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, […]
Tropical Gardens
The Beast Is Back
Reading time 9 minutes
Our garden is not designed for snow. In the fifteen years I’ve lived at The Watch House, I can only recall it snowing four […]
Beginning with Brugmansias
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I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated with myself for posting so infrequently. Okay, so I no longer have a long commute to London and I […]
Gardens of Miami No.2 – Vizcaya
Reading time 18 minutes
January is a month when many of us dream of an escape to the sun. If we’re feeling flush we might take advantage of […]
Hello from The Beau
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Dan, in a moment of madness, has decided that he would like me to contribute now and again to his Frustrated Gardener blog. As […]
The Watch House NGS Open Weekend 2019
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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 […]
Growing My Own Tree of Life
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For the last three summers I have been growing airplants outside in the Jungle Garden. Secured to the branches of a tree in dappled […]
Plant Profile: Strophanthus boivinii
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I started this blog with a clear personal ambition to preserve what I already knew about plants and to encourage further learning. It was […]
Autumn Spice
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The problem with owning a garden dominated by evergreens and tropicals is that I don’t really get to experience autumn colour at home. My […]
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 […]
Homeward Bound
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Before I left England for my trip to India and China I took the bold decision not to attempt blogging whilst I was away. […]
An Extraordinary Autumn
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There comes a moment every autumn when I leave home and return again under the cover of darkness. Since I have been living full […]