Pothead Bulbs
Reading time 5 minutes
Right on cue, the lovely people from Avon Bulbs delivered my order yesterday – a box packed with lilies, tulips, crocuses, Narcissus, Iris, and Alliums. With […]
Small Gardens
Fooling Around at Trevoole
Reading time 5 minutes
So, here we are in Cornwall and the rain has finally stopped. Apparently it’s back with a vengeance tomorrow, so let’s enjoy this moment. […]
Tintinhull, Somerset – A Formal Garden, Informally Planted
Reading time 8 minutes
For many British garden buffs, Tintinhull needs little introduction. Nestling deep in the Somerset countryside this “small” garden (just less than 2 acres) is […]
A Moment of Drought
Reading time 5 minutes
Some things are just not meant to be. I set off, already late, to visit Eltham Palace. Once the home of the Courtaulds this […]
A Touch of Ginger
Reading time 3 minutes
Bringing a touch of the tropics to our garden this summer are two members of the ginger family – Hedychium densiflorum “Stephen” and Cautleya […]
Busy Doing Nothing
Reading time 2 minutes
Unlike my week, which is packed to say the least, the weekend was one of those rare and precious occasions on which there was […]
Shades of Summer
Reading time 4 minutes
We have been away from our seaside garden for two full weeks. This always makes me uneasy, especially when the weather is warm […]
Cucumber Cottage, Sandwich
Reading time 1 minute
Sandwich is full of lanes with quirky names such as Pondicherry Alley and Knighrider Street, each packed with an interesting mix of grand houses, […]
Welcome to the Jungle
Reading time 4 minutes
One thing this weather is good for is making things grow…..really fast. We arrived back home this morning and opened the gate to find […]
Summer scents
Reading time 4 minutes
July is the month when our seaside garden is at its most fragrant. In a normal year we’ll spend many happy evenings outside, enjoying […]
It’s raining again
Reading time 2 minutes
After the wettest June on record, I can’t help wondering if July will follow suit. Apparently we are in for a month’s rain over […]
Beautiful Stranger – Beschorneria yuccoides
Reading time 3 minutes
This weird and wonderful creature is Beschorneria yuccoides, a rare but hardy yucca-like plant, flowering in our seaside garden last year. Its bluish-green leaves […]