A Moment of Drought
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Some things are just not meant to be. I set off, already late, to visit Eltham Palace. Once the home of the Courtaulds this […]
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A Touch of Ginger
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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
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Unlike my week, which is packed to say the least, the weekend was one of those rare and precious occasions on which there was […]
Handsome Hollyhocks
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It’s been a great year for hollyhocks. I can’t remember seeing them look quite so good, bursting out of the ground like Roman candles […]
The Goods Shed, Canterbury
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Now I appreciate this is something of a diversion from gardening, but the second love of my life (family and friends apart) is food. […]
The Salutation, Sandwich (Part 2)
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In amongst the exuberant herbaceous borders and hot, tropical plantings of The Salutation in Kent there were also some carefully considered planting combinations to […]
The Salutation, Sandwich (Part 1)
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Ever since university, where our course leader Richard Bisgrove was an acknowledged expert on Gertrude Jekyll, I have been fascinated by the relationship between […]
Hampton Court Flower Show 2012 – Gardens of Healing and Hope
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It’s hard not to compare the relatively modest gardens created for Hampton Court with the blockbuster, famous name efforts at Chelsea. However, there’s no […]
Looking good
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I have to admit that just at the moment I am feeling reasonably content with how the garden is shaping up. It is 5 […]
Hampton Court, here I come!
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Today the office, tomorrow the Hampton Court Flower Show. Only the second time I have ever been, so I am VERY excited. On my […]
Snails and other pests
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Mercifully, our little patch is remarkably immune from attack by plant pests and and diseases. The last two winters have put paid to the […]