It Ain’t Half Hot Mum
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I write this post, naked from the waist up, basking in the sun at The Watch House. It’s not a pretty sight, but only […]
Small Gardens
Dentists and Indulgences: The Return from Chelsea
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There is nothing quite like a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show to galvanise one into action vis-à-vis one’s own garden. I returned […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2018: O-mo-te-na-shi no NIWA – The Hospitality Garden ホスピタリティガーデン
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Three cheers for Kazuyuki Ishihara: another Chelsea gold medal to his name and ‘Best in Show’ for his Artisan Garden entitled O-mo-te-na-shi no NIWA. […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2018: The David Harber and Savills Garden
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Such is my inability to pick a winner that none of my three favourite show gardens won a gold medal this year. This […]
Chelsea Flower Show 2016 Retrospective: The LG Smart Garden
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There are only so many hours in the day following a Chelsea Flower Show, and much to my chagrin I did not get […]
Chelsea Calling
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It’s going to be a different kind of Chelsea Flower Show for me this year. As is tradition, I shall be there on […]
Ten Top Tips for Small, Shady Urban Gardens
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Do you live in a town or city centre? Is your garden small, overlooked or in shadow for part of the day? Is digging […]
Living in the Moment
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The changing of the clocks makes an enormous difference to my enjoyment of the garden. Although the mornings have temporarily descended back into […]
Down But Not Out
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I’ll confess last week’s wind and snow damage got me down, not that I had a great deal of time to dwell on it. […]
Counting the Cost
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I’ve been out in the garden this morning assessing the havoc wreaked by The Beast from The East and Storm Emma. It is […]
Daily Flower Candy: Polygala myrtifolia
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Polygala myrtifolia: myrtle-leaf milkwort, September bush, Augustusbossie At the end of the summer I often buy plants to plug gaps in the garden, […]
Spick and Span
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“Every day is a fresh beginning, Listen my soul to the glad refrain. And, spite of old sorrows And older sinning, Troubles forecasted And […]