Gold Medal Gardens – Southern Hemisphere
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Visitors to the Olympic park via the bustling Stratford entrance were for two weeks greeted by the showiest of the London 2012 gardens, representing […]
A Touch of Ginger
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Bringing a touch of the tropics to our garden this summer are two members of the ginger family – Hedychium densiflorum “Stephen” and Cautleya […]
Gold Medal Gardens – North America
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As the “Golden Games” draw to a close there is a sense of great pride and celebration in the UK. We have diving and […]
Butterflies in Birchington – Quex Park, Kent
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As is so often the case, the things that are on your own doorstep are the first to be overlooked. And so, somehow, we […]
The Rise and Fall of Phormiums
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Walking home from work today, I passed a miserable looking clump of variegated phormiums in front of a drab public building. They were ill […]
Shades of Summer
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We have been away from our seaside garden for two full weeks. This always makes me uneasy, especially when the weather is warm […]
London 2012 – The Opening Ceremony
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By amazing chance we are back in Stratford again, but this time for the real opening ceremony. The atmosphere is already incredible. The world […]
London 2012 – Let the show begin!
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You saw it here first. Lovely planting on the Olympic Park ready for tonight’s rehearsal of the opening ceremony. Watsonia, Agapanthus, Dierama, Diascia and […]
The Perfect Cure for a Hangover? Easton Walled Gardens, Lincolnshire
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Having partied until the small hours, and feeling just a little bit hung over, we weren’t exactly sure if we were up to getting […]
Felley Priory, Nottinghamshire
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It’s always good to get away from the big smoke and better still to have the opportunity to visit new gardens in unfamiliar places. […]
The Salutation, Sandwich (Part 2)
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In amongst the exuberant herbaceous borders and hot, tropical plantings of The Salutation in Kent there were also some carefully considered planting combinations to […]