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August is a watershed month, a moment when our gardens reach their peak volume and visual strength before evaporating into the soft airiness of autumn. The name of the game is prolonging the summer display for as long as possible.
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The pots are all planted and in position, their arrangements have been checked from every angle, adjusted and appraised again. Happy with the result, […]
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Our garden is at its lowest ebb from early February until the Ides of March, on the 15th of the month. Battered by gales […]
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Not a square inch of my tiny garden goes uncultivated. Over the years I’ve found plants that enjoy, or at least tolerate, every environment […]
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Both gardens were overflowing with plants long before August arrived. There was a point at which getting from the garden gate to the front […]
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And relax! After several weeks of intensive preparation, another National Gardens Scheme open weekend lies behind us. Rather like Christmas there’s an almighty build-up […]
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So I forgot. Today’s the day that the London Evening Standard publishes a feature on neon-coloured foliage and I am not even in […]
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You would not believe the ideas I have for this blog. They are stored up in my head and occasionally committed to paper. […]
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