Boxing Day Brights
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Despite vowing to stay indoors for two days and do nothing but eat, drink, read and be generally indulgent, I was persuaded to get […]
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Sowing the seed for 2013
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My introduction to gardening was through the pages of seed catalogues. As a young child I could sit for hours looking through the pages […]
The Floating Gardens of Inle Lake
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If, like me, you’re accustomed to gardening on dry land, Inle lake in Burma is a bit of an eye-opener. For here the fruits […]
Under the Acacias
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Mingalaba! (That’s Hello! In Burmese) The first week of our trip to Burma has been non stop, so despite being in one of the […]
Jobs for October and Early November
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I always think good gardening calls for a certain type of ruthlessness. Never is that quality more needed than at this time of year […]
Coming in from the cold
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With the first properly cold weather now on the horizon, a small gardener’s conundrum is what to save from the frost and what to […]
Rare Beauty – Hangzhou West Lake
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And so, on the penultimate day of my business trip, I finally found somewhere of genuine beauty in China. This vast country sometimes feels […]
Vertical Living in Vietnam
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The rain has finally stopped. As a result the temperature is a very pleasant 31 degrees with a nice breeze. I am enjoying the […]
A Feast For Tired Eyes
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For desperate want of any other floral activity this week, I thought I would quickly share with you some of the fabulous arrangements that […]
Summer’s Fiery Finale
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Coming out of the tube station after work tonight it was already getting dark. It was just 7.30pm, a sure sign that summer is […]
Agapanthus – The Pride of Africa
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Agapanthus is the signature plant in our coastal garden and deservedly so. We grow Agapanthus africanus, the largest of the family, hailing from the Cape […]
Life’s a Beach
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Not all days are equal. Some are destined to disappoint, others to lift the spirits. Today is one of the latter days, a day […]