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Your Garden In August

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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 Watch House Awaits

Reading time 10 minutes

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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Kitchen Sink Drama

Reading time 7 minutes

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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The Watch House NGS Open Weekend 2019

Reading time 11 minutes

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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My Top 10 Indoor / Outdoor Foliage Plants

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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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Last Vestiges

Reading time 5 minutes

  I returned from China to a garden clinging valiantly on to the glories of summer. It was a heart-warming homecoming, but the gift […]

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An Extraordinary Autumn

Reading time 8 minutes

There comes a moment every autumn when I leave home and return again under the cover of darkness. Since I have been living full […]

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Plant Profile: Solenostemon ‘Henna’

Reading time 7 minutes

  My garden is so jam-packed with plants by early autumn that I can barely move around outside. Far from holding plants back, a […]

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